Jordan
#584 for girls in 2025, 503 births · #131 for boys in 2025, 2,732 births
Given to boys 74.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1997 · 14,761 births
- Debut · boys
- 23 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 42 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 401,196since 1880
Jordan over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #584 | 503 | #131 | 2,732 |
| 2024 | #536 | 565 | #104 | 3,336 |
| 2023 | #497 | 617 | #96 | 3,655 |
| 2022 | #500 | 632 | #92 | 3,919 |
| 2021 | #425 | 741 | #88 | 4,026 |
| 2020 | #437 | 703 | #82 | 4,287 |
| 2019 | #400 | 773 | #89 | 4,344 |
| 2018 | #374 | 836 | #80 | 4,703 |
| 2017 | #355 | 893 | #73 | 5,176 |
| 2016 | #288 | 1,124 | #65 | 5,680 |
| 2015 | #262 | 1,219 | #59 | 6,327 |
| 2014 | #246 | 1,314 | #55 | 6,903 |
| 2013 | #259 | 1,239 | #53 | 7,220 |
| 2012 | #221 | 1,423 | #48 | 7,828 |
| 2011 | #196 | 1,638 | #46 | 8,096 |
| 2010 | #178 | 1,728 | #46 | 8,253 |
| 2009 | #150 | 2,096 | #45 | 8,669 |
| 2008 | #128 | 2,652 | #48 | 9,099 |
| 2007 | #100 | 3,332 | #44 | 10,060 |
| 2006 | #97 | 3,547 | #46 | 9,935 |
| 2005 | #86 | 3,696 | #46 | 9,398 |
| 2004 | #71 | 4,447 | #43 | 9,560 |
| 2003 | #48 | 5,650 | #38 | 10,331 |
| 2002 | #45 | 6,152 | #37 | 11,152 |
| 2001 | #47 | 5,803 | #39 | 10,815 |
| 2000 | #50 | 5,809 | #36 | 12,168 |
| 1999 | #48 | 5,730 | #30 | 13,052 |
| 1998 | #42 | 7,114 | #27 | 14,410 |
| 1997 | #40 | 7,167 | #26 | 14,761 |
| 1996 | #49 | 6,299 | #27 | 13,852 |
| 1995 | #50 | 6,481 | #29 | 13,574 |
| 1994 | #52 | 6,259 | #29 | 14,160 |
| 1993 | #58 | 5,823 | #28 | 14,758 |
| 1992 | #63 | 5,366 | #32 | 14,032 |
| 1991 | #62 | 5,561 | #29 | 16,020 |
| 1990 | #59 | 5,957 | #29 | 16,137 |
| 1989 | #72 | 4,281 | #44 | 10,882 |
| 1988 | #136 | 2,127 | #52 | 8,490 |
| 1987 | #146 | 1,901 | #52 | 8,407 |
| 1986 | #135 | 2,083 | #53 | 7,302 |
| 1985 | #257 | 975 | #62 | 5,460 |
| 1984 | #381 | 594 | #65 | 4,540 |
| 1983 | #431 | 500 | #72 | 4,014 |
| 1982 | #453 | 470 | #85 | 3,534 |
| 1981 | #442 | 484 | #102 | 2,924 |
| 1980 | #517 | 372 | #160 | 1,619 |
| 1979 | #621 | 283 | #168 | 1,411 |
| 1978 | #784 | 194 | #219 | 979 |
| 1977 | #1,141 | 111 | #298 | 649 |
| 1976 | #1,191 | 95 | #335 | 515 |
| 1975 | #1,498 | 68 | #394 | 397 |
| 1974 | #2,066 | 40 | #407 | 368 |
| 1973 | #3,787 | 16 | #449 | 304 |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 | #489 | 257 |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 | #477 | 289 |
| 1970 | #5,413 | 9 | #486 | 280 |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 | #526 | 222 |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 | #552 | 188 |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 | #504 | 222 |
| 1966 | #4,866 | 8 | #521 | 213 |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 | #570 | 180 |
| 1964 | #4,096 | 11 | #611 | 164 |
| 1963 | — | #631 | 154 | |
| 1962 | — | #579 | 183 | |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | #577 | 188 |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | #670 | 137 |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | #616 | 158 |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 | #568 | 185 |
| 1957 | — | #539 | 207 | |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | #732 | 101 |
| 1955 | — | #712 | 106 | |
| 1954 | — | #692 | 109 | |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | #726 | 97 |
| 1952 | — | #775 | 82 | |
| 1951 | — | #813 | 75 | |
| 1950 | #4,315 | 7 | #819 | 69 |
| 1949 | — | #798 | 74 | |
| 1948 | — | #824 | 68 | |
| 1947 | — | #815 | 72 | |
| 1946 | — | #781 | 72 | |
| 1945 | — | #753 | 66 | |
| 1944 | — | #707 | 77 | |
| 1943 | — | #732 | 78 | |
| 1942 | — | #812 | 63 | |
| 1941 | — | #786 | 63 | |
| 1940 | — | #830 | 57 | |
| 1939 | — | #733 | 67 | |
| 1938 | — | #757 | 65 | |
| 1937 | — | #713 | 71 | |
| 1936 | — | #729 | 68 | |
| 1935 | — | #678 | 78 | |
| 1934 | — | #650 | 86 | |
| 1933 | — | #657 | 79 | |
| 1932 | — | #708 | 76 | |
| 1931 | — | #581 | 102 | |
| 1930 | — | #704 | 78 | |
| 1929 | — | #649 | 90 | |
| 1928 | — | #663 | 89 | |
| 1927 | — | #647 | 96 | |
| 1926 | — | #663 | 90 | |
| 1925 | — | #641 | 98 | |
| 1924 | — | #657 | 96 | |
| 1923 | — | #692 | 87 | |
| 1922 | — | #949 | 54 | |
| 1921 | — | #745 | 79 | |
| 1920 | — | #763 | 75 | |
| 1919 | — | #973 | 48 | |
| 1918 | — | #986 | 46 | |
| 1917 | — | #876 | 53 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,072 | 36 | |
| 1915 | — | #759 | 62 | |
| 1914 | — | #712 | 53 | |
| 1913 | — | #720 | 41 | |
| 1912 | — | #783 | 31 | |
| 1911 | — | #982 | 12 | |
| 1910 | — | #859 | 13 | |
| 1909 | — | #590 | 20 | |
| 1908 | — | #744 | 13 | |
| 1907 | — | #735 | 13 | |
| 1906 | — | #852 | 9 | |
| 1905 | — | #836 | 9 | |
| 1904 | — | #810 | 9 | |
| 1903 | — | #451 | 21 | |
| 1902 | — | #1,013 | 6 | |
| 1901 | — | #596 | 12 | |
| 1900 | — | #785 | 11 | |
| 1899 | — | #857 | 7 | |
| 1898 | — | #885 | 7 | |
| 1897 | — | #652 | 11 | |
| 1896 | — | #722 | 10 | |
| 1895 | — | #368 | 26 | |
| 1894 | — | #502 | 16 | |
| 1893 | — | #459 | 16 | |
| 1892 | — | #597 | 12 | |
| 1891 | — | #524 | 12 | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #789 | 7 | |
| 1888 | — | #442 | 18 | |
| 1887 | — | #516 | 12 | |
| 1886 | — | #647 | 9 | |
| 1885 | — | #439 | 17 | |
| 1884 | — | #352 | 25 | |
| 1883 | — | #433 | 17 | |
| 1882 | — | #540 | 12 | |
| 1881 | — | #395 | 18 | |
| 1880 | — | #356 | 23 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Jordan was already there! It came in at #356, and was given to 23 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1890, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Jordan is popular in 2009
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Carolina#16 · 1 in 108
- Mississippi#23 · 1 in 125
- Hawaii#26 · 1 in 121
- Delaware#27 · 1 in 102
- Florida#27 · 1 in 147
Best ever in a state: #3 in South Dakota, 1991.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | #16 | 201 | 1 in 108 |
| Mississippi | #23 | 119 | 1 in 125 |
| Hawaii | #26 | 38 | 1 in 121 |
| Delaware | #27 | 37 | 1 in 102 |
| Florida | #27 | 647 | 1 in 147 |
| Georgia | #28 | 389 | 1 in 152 |
| Alabama | #30 | 156 | 1 in 155 |
| Kentucky | #30 | 156 | 1 in 150 |
| Louisiana | #33 | 146 | 1 in 171 |
| Nevada | #33 | 94 | 1 in 153 |
| Rhode Island | #38 | 38 | 1 in 111 |
| Alaska | #40 | 24 | 1 in 145 |
| Massachusetts | #43 | 191 | 1 in 163 |
| Michigan | #44 | 291 | 1 in 170 |
| Virginia | #44 | 239 | 1 in 176 |
| Wyoming | #45 | 13 | 1 in 159 |
| Tennessee | #46 | 187 | 1 in 194 |
| New York | #47 | 447 | 1 in 241 |
| New Mexico | #48 | 59 | 1 in 180 |
| North Carolina | #48 | 266 | 1 in 202 |
| Oklahoma | #48 | 104 | 1 in 206 |
| Texas | #48 | 852 | 1 in 219 |
| Maryland | #50 | 156 | 1 in 184 |
| California | #51 | 1,019 | 1 in 238 |
| Arizona | #52 | 179 | 1 in 223 |
| Indiana | #53 | 174 | 1 in 215 |
| North Dakota | #53 | 20 | 1 in 166 |
| South Dakota | #53 | 23 | 1 in 179 |
| Colorado | #55 | 128 | 1 in 225 |
| New Jersey | #55 | 195 | 1 in 229 |
| Ohio | #55 | 326 | 1 in 192 |
| District of Columbia | #56 | 22 | 1 in 193 |
| Washington | #56 | 158 | 1 in 234 |
| Connecticut | #57 | 74 | 1 in 207 |
| Pennsylvania | #57 | 289 | 1 in 215 |
| West Virginia | #58 | 46 | 1 in 186 |
| Arkansas | #60 | 66 | 1 in 228 |
| Wisconsin | #61 | 134 | 1 in 214 |
| Illinois | #62 | 288 | 1 in 252 |
| Oregon | #62 | 83 | 1 in 233 |
| Missouri | #65 | 148 | 1 in 226 |
| Kansas | #66 | 73 | 1 in 229 |
| Minnesota | #72 | 108 | 1 in 270 |
| New Hampshire | #72 | 22 | 1 in 232 |
| Nebraska | #73 | 41 | 1 in 253 |
| Maine | #76 | 20 | 1 in 251 |
| Iowa | #77 | 55 | 1 in 288 |
| Vermont | #77 | 9 | 1 in 213 |
| Idaho | #79 | 32 | 1 in 274 |
| Utah | #83 | 75 | 1 in 306 |
| Montana | #99 | 12 | 1 in 333 |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Jordan
- 27 spots since 2024 (#104 → #131)
- 49 spots since 2020 (#82 → #131)
- 72 spots since 2015 (#59 → #131)
- Biggest jump: 562 spots in 1903 (#1,013 → #451)
- Biggest drop: 417 spots in 1902 (#596 → #1,013)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1997 at #26 (14,761 births)
- Births halved by 2013, 16 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 42 yrs · run 1982–2023
- Top 1,000: 143 yrs · run 1917–2025
- Highest: 1 in 126 boys born in 1991 were named Jordan (0.79%)
- Latest: 1 in 625 boys born in 2025 (0.16%)
- Its best rank, #26 in 1997, was only 1 in 128 (0.78%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 36.1% of all boys named Jordan (144,756) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 158 | #352 (1884) | #491 |
| 1890s | 117 | #368 (1895) | #618 |
| 1900s | 123 | #451 (1903) | #741 |
| 1910s | 395 | #712 (1914) | #872 |
| 1920s | 854 | #641 (1925) | #707 |
| 1930s | 770 | #581 (1931) | #691 |
| 1940s | 690 | #707 (1944) | #784 |
| 1950s | 1,189 | #539 (1957) | #699 |
| 1960s | 1,851 | #504 (1967) | #574 |
| 1970s | 5,449 | #168 (1979) | #372 |
| 1980s | 57,172 | #44 (1989) | #75 |
| 1990s | 144,756 | #26 (1997) | #29 |
| 2000s | 101,187 | #36 (2000) | #42 |
| 2010s | 64,530 | #46 (2010) | #61 |
| 2020s | 21,955 | #82 (2020) | #99 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Jordan in 2009
Top girls' names in 2009
Top boys' names in 2009
More about 2009
girls
1,837,114 girls got a published name in 2009; 1 in 876 of them was named Jordan, which outranked 99.3% of the 20,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,983,573 boys got a published name in 2009; 1 in 229 of them was named Jordan, which outranked 99.7% of the 14,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.