Jordi
Masculine · “farmer”
Jordi is given to both — 3,429 boys and 351 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Jordi is the Catalan of George — farmer, in Greek — and Saint George is Catalonia's patron, celebrated with books and roses.
How old is the name Jordi?
Jordi first appears in US birth records in 1967 — 58 years ago. The typical Jordi alive today was born around 2009, making them about 16 years old. About 3,400 people named Jordi are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Jordi most popular?
Jordi peaked in 1999, reaching #743 nationally. Today it ranks #2230, 1,487 places below that high. See the whole 1999 chart.
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Where it comes from
From ge ergon to Jordi
The story of Jordi
Sant Jordi's day in Catalonia has men give women roses and women give men books, a custom that grew into a national festival of reading; UNESCO's World Book Day was set on the same date. Jordi is among the most-used Catalan boys' names. It appears in American records in current use.
Meaning
farmer, earth-worker
Through George, from the Greek georgos — ge, 'earth', and ergon, 'work'. The same ergon gives energy and ergonomics. Jordi is the standard Catalan form. The Greek elements are ordinary and the compound transparent.
How the name formed
- ge ergon
- Georgios
- Jordi
Related forms: Jordi · Jorge · George
Pronouncing Jordi
ZHOR-dee
Two syllables, stress on the first. Catalan gives the j a soft zh sound.
Nicknames for Jordi
Moderate
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
- 1967
- Most boys named
- 1999217 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #743reached in 1999
- Change vs 2024
- −12.5%63 in 2025, from 72
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.
Jordi in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Jordi in Catalan — same name
- Jorge in Spanish — related form
- George in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, New York.
Jordis among us
people named Jordi are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 27,112 born in 2025 was named Jordi
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Jordi
- #2230
- Jordi on the 2025 chart
- #710
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Jordi went to 63 boys in 2025, but Jordy is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 220, which makes it the 710th most-given boys’ name of the year — 1,520 places above the chart.
- Jordy157
- Jordi63
About 1 boy in 7,764 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 27,112 for Jordi itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Amit test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Jordi's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Amit climbed just as high around 1983, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Amit's path sketches the road Jordi is walking now.
Jordi sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Jordi is headed
Jordi is easing off slowly — about 16% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
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.
Jordi beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Jordi in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That Sant Jordi's day gave rise to World Book Day is a first-rate fact.
- The farmer meaning is transparent and undisputed.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk once heard.
- English speakers will read the j as a j rather than zh.
- It reads as specifically Catalan.
- Jordi and Jordy are close in sound and unrelated in origin.
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Frequently asked
- How many Jordis are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 3,400 people named Jordi are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Jordi?
- Jordi is one of 2 recorded spellings. Jordy is the more common one — 157 births in 2025 against 63 for Jordi.
- How popular is the name Jordi in 2025?
- Jordi ranks #2230 among US boy names in 2025, with 63 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Jordi?
- About 1 in every 27,112 US boys born in 2025 was named Jordi — 63 in all.
- Will my child share the name Jordi with classmates?
- Jordi will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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