Gorje
The Municipality of Gorje is a municipality in Slovenia. It was established in 2006 and came into existence on 1 January 2007, when it split from the Municipality of Bled.
Meaning & Origin of Gorje
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
The Municipality of Gorje is a municipality in Slovenia. It was established in 2006 and came into existence on 1 January 2007, when it split from the Municipality of Bled.
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The Story of Gorje
American parents first put Gorje on the record books as a baby boy name in 1967, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1976, when 10 Gorjes were born — ranking #3,471 that year. About 42% of every Gorje on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Gorje last appeared in the published SSA data in 1997, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 91 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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About the name Gorje
Gorje is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1967 and has accumulated 91 births in the dataset. Gorje's peak popularity came in 1976 when it ranked #3,471. Use the chart and map above to compare Gorje's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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