Jordon
Last seen for girls in 2020 at #15,088 · #4,050 for boys in 2025, 26 births
Given to boys 88.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1991 · 716 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 13,762since 1888
Jordon 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 | — | #4,050 | 26 | |
| 2024 | — | #3,272 | 36 | |
| 2023 | — | #2,805 | 45 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,216 | 37 | |
| 2021 | — | #3,021 | 40 | |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | #2,366 | 56 |
| 2019 | — | #2,150 | 66 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,083 | 68 | |
| 2017 | #11,615 | 8 | #2,170 | 62 |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | #1,811 | 83 |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 | #1,613 | 99 |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | #1,456 | 112 |
| 2013 | #8,580 | 13 | #1,413 | 118 |
| 2012 | #9,711 | 11 | #1,130 | 162 |
| 2011 | #8,196 | 14 | #1,107 | 167 |
| 2010 | #8,271 | 14 | #976 | 202 |
| 2009 | #6,317 | 21 | #912 | 226 |
| 2008 | #5,434 | 26 | #838 | 260 |
| 2007 | #5,377 | 26 | #738 | 306 |
| 2006 | #5,086 | 27 | #738 | 289 |
| 2005 | #3,509 | 42 | #676 | 310 |
| 2004 | #3,898 | 36 | #603 | 354 |
| 2003 | #2,610 | 61 | #564 | 396 |
| 2002 | #2,605 | 59 | #553 | 400 |
| 2001 | #2,379 | 66 | #521 | 428 |
| 2000 | #2,016 | 82 | #466 | 508 |
| 1999 | #2,368 | 62 | #439 | 525 |
| 1998 | #1,845 | 83 | #430 | 539 |
| 1997 | #1,525 | 106 | #410 | 564 |
| 1996 | #1,438 | 114 | #432 | 519 |
| 1995 | #1,640 | 90 | #436 | 525 |
| 1994 | #1,714 | 86 | #433 | 526 |
| 1993 | #1,629 | 93 | #414 | 561 |
| 1992 | #1,474 | 107 | #405 | 561 |
| 1991 | #1,263 | 133 | #340 | 716 |
| 1990 | #1,356 | 117 | #348 | 693 |
| 1989 | #1,587 | 88 | #426 | 486 |
| 1988 | #2,295 | 48 | #480 | 367 |
| 1987 | #2,156 | 50 | #468 | 355 |
| 1986 | #2,003 | 54 | #491 | 318 |
| 1985 | #3,419 | 25 | #565 | 243 |
| 1984 | #5,899 | 11 | #643 | 179 |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 | #652 | 171 |
| 1982 | #5,209 | 13 | #766 | 131 |
| 1981 | #4,344 | 17 | #784 | 123 |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 | #1,031 | 77 |
| 1979 | — | #1,128 | 63 | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #1,508 | 38 |
| 1977 | — | #1,948 | 25 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,932 | 25 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,134 | 21 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,277 | 18 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,311 | 17 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,418 | 15 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,973 | 11 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,509 | 14 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,682 | 11 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,030 | 16 | |
| 1967 | — | #3,231 | 7 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,723 | 20 | |
| 1965 | — | #3,244 | 7 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,310 | 13 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,318 | 7 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,504 | 11 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,322 | 13 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,423 | 12 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,663 | 10 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,818 | 9 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,274 | 13 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,969 | 8 | |
| 1955 | — | #3,886 | 5 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,592 | 10 | |
| 1953 | — | #3,425 | 6 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,514 | 10 | |
| 1951 | — | — | ||
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| 1947 | — | — | ||
| 1946 | — | #3,173 | 6 | |
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | #2,633 | 8 | |
| 1943 | — | #3,231 | 6 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,712 | 8 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,656 | 8 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,894 | 14 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,449 | 9 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,646 | 8 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,197 | 11 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,964 | 13 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,246 | 11 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,393 | 10 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,368 | 10 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,848 | 16 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,643 | 19 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,444 | 11 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,980 | 8 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,522 | 11 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,523 | 11 | |
| 1926 | — | #4,201 | 5 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,755 | 10 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,023 | 9 | |
| 1923 | — | #3,175 | 8 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,532 | 7 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,632 | 11 | |
| 1920 | — | — | ||
| 1919 | — | #4,168 | 5 | |
| 1918 | — | #4,179 | 5 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,562 | 10 | |
| 1916 | — | — | ||
| 1915 | — | #2,829 | 8 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,101 | 10 | |
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| 1888 | — | #917 | 6 | |
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Jordon! It came in at #917, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1889–1913, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Jordon is popular in 2000
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Montana#179 · 1 in 666
- Iowa#233 · 1 in 1,281
- South Carolina#275 · 1 in 1,493
- Missouri#287 · 1 in 2,022
- Connecticut#290 · 1 in 2,273
Best ever in a state: #107 in Vermont, 1989.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montana | #179 | 6 | 1 in 666 |
| Iowa | #233 | 13 | 1 in 1,281 |
| South Carolina | #275 | 14 | 1 in 1,493 |
| Missouri | #287 | 17 | 1 in 2,022 |
| Connecticut | #290 | 8 | 1 in 2,273 |
| Maryland | #299 | 15 | 1 in 1,917 |
| Colorado | #318 | 16 | 1 in 1,776 |
| Alabama | #319 | 13 | 1 in 1,946 |
| Utah | #327 | 11 | 1 in 1,904 |
| Indiana | #335 | 16 | 1 in 2,458 |
| Minnesota | #338 | 11 | 1 in 2,668 |
| Arkansas | #348 | 7 | 1 in 2,127 |
| Ohio | #362 | 23 | 1 in 3,067 |
| Pennsylvania | #363 | 21 | 1 in 3,131 |
| Michigan | #380 | 20 | 1 in 2,964 |
| Florida | #383 | 36 | 1 in 2,480 |
| Tennessee | #397 | 12 | 1 in 3,045 |
| Kansas | #404 | 6 | 1 in 2,749 |
| Louisiana | #407 | 12 | 1 in 2,271 |
| Wisconsin | #429 | 8 | 1 in 3,692 |
| Washington | #441 | 11 | 1 in 3,156 |
| Mississippi | #444 | 6 | 1 in 2,593 |
| Arizona | #445 | 11 | 1 in 3,447 |
| Illinois | #479 | 21 | 1 in 3,831 |
| Virginia | #505 | 10 | 1 in 4,104 |
| Texas | #516 | 41 | 1 in 4,181 |
| Georgia | #526 | 14 | 1 in 3,957 |
| New York | #556 | 23 | 1 in 4,981 |
| California | #621 | 35 | 1 in 7,082 |
| North Carolina | #756 | 7 | 1 in 7,390 |
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| Vermont | — | — | — |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Jordon
- 778 spots since 2024 (#3,272 → #4,050)
- 1,684 spots since 2020 (#2,366 → #4,050)
- 2,437 spots since 2015 (#1,613 → #4,050)
- Biggest jump: 247 spots in 1981 (#1,031 → #784)
- Biggest drop: 131 spots in 2011 (#976 → #1,107)
- Debuted 1888
- Peaked 1991 at #340 (716 births)
- Births halved by 2004, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 31 yrs · run 1981–2010
- Highest: 1 in 2,822 boys born in 1991 were named Jordon (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 65,695 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 41.6% of all boys named Jordon (5,729) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | #917 (1888) | #917 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 38 | #2,101 (1914) | #3,168 |
| 1920s | 80 | #2,522 (1928) | #3,038 |
| 1930s | 118 | #1,643 (1931) | #2,220 |
| 1940s | 50 | #1,894 (1940) | #2,717 |
| 1950s | 71 | #2,274 (1957) | #2,893 |
| 1960s | 117 | #1,723 (1966) | #2,579 |
| 1970s | 247 | #1,128 (1979) | #2,114 |
| 1980s | 2,450 | #426 (1989) | #631 |
| 1990s | 5,729 | #340 (1991) | #409 |
| 2000s | 3,477 | #466 (2000) | #661 |
| 2010s | 1,139 | #976 (2010) | #1,591 |
| 2020s | 240 | #2,366 (2020) | #3,122 |
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.
Jordon in 2000
Top girls' names in 2000
Top boys' names in 2000
More about 2000
girls
1,816,036 girls got a published name in 2000; 1 in 22,147 of them was named Jordon, which outranked 88.6% of the 17,660 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,998Shanelle83
- #1,998Tala83
- #1,998Zaire83
- #2,016Jordon82
- #2,016Araya82
- #2,016Carlene82
- #2,016Chyenne82
- #2,034Alexsandra81
- #2,034Amyah81
- #2,034Angelita81
Tied with 17 names at #2,016; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,964,001 boys got a published name in 2000; 1 in 3,866 of them was named Jordon, which outranked 96.2% of the 12,119 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.