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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| 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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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 2010
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Mississippi#449 · 1 in 2,304
- Alabama#461 · 1 in 2,596
- Michigan#490 · 1 in 3,213
- Kentucky#518 · 1 in 3,747
- Virginia#533 · 1 in 3,778
Best ever in a state: #107 in Vermont, 1989.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #449 | 6 | 1 in 2,304 |
| Alabama | #461 | 9 | 1 in 2,596 |
| Michigan | #490 | 15 | 1 in 3,213 |
| Kentucky | #518 | 6 | 1 in 3,747 |
| Virginia | #533 | 11 | 1 in 3,778 |
| Maryland | #537 | 8 | 1 in 3,525 |
| South Carolina | #654 | 5 | 1 in 4,210 |
| Louisiana | #684 | 6 | 1 in 3,971 |
| Missouri | #704 | 6 | 1 in 5,445 |
| Georgia | #817 | 9 | 1 in 6,210 |
| Tennessee | #841 | 5 | 1 in 7,031 |
| Ohio | #908 | 7 | 1 in 8,647 |
| Florida | #987 | 11 | 1 in 8,422 |
| Texas | #1,084 | 16 | 1 in 11,164 |
| North Carolina | #1,088 | 5 | 1 in 10,313 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,116 | 5 | 1 in 12,200 |
| New York | #1,343 | 8 | 1 in 13,279 |
| Illinois | #1,357 | 5 | 1 in 13,966 |
| California | #1,427 | 12 | 1 in 19,481 |
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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 2010
Top girls' names in 2010
Top boys' names in 2010
More about 2010
girls
1,777,595 girls got a published name in 2010; 1 in 126,971 of them was named Jordon, which outranked 58.3% of the 19,841 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #7,880Zephaniah15
- #7,880Zsofia15
- #7,880Zyria15
- #8,271Jordon14
- #8,271Aaliyha14
- #8,271Aayushi14
- #8,271Adasyn14
- #8,701Aamira13
- #8,701Abbigaile13
- #8,701Abrar13
Tied with 429 names at #8,271; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,918,676 boys got a published name in 2010; 1 in 9,498 of them was named Jordon, which outranked 93.2% of the 14,270 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).