Name profile

Jordi

Catalan form of George.

PronunciationCatalan /ˈʒɔr.di/; Dutch /ˈjɔr.di/
Usage languagesCatalan, Dutch
US rank (2025)#2,230

Meaning and history

Catalan form of George; Saint George is one of the patron saints of Catalonia, and the name began to be used in the Netherlands after Dutch soccer player Johan Cruyff, then playing for Barcelona, gave it to his son in 1974.

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: 166 births, rank #1,073
2007: 92 births, rank #1,658
2008: 89 births, rank #1,708
2009: 66 births, rank #2,077
2010: 51 births, rank #2,429
20112011: 52 births, rank #2,403
2012: 94 births, rank #1,637
2013: 192 births, rank #1,014
2014: 146 births, rank #1,240
2015: 158 births, rank #1,174
20162016: 120 births, rank #1,443
2017: 107 births, rank #1,530
2018: 124 births, rank #1,408
2019: 119 births, rank #1,459
2020: 107 births, rank #1,539
20212021: 100 births, rank #1,658
2022: 90 births, rank #1,804
2023: 93 births, rank #1,754
2024: 72 births, rank #2,078
20252025: 63 births, rank #2,230

Jordi rose from #904 to #744 for boys between 1998 and 1999. That year also produced its highest recorded birth count, at 217.