Jorah
Jorah Mormont is a fictional character in the A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin and its television adaptation, Game of Thrones.
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Meaning & Origin of Jorah
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jorah Mormont is a fictional character in the A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin and its television adaptation, Game of Thrones.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
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Origin & history
The Story of Jorah
As a girl name
Jorah first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 2000, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2023: 9 births, good for #10,293 nationwide. The 2000s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 47% of all recorded Jorahs. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2024 (7 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 77 Jorahs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 2000s through the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Jorah on the record books as a boy name in 2014, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2019, when 35 Jorahs were born — ranking #3,258 that year. The 2020s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 58% of all recorded Jorahs. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #5,699 among boy names with 16 births, falling sharply (-35%). In total, more than 282 Jorahs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 2010s through the 2020s.
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About the name Jorah
Jorah is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2014 and has accumulated 282 births in the dataset. Jorah's peak popularity came in 2019 when it ranked #3,201. Use the chart and map above to compare Jorah'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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