Boys' name · since 1993
Yordan
Yordan has 230 recorded births since 1993 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2020 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,150 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,240 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 230
- born since 1993
- 2010s
- peak decade
230 babies have been named Yordan since 1993, making it today's #9240 boys' name.
Yordan has 230 recorded births among boys since 1993, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9240 as of the latest data, more common than 34% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2025.
- #12,150 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,240 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 230 born since 1993
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yordan ranks #12,150 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,240 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 230 born since 1993, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,150 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,240 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 230
- born since 1993
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yordan's 230 recorded births place it above 73.28% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Florida.
How Yordan compares
230 40th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Yordan's all-time total is 38% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yordan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 230 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 34 | 22,252 |
Yordan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Yordan's SSA record in two at 2012 and the more recent half accounts for 61% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 39%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1994, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2020 peak of 17, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Yordan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Yordan by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (79 births, 34% of the file).
2010s was Yordan's strongest decade.
79 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Yordan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 17
1990s
17 births
- 2000s
2000s
61 births
- 2010s
2010s
79 births
- 2020s
2020s
73 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 79 births (34% of all-time use).
Yordan by state
Where Yordan concentrates geographically, total births since 1993
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What to do with Yordan's data
- Yordan's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (79 total births) through the 2020s (73) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Florida records the most Yordans (12 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida 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 Yordan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2020)
Similar record span (~32 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, 1993–2025 (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 Yordan 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.