Jerzey
An Anglicized form of the Slavic name Jerzy, meaning "farmer" or "worker of the land".
Name Census estimates that about 489 living Americans carry the first name Jerzey. It appears on both sides of the gender split, with 86.2% of registrations being female. The average person named Jerzey today is around 13 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Jerzey births was 2010 (34 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Jerzey. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
489
~ 1 in 700,929 Americans
Peak year
2010
34 babies that year
Average age
13
years old
2024 SSA rank
#9,355
Tracked since 2001
Census
Jerzey in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 375 people with the first name Jerzey, which placed it at #25,327 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#25,327
National first-name rank
People counted
375
375 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
58.9% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Jerzey
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Jerzey is White at 58.9%. The next largest groups are Black (15.2%) and Hispanic (13.6%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Jerzey described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Jerzey at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White58.9% · 221
- Black or African American15.2% · 57
- Hispanic or Latino13.6% · 51
- Two or more races8.3% · 31
- American Indian and Alaska Native3.5% · 13
- Asian and Pacific Islander0.5% · 2
Gender
Gender distribution for Jerzey
Jerzey leans heavily female at 86.2% of total registrations, but 68 boys have also been registered with the name over the years, giving it a small but present crossover presence.
Jerzey as a male name
- Ranked #9,355 in 2024
- 8 male births in 2024
- Peak: 2020 (14 births)
Jerzey as a female name
- Ranked #14,195 in 2024
- 6 female births in 2024
- Peak: 2009 (33 births)
2020 Census snapshot
In the 2020 Census sex table, Jerzey leans strongly female. 303 people counted with this name were female (80.4%), compared with 74 male bearers (19.6%).
Popularity
Jerzey: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Jerzey from the 2000s through to the 2020s, spanning 3 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 208 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2010s peak, Jerzey remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Jerzey by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Jerzey during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Origin
Meaning and history of Jerzey
The name Jerzey has its roots in the ancient Slavic languages, particularly in the Polish and Czech tongues. It is a variant spelling of the more common name Jerzy, which itself is derived from the Greek name Georgios, meaning "farmer" or "earth-worker". The name gained popularity in Central and Eastern Europe during the medieval period, around the 10th to 12th centuries.
One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Jerzey can be found in the annals of the Piast dynasty, which ruled over the Kingdom of Poland from the 10th to the 14th century. Jerzey was the name of a lesser-known prince who lived during the 12th century, though few records remain of his life and accomplishments.
In the realm of religious texts, the name Jerzey is mentioned in several hagiographies (biographies of saints) from the Byzantine Empire. Saint Jerzey the Martyr, who lived in the 3rd century AD, was a soldier in the Roman army who was executed for his Christian faith. His story was widely disseminated throughout the Eastern Orthodox Church, contributing to the popularity of the name.
As the name spread across Europe, several notable historical figures bore the name Jerzey. Jerzey of Opava (1294-1353) was a Silesian nobleman and diplomat who played a significant role in the negotiations between the Kingdom of Bohemia and the Teutonic Knights during the 14th century.
Another prominent figure was Jerzey Ossolinski (1595-1650), a Polish nobleman, writer, and diplomat who served as the Grand Chancellor of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. He was a patron of the arts and sciences, and his extensive library formed the foundation of the Ossolineum, one of the oldest and most prestigious libraries in Poland.
In the realm of literature, Jerzey Sandomierski (1551-1605) was a Polish poet and translator who was instrumental in popularizing the Polish Renaissance literature movement. His translations of ancient Greek and Roman works into Polish were highly influential in shaping the literary landscape of the time.
During the 19th century, Jerzey Branicki (1848-1914) was a prominent Polish aristocrat, landowner, and politician. He served as a member of the Austro-Hungarian parliament and was actively involved in various cultural and charitable organizations.
These are just a few notable examples of individuals who bore the name Jerzey throughout history, each contributing to the rich tapestry of culture, politics, and intellectual discourse in their respective eras and regions.
People
Jerzey + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Jerzey as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with J
Other first names starting with J with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Jerzey: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Jerzey?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 489 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Jerzey going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 700,929 US residents.
Is Jerzey a common name?
We classify Jerzey as "Very Rare". It ranks above 84.3% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 494 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Jerzey most popular?
The single biggest year for Jerzey was 2010, when 34 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Jerzey is about 13 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Jerzey in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 375 people with the name Jerzey, or 0.12 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #25,327 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Jerzey in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Jerzey?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Jerzey leans strongly female. 303 people counted with this name were female (80.4%), compared with 74 male bearers (19.6%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Jerzey?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Jerzey is White at 58.9%. The next largest groups are Black (15.2%) and Hispanic (13.6%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Jerzey most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Jerzey in the 2020 Census, accounting for 58.9% (221 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Jerzey in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Jerzey a female name?
Yes, 86.2% of people registered as Jerzey in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Jerzey still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Jerzey in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Jerzey can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people have Jerzey as a first name?
If you just want to know how many people share the name Jerzey, HowManyOfMe.org gives you the headline number in one glance.