Borja

#9,033 in 2025Boys' name

Transferred from a surname; no fixed literal translation

Borja has been given to 41 babies in the U.S. since 2016. In 2025 it ranked #9,033 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2016, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Borja, 2025

1 in 414,000

Borja over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Borja: meaning, origin, and history

Transferred from a surname; no fixed literal translation

surname transfer

What Borja means

Borja is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Borja is used in Catalan and Spanish. Its origins include surname transfer.

Borja is recorded as a surname transferred into given-name use.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Catalan, Borja is pronounced [ˈbo̞r.ʒə].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 41 boys were recorded with the name Borja between 2016 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 9 in 2016; its best national rank was #8,225 in 2016.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #12,277 in 2020 to #9,033 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Borja?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 414,000; 8 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 213,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #9,033; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 287,238 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Borja sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 287,238 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Borja. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Borjas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Borja was born before 2021 — so the typical Borja is around 4 today.

Median birth year: 2021; About 4 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 78.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 41; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 78.0% of all recorded uses (32).

Is Borja rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +1,014; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +3,244; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 88.9%; Peak was 2016 (9)
Years since peak: 9; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 31.4% average annual change
Best rank ever: #8,225; 2016

Spellings of Borja

Borja is not the most common spelling — Ora is, with 38.2% against Borja's 0.28%.

Ora38.2%5,616
Boris31.4%4,621
Norma8.7%1,278
Jorje7.9%1,162
Nora5.3%784
Sora4.5%663
Dora3.7%550
Borja0.28%41

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Borja by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #9,033
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 3,244
Best rank ever: #8,225; 2016
Peak year: 2016; 9 that year
First recorded: 2016
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 41
Count in 2025: 8

Names similar to Borja

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Borna Borys Boran Borach Bora Borden Boruch Born Borhan Boris

Sibling names for Borja

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Annabell Abagail Karleigh Rhianna Adelle Kendyl Anabel Hayleigh

For a brother

Aaden Kale Hamilton Caesar Tobin Jerimiah Jorden Gavyn

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