Girls' name · since 1960
Jordana
3,434 babies named Jordana in U.S. Social Security records since 1960, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #3,298 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,897 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,434
- born since 1960
- 1980s
- peak decade
Yes -- Jordana is the #4897 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 3,434 recorded since 1960.
Jordana has 3,434 recorded births among girls since 1960, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4897 as of the latest data, more common than 72% of girls, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1960 to 2025.
- #3,298 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,897 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 3,434 born since 1960
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jordana ranks #3,298 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,897 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 3,434 born since 1960, peaking in the 1980s.
- #3,298 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,897 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,434
- born since 1960
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jordana's 3,434 recorded births place it above 95.44% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Jordana compares
3,434 Top 17% higher than 83% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Jordana's all-time total is 9x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jordana | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 3,434 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 88 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jordana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jordana's full recorded timeline at 1993, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1962, with just 12 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2009 peak of 88 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jordana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 88
- Annual births at peak, across 66 years of records
Currently ranks #4897 among girls.
3,434 total births across 66 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 88 births in a single year.
Jordana by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (687 births, 20% of the file).
1980s was Jordana's strongest decade.
687 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 20% of all-time use.
Jordana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 222
1960s
222 births
- 1970s
1970s
359 births
- 1980s
1980s
687 births
- 1990s
1990s
629 births
- 2000s
2000s
684 births
- 2010s
2010s
653 births
- 2020s 200
2020s
200 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 687 births (20% of all-time use).
Jordana decade highlights
- Peak decade 687 births
- Runner-up 684 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
How Jordana compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Jordana's total volume
Jordana by state
Where Jordana concentrates geographically, total births since 1960
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 825 | 24.0% |
| #2 | California | | 410 | 11.9% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 176 | 5.1% |
| #4 | Florida | | 137 | 4.0% |
| #5 | Texas | | 112 | 3.3% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 25 | 0.7% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 10 | 0.3% |
| #8 | Wisconsin | | 5 | 0.1% |
825 of 3,434 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 24.0% of nationwide
- California 11.9% of nationwide
- New Jersey 5.1% of nationwide
- Florida 4.0% of nationwide
- Texas 3.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 8 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 24.0% of all recorded births nationwide - a strong regional concentration for this name.
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What to do with Jordana's data
- Jordana's decade-level peak was the 1980s (687 total births); usage has since declined to 200 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Jordanas (825 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jordana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~65 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, 1960–2025 (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 Jordana 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.
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