Jorgen
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- YOR-gun
- Origin
- Greek
Jorgen is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “farmer”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Jorgen mean?
Greek: Scandinavian form of George, usually written Jørgen
“farmer”
The Danish and Norwegian form of George, usually spelled Jørgen.
Is Jorgen a girl's or a boy's name?
Jorgen is a boys' name.
How popular is Jorgen in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 20 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the boys named Jorgen in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jorgen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,431 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 20 | #4,109 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,135 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,193 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,446 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 18 | #3,553 |
| 1994 | 18 | #3,590 |
| 1993 | 13 | #4,440 |
| 1992 | 15 | #3,912 |
| 1991 | 14 | #3,998 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,011 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 13 | #3,219 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,834 |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #3,999 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,149 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 6 | #3,867 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,263 |
Names like Jorgen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Jorgen
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jorgen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jorgen, updated 20 October 2026.