Girl's name
Georgia
Say it JOR-juh
Greek origin farmer
2 syllables
Where Georgia is loved, common and rare
Common across Ontario, British Columbia, Scotland and eight more places. Rare in England and Wales, Quebec, France and five more places.
1 in 184 girls born in Scotland in 2025
Ontario 34thBritish Columbia 36thScotland 39th
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Every place
In 19 of the 40 official lists, among them Ontario (34th), British Columbia (36th) and Scotland (39th).
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| Place | Rank | Girls | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ontario province | 34th 2024 | 221 | about 1 in 246 |
| British Columbia province | 36th 2023 | 54 | about 1 in 221 |
| Scotland | 39th 2025 | 97 | 1 in 184 |
| Victoria state | 55th 2025 | 114 | rank only |
| Northern Ireland | 57th 2025 | 34 | 1 in 214 |
| New South Wales state | 58th 2025 | 114 | rank only |
| Queensland state | 59th 2025 | 87 | rank only |
| New Zealand | 61st 2025 | 58 | rank only |
| South Australia state | 81st 2025 | 20 | rank only |
| Ireland | 91st 2025 | 53 | 1 in 399 |
| England and Wales | 175th 2025 | 280 | 1 in 905 |
| Quebec province | 440th 2025 | 11 | about 1 in 2,364 |
| France | 529th 2025 | 85 | 1 in 3,374 |
| Cologne city | 630th 2023 | 1 | about 1 in 6,143 |
| Switzerland | 665th 2025 | 9 | 1 in 3,777 |
| The Netherlands | 801st 2025 | 13 | about 1 in 4,693 |
| Berlin city | 937th 2023 | 2 | about 1 in 7,252 |
| Italy | 4773rd 2024 | 1 | 1 in 179,169 |
| Nova Scotia province | 17th 2025 | 19 | rank only |
Rare, below the listed names: Austria, Munich, Bonn, Leipzig, Rostock, Norway, Sweden, Spain, Catalonia, Poland, Hungary, Slovenia and Israel.
Not in a short top list, so no figure: Denmark (top 50), Finland (top 50), Iceland (top 10), Estonia (top 25), Moscow (top 61), Turkey (top 30), Argentina (top 20) and Croatia (top 50).
Germany publishes no national statistics on first names. German figures here are city lists (Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Bonn, Leipzig, Rostock), never the country.
Sources: Ontario Office of the Registrar General (Ontario Data Catalogue) (Ontario); BC Vital Statistics Agency (BC Data Catalogue) (British Columbia); National Records of Scotland (Scotland); Registry of BDM Victoria (DataVic) (Victoria); NISRA (Northern Ireland); NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages (Data.NSW) (New South Wales); Queensland Registry of BDM (Qld Open Data Portal) (Queensland); Department of Internal Affairs (DIA), SmartStart (New Zealand); SA Attorney-General's Department, Births, Deaths and Marriages (data.sa.gov.au) (South Australia); Central Statistics Office (CSO) (Ireland); Office for National Statistics (England and Wales); Retraite Québec (Banque de prénoms, Données Québec) (Quebec); INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (France); Stadt Köln, Standesamt (offenedaten-koeln.de) (Cologne); Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS) / Office fédéral de la statistique (OFS) (Switzerland); Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB) (the Netherlands); BerlinOnline GmbH; Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten (LABO) / Standesämter (Berlin); ISTAT, Contanomi (Italy); Nova Scotia Vital Statistics (data.novascotia.ca) (Nova Scotia). How we count, and every source
About the name
The Latinate feminine form of George, Georgia comes from Ancient Greek Geṓrgios, 'farmer'.
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In English it is usually said as two syllables, JOR-juh. Georgie is the obvious short form, Georgina and Georgiana are longer relatives, and Giorgia and Jorja are forms from other languages and traditions.
Georgia is well used in Ontario, British Columbia and Scotland, while it is rare in France, Switzerland and the Netherlands. The Ontario and British Columbia records show it reaching its peak in 2024, though across all the places where it is tracked it is rising and falling in equal measure. It remains a steady English-speaking favourite with a clear classical root.
Meaning, origin, pronunciation
- Pronounced
- JOR-juh, 2 syllables
- Meaning
farmer
- Origin
- Greek
- Other spellings
- Georgie
- Giorgia
- Georgiana
- Georgina
- Jorga
- Jorja
- Zeta
- Gogo
- Yiouli
- Jiřina
- Györgyi
- Georgeta
Counted together here: Geòrgia.
Etymology
Latinate feminine form of George, from Ancient Greek Γεώργιος (Geṓrgios, “farmer”).
From the Wiktionary entry, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened.
Over time
Over five years: rising in 7 of 15 regions, falling in 7.
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Rank in each place since 1996; higher on the chart is more popular.
Ten years of ranks
Her rank each year, English-speaking regions first. A blank means no published rank for her that year.
| Region | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England and Wales | 54 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 84 | 104 | 120 | 133 | 156 | 175 |
| Scotland | 32 | 37 | 27 | 35 | 33 | 28 | 39 | 43 | 51 | 39 |
| Northern Ireland | 29 | 38 | 39 | 33 | 40 | 38 | 40 | 53 | 52 | 57 |
| Ireland | 87 | 80 | 85 | 83 | 121 | 101 | 99 | 80 | 87 | 91 |
| Ontario | 76 | 67 | 78 | 74 | 68 | 74 | 65 | 40 | 34 | |
| British Columbia | 51 | 33 | 60 | 49 | 29 | 40 | 34 | 36 | ||
| Nova Scotia | 20 | 17 | ||||||||
| New South Wales | 25 | 26 | 24 | 28 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 45 | 52 | 58 |
| Victoria | 30 | 29 | 29 | 35 | 34 | 42 | 42 | 39 | 49 | 55 |
| Queensland | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 28 | 24 | 32 | 38 | 56 | 59 |
| South Australia | 28 | 25 | 33 | 27 | 38 | 40 | 32 | 46 | 46 | 81 |
| New Zealand | 20 | 22 | 18 | 25 | 29 | 26 | 27 | 34 | 40 | 61 |
| Quebec | 831 | 413 | 720 | 722 | 337 | 440 | ||||
| France | 1183 | 962 | 773 | 1005 | 1099 | 739 | 737 | 615 | 458 | 529 |
| The Netherlands | 1010 | 924 | 992 | 801 | ||||||
| Switzerland | 896 | 985 | 1033 | 1020 | 830 | 1077 | 892 | 1130 | 657 | 665 |
| Italy | 1556 | 2982 | 4773 |
England and Wales, 1996 to 2025
| Year | Rank | Girls | per 100,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 175 | 280 | 110.5 |
| 2024 | 156 | 327 | 126.8 |
| 2023 | 133 | 386 | 150.5 |
| 2022 | 120 | 424 | 160.9 |
| 2021 | 104 | 501 | 182.8 |
| 2020 | 84 | 608 | 226.5 |
| 2019 | 75 | 698 | 249.2 |
| 2018 | 71 | 747 | 259.1 |
| 2017 | 63 | 898 | 300.2 |
| 2016 | 54 | 1,078 | 351.0 |
| 2015 | 52 | 1,115 | 362.1 |
| 2014 | 48 | 1,163 | 379.2 |
| 2013 | 60 | 1,003 | 325.2 |
| 2012 | 55 | 1,055 | 327.6 |
| 2011 | 60 | 1,022 | 318.1 |
| 2010 | 56 | 1,063 | 331.1 |
| 2009 | 55 | 1,097 | 350.1 |
| 2008 | 53 | 1,169 | 370.2 |
| 2007 | 42 | 1,313 | 428.9 |
| 2006 | 37 | 1,559 | 521.0 |
| 2005 | 34 | 1,597 | 554.0 |
| 2004 | 27 | 1,767 | 618.1 |
| 2003 | 26 | 1,976 | 709.1 |
| 2002 | 21 | 2,335 | 873.3 |
| 2001 | 14 | 3,061 | 1,142.2 |
| 2000 | 11 | 3,943 | 1,443.4 |
| 1999 | 12 | 4,045 | 1,436.0 |
| 1998 | 12 | 4,257 | 1,472.1 |
| 1997 | 10 | 4,908 | 1,674.0 |
| 1996 | 16 | 3,723 | 1,257.8 |
Sources: Office for National Statistics (1996-2025), OGL v3.
Ontario and British Columbia since 1925
Half of the babies named Georgia in Ontario and British Columbia since 1925 were born in or after 2008. First recorded in 1926. Her peak year there: 2024, at 405.8 per 100,000 girls.
Babies named Georgia per 100,000 girls born in Ontario and British Columbia, by five-year period. Her 2024 peak is averaged into its five-year period, so the line sits below it.
Sources: Ontario Office of the Registrar General (Ontario Data Catalogue) (1917-2024), OGL-Ontario; BC Vital Statistics Agency (BC Data Catalogue) (1924-2023), OGL-BC.
Sister names for Georgia
1 in 216 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Georgia.
1 in 140 in Northern Ireland
Rose and fell with Georgia.
1 in 347 in Northern Ireland
Rose and fell with Georgia.
1 in 240 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Georgia.
1 in 557 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Georgia.
1 in 125 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Georgia.
1 in 239 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Georgia.
1 in 82 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Georgia.
1 in 293 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Georgia.
1 in 118 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Georgia.
Middle names for Georgia
1 in 71 in Scotland
Georgia Olivia
2-4 beats · initials GO · Georgia slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Georgia: 2 syllables, then 4 syllables. Georgia slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
1 in 99 in Scotland
Georgia Sophia
2-3 beats · initials GS
Changes the beat after Georgia: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 57 in Northern Ireland
Georgia Grace
2-1 beats · initials GG
Changes the beat after Georgia: 2 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 311 in Ireland
Georgia Maria
2-3 beats · initials GM
Changes the beat after Georgia: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 214 in Northern Ireland
Georgia Rose
2-1 beats · initials GR
Changes the beat after Georgia: 2 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 78 in Northern Ireland
Georgia Emily
2-3 beats · initials GE · Georgia slides into Emily: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Georgia: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables. Georgia slides into Emily: vowel meets vowel.
1 in 491 in Ireland
Georgia Julia
2-3 beats · initials GJ
Changes the beat after Georgia: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 1,286 in England and Wales
Georgia Miriam
2-3 beats · initials GM
Changes the beat after Georgia: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
Same style as Georgia
Names whose popularity rose and fell with hers across regions and decades.
1 in 57 in Northern Ireland
97% alike: moves with Georgia across countries and decades.
1 in 132 in Northern Ireland
97% alike: moves with Georgia across countries and decades.
1 in 118 in Ireland
96% alike: moves with Georgia across countries and decades.
1 in 124 in Scotland
96% alike: moves with Georgia across countries and decades.
1 in 293 in Scotland
96% alike: moves with Georgia across countries and decades.
1 in 143 in Scotland
95% alike: moves with Georgia across countries and decades.
1 in 326 in England and Wales
95% alike: moves with Georgia across countries and decades.
1 in 239 in England and Wales
95% alike: moves with Georgia across countries and decades.
Famous people named Georgia
Georgia O'Keeffe, Georgia Stanway, Georgia Engel, Georgia Hale, Georgia Tennant, Georgia Taylor-Brown, Georgia Hunter Bell and Georgia Coleman.
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People: Wikidata (CC0), linked to Wikipedia in this page's language when an article exists.
Questions about Georgia
5 questions, on how popular she is, what it means, how to say it, whether she is rising and sister names.
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How popular is Georgia?
Her best rank is No. 34 in Ontario in 2024, about 1 in 246 girls. She is in the published lists of 19 of our 40 regions.
What does Georgia mean?
Wiktionary glosses Georgia as "farmer".
How do you pronounce Georgia?
JOR-juh, with 2 syllables.
Is Georgia getting more popular?
Over five years: rising in 7 of 15 regions, falling in 7.
Which sister names go with Georgia?
The deck's top five sisters for Georgia: Penelope, Phoebe, Abigail, Hazel and Jasmine. Each is scored on style, era, popularity and origin, with sound clashes flagged.