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.
- 114
- total births
- 1990–2015
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 35%
- born in that 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.
- 114 total births
- 1990–2015 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 35% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
114 boys have been named Giordan since 1990, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2015.
- 114
- total births
- 1990–2015
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 35%
- born in that decade
35% of everyone ever named Giordan was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Giordan in 2002 - its busiest year on record.
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 at a glance
Last recorded 2015Peak year
Current rank
Active since
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
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2015.
114 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2002 with 11 births in a single year.
Giordan popularity over time - girls
14 total births recorded since 1997 (Giordan as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Giordan accounts for 11% of total recorded use across both genders.
Giordan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
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 decade highlights
- Peak decade 40 births
- Runner-up 39 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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.
Top 5 states
- California 4.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 4.4% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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What to do with Giordan's data
- 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
- Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Giordan: Baby Name Since 1990 - 114 Births, Peak 2002." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/giordan. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 July 2026.
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