Jorden — #3391 US boys' name
7,001 babies named Jorden in U.S. Social Security records since 1903, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 76% of names given to boys today.
38% of everyone ever named Jorden was born in this single decade.
348 babies were named Jorden in 2011 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jorden
The Social Security Administration has registered 7,001 babies named Jorden between 1903 and 2024, spanning 122 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jorden currently holds the #3391 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 348 babies received it in a single year. Jorden is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 2,334 additional births since 1980.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jorden performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 2,686 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Jorden shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 670 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Jorden in 38 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jorden in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 7,001 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Jorden at a glance
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Current rank
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Jorden popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1903
- Peak year (2011)
- 348
- Annual births at peak — across 122 years of records
Currently ranks #3391 among boys.
7,001 total births across 122 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 348 births in a single year.
Jorden popularity over time — girls
2,334 total births recorded since 1980 (Jorden as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Jorden accounts for 25% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jorden by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 2,686 births that decade — 38% of Jorden's all-time total
Jorden decade highlights
- Peak decade 2,686 births
- Runner-up 1,897 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Jorden's strongest decade
2,686 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
Jorden by state
Where Jorden concentrates geographically — total births since 1903
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 670 | 9.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 540 | 7.7% |
| #3 | Florida | | 388 | 5.5% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 308 | 4.4% |
| #5 | New York | | 296 | 4.2% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 293 | 4.2% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 243 | 3.5% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 189 | 2.7% |
670 of 7,001 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 38 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 9.6% of nationwide
- Texas 7.7% of nationwide
- Florida 5.5% of nationwide
- Michigan 4.4% of nationwide
- New York 4.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 38 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 9.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Jorden appears in 38 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1903–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.