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Girl's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: hardly given today

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

Georgia (Hebrew: ג׳ורג׳יה) is a girl's name of international origin. 49 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS).

People in Israel
49
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
—
USA, 2025
2,619
rank #99

Writing and saying Georgia

In Hebrew letters the name is ג׳ורג׳יה, read right to left. Georgia is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; 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.

Georgia by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls 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).

Georgia: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Georgia in English-speaking countries

Georgia in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States20252,619#992025 (2,619)
United Kingdom2025411#1381997 (5,056)
England and Wales2025280#1751997 (4,908)
Scotland202597#392015 (167)
Northern Ireland202534#572016 (79)
Ireland202553#912017 (77)
British Columbia202354#372020 (80)
Alberta202587#212025 (87)
Quebec202511#4402024 (15)
New South Wales2025114#582000 (575)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Georgia has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

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

Questions about Georgia

How do you write Georgia in Hebrew?

Georgia is written ג׳ורג׳יה in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Georgia?

49 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name ג׳ורג׳יה: 49 women and 0 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 Georgia a boy's or a girl's name?

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

Is Georgia used outside Israel?

The name Georgia appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 2,619 girls were given it in 2025 (#99), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 411 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.