Jorja
Jorja is a feminine given name related to Georgia which may refer to:Jorja Chalmers, Australian saxophone and keyboard player Jorja Douglas, winner of Got What It Takes?
- English
Meaning & Origin of Jorja
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jorja is a feminine given name related to Georgia which may refer to:Jorja Chalmers, Australian saxophone and keyboard player Jorja Douglas, winner of Got What It Takes?
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Jorja
Jorja first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1942, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2006: 267 births, good for #976 nationwide. The 2000s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 48% of all recorded Jorjas. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #3,703 among baby girl names with 41 births, gradually rising (+8%). In total, more than 3K Jorjas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1940s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Jorja
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About the name Jorja
Jorja is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1942 and has accumulated 3K births in the dataset. Jorja's peak popularity came in 2006 when it ranked #976. Use the chart and map above to compare Jorja'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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