Unisex name · since 1990
Giordan
Since 1990, U.S. Social Security records show 114 babies named Giordan, peaking in 2002. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #16,545 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 114
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
Giordan sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 114 recorded since 1990.
Giordan has 114 recorded births among boys since 1990, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2015.
- #16,545 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 114 born since 1990
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Giordan ranks #16,545 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 114 born since 1990, peaking in the 2000s.
- #16,545 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 114
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
Giordan's 114 recorded births place it above 63.54% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Giordan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Giordan's full recorded timeline at 2004, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1990, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2002 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Giordan popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2015
- Peak year (2002)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Giordan popularity over time - girls
14 total births recorded since 1997 (Giordan as girls' name)
Giordan by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (40 births, 35% of the file).
2000s was Giordan's strongest decade.
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Giordan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
39 births
- 2000s
2000s
40 births
- 2010s
2010s
35 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 40 births (35% of all-time use).
Giordan by state
Where Giordan concentrates geographically, total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 4.4% |
5 of 114 births nationwide.
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- Giordan's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (40 total births) through the 2010s (35) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Giordans (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Giordan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~25 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1990–2015 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Giordan draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.