Jorja

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Jorja: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Jorja: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #35 in 2003, and it stood at #718 in 2025.

6registrars recorded it
81times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#35highest recorded position
18groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1434
1997	#689
1998	#1036
1999	#952
2000	#1688
2001	#936
2002	#463
2003	#318
2004	#254
2005	#225
2006	#228
2007	#223
2008	#283
2009	#326
2010	#361
2011	#444
2012	#443
2013	#593
2014	#688
2015	#1007
2016	#916
2017	#1219
2018	#1136
2019	#1095
2020	#1556
2021	#1866
2022	#1948
2023	#2201
2024	#2253

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #638 among girls in Scotland, #2253 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1434 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2003–2008
Highest recorded position: #35 among girls in New Zealand, in 2003 (recorded 2003–2008).
New Zealand · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #718 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Jorja appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 2,117 births with the name.

Jorja across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Jorja's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#1434 (1996)	#223 (2007)	#2253 (2024)	29 of 29	2,117 (1996–2024)	228 (2007)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#655 (2003)	#267 (2007)	#718 (2025)	21 of 23	158 (2003–2025)	17 (2007)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#331 (2003)	#130 (2006)	#391 (2023)	20 of 21	158 (2003–2023)	16 (2006)
New Zealand · Girls	#35 (2003)	#35 (2003)	#81 (2008)	6 of 6	456 (2003–2008)	96 (2003)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#81 (2003)	#62 (2005)	#76 (2006)	4 of 4	399 (2003–2006)	111 (2005)

Jorja by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Jorja in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	89	4 of 10	22
2000sbusiest	1,343	10 of 10	134
2010s	613	10 of 10	61
2020s	72	5 of 10	14

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 134 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2007 and 2008, when recorded births fell by 60, from 228 to 168.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Jorja appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #35 in New Zealand in 2003.

Jorja's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2253	12	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1948	14	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1866	15	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1556	19	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1095	31	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1136	30	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1219	28	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#916	40	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1007	35	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#688	57	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#593	69	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#443	102	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#444	96	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#361	125	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#326	137	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#283	168	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#223	228	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#228	208	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#225	210	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#254	172	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#318	120	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#463	67	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#936	23	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1688	10	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#952	22	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1036	20	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#689	35	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1434	12	High	Verified
2006	New South Wales, Australia	female	#76	99	Insufficient	Not yet available
2005	New South Wales, Australia	female	#62	111	Insufficient	Not yet available
2004	New South Wales, Australia	female	#70	98	Insufficient	Not yet available
2003	New South Wales, Australia	female	#81	91	Insufficient	Not yet available
2008	New Zealand	female	#81	53	High	Verified
2007	New Zealand	female	#60	67	High	Verified
2006	New Zealand	female	#52	74	High	Verified
2005	New Zealand	female	#44	72	High	Verified
2004	New Zealand	female	#37	94	High	Verified
2003	New Zealand	female	#35	96	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#391	3	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#446	3	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#212	8	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#243	7	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#273	6	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#263	6	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#229	8	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#195	10	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#205	9	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#199	10	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#203	9	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#154	14	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#283	6	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#224	8	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#254	7	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#169	12	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#130	16	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#226	7	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#238	6	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#331	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#718	4	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#634	5	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#661	5	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#628	5	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#621	5	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#651	5	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#515	7	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#660	5	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#458	9	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#424	10	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#435	10	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#465	9	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#593	6	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#467	9	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#403	11	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#267	17	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#367	10	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#300	12	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#370	8	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#655	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#638	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 6 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #35, first reached in 2003.

It held a top-100 place in 6 years, 6 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 228 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2003, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Joris · #334, 18y
Jørn · #40, 64y
Jorun · #49, 46y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Brianna · #35, 33y
Eloise · #35, 32y
Paris · #35, 30y
Jaxon · #36, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Brianna · #35, 33y
Eloise · #35, 32y
Paris · #35, 30y
Callan · #36, 30y

Jorja was ranked #35 in New Zealand · Girls in 2003. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Jorja and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Jorja without appearing here.

Jorja moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1688 and #1313 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #936 and #3262.
Sinead Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2201 and #1705 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2253 and #3695.
Pamela Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1866 and #1628 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #1948 and #3148.
Helene Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1434 and #1168 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #689 and #1802.

Moved ahead of Jorja

Mathilde Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1866 and #1962 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #1948 and #1245.
Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1556 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1866 and #1286.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2201 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2253 and #1743.
Rory Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1866 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #1948 and #1452.

Moved the opposite way to Jorja

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Jorja went from #1434 to #2253 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Jorja went from #1434 to #2253 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Jorja went from #1434 to #2253 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Jorja went from #1434 to #2253 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Jorja

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Jorja went from #1434 to #2253 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Jorja went from #1434 to #2253 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Jorja went from #1434 to #2253 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Jorja went from #1434 to #2253 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #35 in New Zealand in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Jorja

Jorja at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Jorja across 5 official records

Jorja by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Jorja appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Jorja and the names beside it

Jorja moved ahead of

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Jorja at a glance

Jorja across 5 official records

Jorja by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Jorja appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Jorja

Jorja and the names beside it

Jorja moved ahead of

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