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Boy's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: falling

GeorgeIn Hebrew: ג׳ורג׳ · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: ג'וֹרְג'

George (Hebrew: ג׳ורג׳) is a boy's name of international origin. 2,018 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 21 boys and ranked #473. Its peak year was 2004, with 40 babies.

People in Israel
2,018
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
21
rank #473
Peak year
2004
40 babies
USA, 2025
2,848
rank #126

Writing and saying George

In Hebrew letters the name is ג׳ורג׳, read right to left. George is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

George by year: Israel and abroad

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

George: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

George in English-speaking countries

George in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States20252,848#1261921 (27,476)
United Kingdom20253,223#72016 (5,417)
England and Wales20253,082#72016 (5,263)
Scotland202588#501974 (302)
Northern Ireland202553#342019 (75)
Ireland202549#1171964 (115)
British Columbia202339#841940 (184)
Alberta202547#902016 (66)
Quebec202529#1872014 (49)
New South Wales2025204#241969 (250)

Counts for boys. The Hebrew page for George has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about George

How do you write George in Hebrew?

George is written ג׳ורג׳ in Hebrew (with vowel points: ג'וֹרְג'). Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named George?

2,018 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name ג׳ורג׳: 0 women and 2,018 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is George a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 100.0% of the people named ג׳ורג׳ are men.

Is George used outside Israel?

The name George appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 2,848 boys were given it in 2025 (#126), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 3,223 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.