Georgina
Feminine · “farmer”
Georgina is the long Latin feminine of George, and it arrived in English with all the grandeur of the Hanoverian court, when four kings in a row bore the name and every family wanted a share of it. It has five syllables of momentum in the mouth and then folds down neatly to Georgie or Gina. It has been on the American record from the earliest years the government kept count, never crowding, never disappearing.
How old is the name Georgina?
Georgina was already in use when US birth records began in 1880 — it is at least 145 years old. The typical Georgina alive today was born around 1978, making them about 47 years old. About 14,000 people named Georgina are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Georgina most popular?
Georgina peaked in 1974, reaching #593 nationally. Today it ranks #689, 96 places below that high. See the whole 1974 chart.
Georgina appears on this list:
Where it comes from
From Geōrgios to Georgina
The story of Georgina
The root is the Greek Geōrgios, a common name in the eastern Mediterranean long before it became a royal one, carried west by the cult of Saint George. English took it as George, and Latin-style feminine endings did the rest — Georgina and its cousin Georgiana both flowered in eighteenth-century Britain, when George I through George IV sat on the throne and aristocratic families named daughters in the same key. From there it traveled with English speakers to America, to Australia, and into Spanish and Portuguese use unchanged. There is a botanical footnote too: the dahlia was once classed under the name Georgina, after the naturalist Johann Gottlieb Georgi, and in Russian the flower still carries that word.
Meaning
farmer, earth-worker
From the Greek Geōrgios, built from gē 'earth' and ergon 'work'.
How the name formed
- Geōrgios
- Georgius
- George
- Georgina
Related forms: Georgina · Giorgina · Georgiana · Georgette · Jorgina · Georgia
Pronouncing Georgina
jor-JEE-nuh
Standard in both American and British English. A minority of speakers say jor-JYE-nuh, and the similar-looking Georgiana takes an extra syllable: jor-jee-AH-nuh.
Nicknames for Georgina
High
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1880
- Most girls named
- 2025410 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #593reached in 1974
- Change vs 2022
- +29.7%410 in 2025, from 316
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Georgina in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Georgina in Spanish — same name
- Giorgina in Italian — same name
- Georgiana in English — related form
- Georgette in French — related form
- Jorgina in Portuguese — spelling variant
- Georgia in Greek — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, New York.
Georginas among us
people named Georgina are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 3,920 born in 2025 was named Georgina
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Lavern test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Georgina's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Lavern climbed just as high around 1926, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Lavern's path sketches the road Georgina is walking now.
Georgina is on its second act. Revived names age gently: the generation that wore them first is far enough away that the name feels classic rather than dated.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Georgina is headed
Georgina looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 55% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Georgina beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Georgina in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Instantly recognizable as the feminine of George, so people can spell it after hearing it once.
- Comes with a full set of ready-made short forms — Georgie, Gina, Gigi — that already work as everyday names.
- Works unchanged in Spanish and Portuguese, and shifts only slightly into Italian Giorgina.
- A documented line running from Greek through Latin to English, with no gap in use since the eighteenth century.
- Familiar without being duplicated: sharing a classroom with another Georgina would be unusual.
- It sits close to Georgia, Georgiana and Gina, and people who half-hear it will guess one of those. Expect to repeat the ending.
- Four syllables invites shortening, so if you love the full name, be ready for others to reach for Georgie or Gina on their own.
- It is strongly represented among adults, which can make it read as a grown woman's name on a small child — though that is the ordinary fate of every name coming back around.
Nobody names a baby alone.
Put Georgina to the vote.
Add it to a family vote or a couple’s swipe deck — the other person gets one card, a simple answer and room to say why. No app, no account for them.
Only the people you invite can see your list.
Already decided on Georgina? Hide it among decoys and let them guess.
What they receive
Someone added a name to your list
Georgina
Feminine · #689 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Georginas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 14,000 people named Georgina are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Georgina in 2025?
- Georgina ranks #689 among US girl names in 2025, with 410 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Georgina?
- About 1 in every 3,920 US girls born in 2025 was named Georgina — 410 in all.
- Will my child share the name Georgina with classmates?
- Georgina will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Georgina
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
Khaleesi#689 · Emberly#688 · Kinley#691 · Billie#691 · Lara#691 · Dallas#686 · Chana#686 · Rowyn#694
Looking for what else is popular rather than what resembles Georgina? See the current top 100.
Choosing between Georgina and another name?
See them side by side — full stats, history and a gentle verdict.
Compare side by sideIn a hurry? Just pick a winner — one tap, no sign-up, and you see how everyone else voted.
Or jump into a head-to-head
Weighing a whole shortlist? Add the rest in the builder, or settle it with a bracket.
Cast your vote
Which one would you pick?
Your gut first, the numbers after — the split shows once you pick.
US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
No advertising trackers and no data sellinghow we handle your dataindependent and founder-run, about Name Battle