Jordan
Jordan is given to both girls and boys: 503 girls and 2,732 boys were given it in 2025 (#584 among girls’ names and #131 among boys’, #189 among all names counting both); 536,795 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 520,000 Americans named Jordan and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (97% of everyone recorded); the median is 27 years old and half are between 19 and 34.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Jordan by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Jordan mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Jordan is “a male given name from Hebrew; in the Middle Ages given to children baptized with Jordan water brought by crusaders.” Its etymology gives the sense “Jordan (river)” (יַרְדֵּן).
Also “a female given name from Hebrew, of mid-20th century and later usage.”
From Latin Iordanēs, from Ancient Greek Ἰορδάνης (Iordánēs), from Biblical Hebrew יַרְדֵּן (yardén, “Jordan (river)”). Doublet of Yarden.
/ˈd͡ʒɔɹdən/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Jordan?
#131 among boys’ names, 2025
Jordan fell from #59 in 2015 to #131 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 3.3 to 1.6 per 1,000.
22,094 babies in 1990, the peak
Jordan peaked in 1990, when 22,094 babies were given it (16,137 boys, #29 among boys’ names). The 3,235 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 15% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| 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 |
Every recorded year (145)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | #3,851 | 304 | #449 |
| 1972 | 8 | #6,201 | 257 | #489 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,259 | 289 | #478 |
| 1970 | 9 | #5,574 | 280 | #486 |
| 1969 | 9 | #5,209 | 222 | #528 |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,336 | 188 | #552 |
| 1967 | 8 | #5,173 | 222 | #504 |
| 1966 | 8 | #5,045 | 213 | #522 |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,517 | 180 | #570 |
| 1964 | 11 | #4,208 | 164 | #611 |
| 1963 | under 5 | 154 | #633 | |
| 1962 | under 5 | 183 | #579 | |
| 1961 | 5 | #7,009 | 188 | #578 |
| 1960 | 6 | #5,986 | 137 | #669 |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,681 | 158 | #615 |
| 1958 | 7 | #5,120 | 185 | #568 |
| 1957 | under 5 | 207 | #538 | |
| 1956 | 5 | #6,375 | 101 | #731 |
| 1955 | under 5 | 106 | #711 | |
| 1954 | under 5 | 109 | #691 | |
| 1953 | 5 | #6,065 | 97 | #729 |
| 1952 | under 5 | 82 | #777 | |
| 1951 | under 5 | 75 | #815 | |
| 1950 | 7 | #4,510 | 69 | #822 |
| 1949 | under 5 | 74 | #799 | |
| 1948 | under 5 | 68 | #827 | |
| 1947 | under 5 | 72 | #816 | |
| 1946 | under 5 | 72 | #782 | |
| 1945 | under 5 | 66 | #758 | |
| 1944 | under 5 | 77 | #709 | |
| 1943 | under 5 | 78 | #733 | |
| 1942 | under 5 | 63 | #816 | |
| 1941 | under 5 | 63 | #792 | |
| 1940 | under 5 | 57 | #832 | |
| 1939 | under 5 | 67 | #736 | |
| 1938 | under 5 | 65 | #760 | |
| 1937 | under 5 | 71 | #718 | |
| 1936 | under 5 | 68 | #735 | |
| 1935 | under 5 | 78 | #683 | |
| 1934 | under 5 | 86 | #653 | |
| 1933 | under 5 | 79 | #661 | |
| 1932 | under 5 | 76 | #714 | |
| 1931 | under 5 | 102 | #581 | |
| 1930 | under 5 | 78 | #706 | |
| 1929 | under 5 | 90 | #652 | |
| 1928 | under 5 | 89 | #667 | |
| 1927 | under 5 | 96 | #648 | |
| 1926 | under 5 | 90 | #670 | |
| 1925 | under 5 | 98 | #641 | |
| 1924 | under 5 | 96 | #660 | |
| 1923 | under 5 | 87 | #696 | |
| 1922 | under 5 | 54 | #954 | |
| 1921 | under 5 | 79 | #748 | |
| 1920 | under 5 | 75 | #764 | |
| 1919 | under 5 | 48 | #977 | |
| 1918 | under 5 | 46 | #990 | |
| 1917 | under 5 | 53 | #880 | |
| 1916 | under 5 | 36 | #1,085 | |
| 1915 | under 5 | 62 | #764 | |
| 1914 | under 5 | 53 | #717 | |
| 1913 | under 5 | 41 | #728 | |
| 1912 | under 5 | 31 | #790 | |
| 1911 | under 5 | 12 | #1,013 | |
| 1910 | under 5 | 13 | #901 | |
| 1909 | under 5 | 20 | #601 | |
| 1908 | under 5 | 13 | #767 | |
| 1907 | under 5 | 13 | #760 | |
| 1906 | under 5 | 9 | #887 | |
| 1905 | under 5 | 9 | #878 | |
| 1904 | under 5 | 9 | #846 | |
| 1903 | under 5 | 21 | #457 | |
| 1902 | under 5 | 6 | #1,082 | |
| 1901 | under 5 | 12 | #620 | |
| 1900 | under 5 | 11 | #818 | |
| 1899 | under 5 | 7 | #904 | |
| 1898 | under 5 | 7 | #940 | |
| 1897 | under 5 | 11 | #667 | |
| 1896 | under 5 | 10 | #755 | |
| 1895 | under 5 | 26 | #374 | |
| 1894 | under 5 | 16 | #510 | |
| 1893 | under 5 | 16 | #470 | |
| 1892 | under 5 | 12 | #620 | |
| 1891 | under 5 | 12 | #542 | |
| 1889 | under 5 | 7 | #847 | |
| 1888 | under 5 | 18 | #456 | |
| 1887 | under 5 | 12 | #531 | |
| 1886 | under 5 | 9 | #668 | |
| 1885 | under 5 | 17 | #452 | |
| 1884 | under 5 | 25 | #358 | |
| 1883 | under 5 | 17 | #442 | |
| 1882 | under 5 | 12 | #561 | |
| 1881 | under 5 | 18 | #405 | |
| 1880 | under 5 | 23 | #359 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Jordan a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 536,795 Americans recorded as Jordan, 25% are girls and 75% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Jordan: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Jordan, and how old are they?
520,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 97% of the 536,795 Americans ever recorded as Jordan. The median Jordan alive today is 27 years old; half are between 19 and 34.
The 2020 Census counted 452,330 people named Jordan (122,596 women and girls, 329,734 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 499,938 born in the U.S. The Census count is 10% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 244 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,630 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 8,490 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 205,000 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 232,000 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 72,900 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Jordan born?
The states with the most babies named Jordan are California, Texas and Florida, with 29% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 382 | #128 | 0.8× |
| Texas | 337 | #138 | 0.9× |
| Florida | 211 | #117 | 1.1× |
| New York | 191 | #110 | 0.8× |
| Illinois | 126 | #111 | 0.8× |
| Pennsylvania | 116 | #133 | 0.9× |
| North Carolina | 114 | #131 | 1.1× |
| Ohio | 108 | #146 | 1.0× |
| Georgia | 104 | #132 | 1.1× |
| New Jersey | 104 | #112 | 0.7× |
Where Jordan is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Jordan is most over-represented in Hawaii: since 1910 it was given 1.2 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Jordan with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 7 names spelled alike, given to 562,708 babies since 1880, Jordan is the most given (95% of them). In 2025 it was given to 3,235 of their 3,289 babies (98%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Jordan
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1880-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Devin | 173,806 |
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Jordan and names like it
- Compare Jordan and JordonBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1990sJordan peaked in 1990.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Jordan since 1910.
- Hebrew namesWiktionary’s origin for Jordan: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1990The year the most babies were named Jordan.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Jordan alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with JMost given first.