Meaning not yet researched.
Jordan: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 2,732 in 2025. Its best rank was #26 in 1997.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #26 in 1997; #131 in 2025. About 84% of babies named Jordan in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#131 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1997, at #26.
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Jordan: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 2,732 boys in 2025. Peak: #26 in 1997 · most boys in one year: 16,137 (1990).
In 2025, 2,732 US boys were named Jordan, making it the 131st most common boys’ name of the year, down 27 places from #104 in 2024. That is 604 fewer than the 3,336 boys named Jordan in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #26, reached in 1997. The most boys given the name in a single year was 16,137, in 1990. For comparison, it was #59 in 2015 and #823 in 1950.
In 2025, 503 US girls were named Jordan, making it the 584th most common girls’ name of the year, down 46 places from #538 in 2024. That is 62 fewer than the 565 girls named Jordan in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #40, reached in 1997. That year also had the most girls given the name: 7,167. For comparison, it was #262 in 2015 and #4,512 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Jordan in 145 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 23 babies. In all, 536,795 US babies have been given the name, 25% of them girls and 75% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1990s, with 206,513 babies named Jordan.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 41,858 US boys were named Jordan; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 5,680. In 2025 that was about 1 in 625 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Jordan ranked highest in Massachusetts in 2025, at #103 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Jorden (9,365 babies since 1880), Jordana (3,434 babies since 1880), Jordann (1,101 babies since 1880) and Jordyn (68,060 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Jourdyn, Jordanne and Jordany are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Jordy.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch, English, Occitan and Polish. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Jourdyn (947), Jordanne (619), Jordany (545), Jordyne (316), Jourden (285), Giordano (276), Jordain (274), Yordan (230), Jourdin (227), Jourdain (205), Jordane (167), Jourdon (160), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 3 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 68 | #103 | #77 |
| Rhode Island | 11 | #107 | #53 |
| New York | 162 | #110 | #67 |
| Arkansas | 31 | #111 | #65 |
| Illinois | 107 | #111 | #61 |
| New Jersey | 86 | #112 | #55 |
| District of Columbia | 8 | #112 | #108 |
| Virginia | 75 | #115 | #64 |
| Delaware | 9 | #117 | #44 |
| Florida | 182 | #117 | #41 |
| Michigan | 86 | #117 | #66 |
| Maryland | 49 | #119 | #58 |
| Missouri | 59 | #121 | #97 |
| Connecticut | 31 | #124 | #61 |
| Alaska | 7 | #125 | #121 |
| California | 320 | #128 | #68 |
| North Carolina | 95 | #131 | #68 |
| Georgia | 90 | #132 | #45 |
| Pennsylvania | 96 | #133 | #75 |
| Oregon | 31 | #134 | #118 |
| Kansas | 29 | #135 | #67 |
| Texas | 285 | #138 | #63 |
| South Carolina | 41 | #138 | #61 |
| Wisconsin | 45 | #140 | #62 |
| Louisiana | 36 | #141 | #33 |
| North Dakota | 9 | #144 | #111 |
| Nevada | 22 | #144 | #66 |
| Minnesota | 45 | #145 | #108 |
| Ohio | 94 | #146 | #58 |
| Tennessee | 65 | #148 | #55 |
| Arizona | 60 | #149 | #77 |
| New Mexico | 13 | #152 | #23 |
| Oklahoma | 31 | #158 | #80 |
| Indiana | 52 | #159 | #64 |
| Nebraska | 18 | #159 | #142 |
| West Virginia | 12 | #161 | #70 |
| Washington | 53 | #161 | #86 |
| Mississippi | 20 | #162 | #30 |
| Kentucky | 33 | #169 | #69 |
| Alabama | 34 | #170 | #68 |
| Utah | 32 | #175 | #95 |
| Colorado | 40 | #177 | #78 |
| New Hampshire | 7 | #195 | #100 |
| South Dakota | 7 | #207 | #108 |
| Montana | 6 | #211 | #154 |
| Iowa | 17 | #238 | #84 |
| Idaho | 11 | #240 | #158 |
| Maine | 5 | #249 | #141 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 503 | #584 | 2,732 | #131 |
| 2024 | 565 | #538 | 3,336 | #104 |
| 2023 | 617 | #498 | 3,655 | #96 |
| 2022 | 632 | #500 | 3,919 | #92 |
| 2021 | 741 | #425 | 4,026 | #88 |
| 2020 | 703 | #437 | 4,287 | #82 |
| 2019 | 773 | #400 | 4,344 | #89 |
| 2018 | 836 | #374 | 4,703 | #80 |
| 2017 | 893 | #355 | 5,176 | #73 |
| 2016 | 1,124 | #288 | 5,680 | #65 |
| 2015 | 1,219 | #262 | 6,327 | #59 |
| 2014 | 1,314 | #246 | 6,903 | #55 |
| 2013 | 1,239 | #260 | 7,220 | #53 |
| 2012 | 1,423 | #221 | 7,828 | #48 |
| 2011 | 1,638 | #196 | 8,096 | #46 |
| 2010 | 1,728 | #178 | 8,253 | #46 |
| 2009 | 2,096 | #150 | 8,669 | #45 |
| 2008 | 2,652 | #128 | 9,099 | #48 |
| 2007 | 3,332 | #100 | 10,060 | #44 |
| 2006 | 3,547 | #97 | 9,935 | #46 |
| 2005 | 3,696 | #86 | 9,398 | #46 |
| 2004 | 4,447 | #71 | 9,560 | #43 |
| 2003 | 5,650 | #48 | 10,331 | #38 |
| 2002 | 6,152 | #45 | 11,152 | #37 |
| 2001 | 5,803 | #47 | 10,815 | #39 |
| 2000 | 5,809 | #50 | 12,168 | #36 |
| 1999 | 5,730 | #48 | 13,052 | #30 |
| 1998 | 7,114 | #42 | 14,410 | #27 |
| 1997 | 7,167 | #40 | 14,761 | #26 |
| 1996 | 6,299 | #49 | 13,852 | #27 |
| 1995 | 6,481 | #50 | 13,574 | #29 |
| 1994 | 6,259 | #52 | 14,160 | #29 |
| 1993 | 5,823 | #58 | 14,758 | #28 |
| 1992 | 5,366 | #63 | 14,032 | #32 |
| 1991 | 5,561 | #62 | 16,020 | #29 |
| 1990 | 5,957 | #59 | 16,137 | #29 |
| 1989 | 4,281 | #72 | 10,882 | #44 |
| 1988 | 2,127 | #136 | 8,490 | #52 |
| 1987 | 1,901 | #146 | 8,407 | #52 |
| 1986 | 2,083 | #135 | 7,302 | #53 |
| 1985 | 975 | #257 | 5,460 | #62 |
| 1984 | 594 | #381 | 4,540 | #65 |
| 1983 | 500 | #431 | 4,014 | #72 |
| 1982 | 470 | #453 | 3,534 | #85 |
| 1981 | 484 | #442 | 2,924 | #102 |
| 1980 | 372 | #517 | 1,619 | #160 |
| 1979 | 283 | #622 | 1,411 | #168 |
| 1978 | 194 | #785 | 979 | #219 |
| 1977 | 111 | #1,142 | 649 | #298 |
| 1976 | 95 | #1,196 | 515 | #335 |
| 1975 | 68 | #1,504 | 397 | #394 |
| 1974 | 40 | #2,085 | 368 | #407 |
| 1973 | 16 | #3,852 | 304 | #449 |
| 1972 | 8 | #6,203 | 257 | #489 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,261 | 289 | #478 |
| 1970 | 9 | #5,575 | 280 | #486 |
| 1969 | 9 | #5,210 | 222 | #528 |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,337 | 188 | #552 |
| 1967 | 8 | #5,174 | 222 | #504 |
| 1966 | 8 | #5,046 | 213 | #522 |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,518 | 180 | #570 |
| 1964 | 11 | #4,209 | 164 | #611 |
| 1963 | — | — | 154 | #633 |
| 1962 | — | — | 183 | #579 |
| 1961 | 5 | #7,010 | 188 | #578 |
| 1960 | 6 | #5,987 | 137 | #670 |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,683 | 158 | #616 |
| 1958 | 7 | #5,121 | 185 | #569 |
| 1957 | — | — | 207 | #539 |
| 1956 | 5 | #6,376 | 101 | #732 |
| 1955 | — | — | 106 | #712 |
| 1954 | — | — | 109 | #692 |
| 1953 | 5 | #6,067 | 97 | #730 |
| 1952 | — | — | 82 | #778 |
| 1951 | — | — | 75 | #816 |
| 1950 | 7 | #4,512 | 69 | #823 |
| 1949 | — | — | 74 | #800 |
| 1948 | — | — | 68 | #828 |
| 1947 | — | — | 72 | #817 |
| 1946 | — | — | 72 | #782 |
| 1945 | — | — | 66 | #758 |
| 1944 | — | — | 77 | #709 |
| 1943 | — | — | 78 | #733 |
| 1942 | — | — | 63 | #816 |
| 1941 | — | — | 63 | #792 |
| 1940 | — | — | 57 | #832 |
| 1939 | — | — | 67 | #736 |
| 1938 | — | — | 65 | #760 |
| 1937 | — | — | 71 | #718 |
| 1936 | — | — | 68 | #735 |
| 1935 | — | — | 78 | #683 |
| 1934 | — | — | 86 | #653 |
| 1933 | — | — | 79 | #661 |
| 1932 | — | — | 76 | #714 |
| 1931 | — | — | 102 | #581 |
| 1930 | — | — | 78 | #706 |
| 1929 | — | — | 90 | #652 |
| 1928 | — | — | 89 | #667 |
| 1927 | — | — | 96 | #648 |
| 1926 | — | — | 90 | #670 |
| 1925 | — | — | 98 | #641 |
| 1924 | — | — | 96 | #660 |
| 1923 | — | — | 87 | #696 |
| 1922 | — | — | 54 | #954 |
| 1921 | — | — | 79 | #748 |
| 1920 | — | — | 75 | #764 |
| 1919 | — | — | 48 | #977 |
| 1918 | — | — | 46 | #990 |
| 1917 | — | — | 53 | #880 |
| 1916 | — | — | 36 | #1,085 |
| 1915 | — | — | 62 | #764 |
| 1914 | — | — | 53 | #717 |
| 1913 | — | — | 41 | #728 |
| 1912 | — | — | 31 | #790 |
| 1911 | — | — | 12 | #1,014 |
| 1910 | — | — | 13 | #901 |
| 1909 | — | — | 20 | #601 |
| 1908 | — | — | 13 | #767 |
| 1907 | — | — | 13 | #760 |
| 1906 | — | — | 9 | #887 |
| 1905 | — | — | 9 | #878 |
| 1904 | — | — | 9 | #846 |
| 1903 | — | — | 21 | #457 |
| 1902 | — | — | 6 | #1,083 |
| 1901 | — | — | 12 | #620 |
| 1900 | — | — | 11 | #819 |
| 1899 | — | — | 7 | #905 |
| 1898 | — | — | 7 | #941 |
| 1897 | — | — | 11 | #667 |
| 1896 | — | — | 10 | #755 |
| 1895 | — | — | 26 | #374 |
| 1894 | — | — | 16 | #510 |
| 1893 | — | — | 16 | #470 |
| 1892 | — | — | 12 | #621 |
| 1891 | — | — | 12 | #542 |
| 1889 | — | — | 7 | #847 |
| 1888 | — | — | 18 | #456 |
| 1887 | — | — | 12 | #531 |
| 1886 | — | — | 9 | #668 |
| 1885 | — | — | 17 | #452 |
| 1884 | — | — | 25 | #358 |
| 1883 | — | — | 17 | #442 |
| 1882 | — | — | 12 | #561 |
| 1881 | — | — | 18 | #405 |
| 1880 | — | — | 23 | #359 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).