Georgia
Girl nameGeorgia has been given to 167,019 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 2025 and currently ranks #99 for girls (2025).
Meaning & origin /ˈd͡ʒɔː.d͡ʒə/
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin Geōrgia, itself a borrowing from Classical Persian گرج (gurj) (with influence from (sānctus) Geōrgius (“Saint George”), alluding to the saint's popularity in the country), from Middle Persian 𐭥𐭫𐭥𐭰𐭠𐭭 pl (wiruz-ān, “Iberians, Georgians”)API. The term's further history is unknown; it may ultimately be a derivation from Middle Persian 𐭢𐭥𐭫𐭢 (gurg, “wolf”)API, though that would be phonologically challenging; compare Parthian 𐭅𐭉𐭓𐭔𐭍 pl (wiruž-ān)API, Old Armenian վիր-ք (vir-kʻ), Old East Slavic гурзи (gurzi). Replaced earlier Georgie,
Origin: Ancient Greek
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025
Total babies
167,019
Peak year
2025 (2,619 babies)
Rank in 2025
#99 for girls
First recorded
1880
10-year trend
▲ +82%
Gender split
100% girls / 0% boys
Famous people named Georgia
Georgia Stanway
English association football player
Georgia Engel
American actress (1948–2019)
Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).
Names with a similar vibe
Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Georgia.
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