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Jordan

Boys' name · Millennial-era

Living in the US
~521,900 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#131 among boys
Births in 2025
3,235 536,795 since 1880
Typical age
26 years, median

Jordan popularity over time

Jordan rank by birth year, 1880–2025Jordan ranked #356 in 1880 and #131 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #26, in 1997.#100#1,000#131best #26 in 199718901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

More children were named Jordan in 1990 than in any other year — 22,094 of them. It is present from 1880, the first year of the record. Jordan has spent 42 years inside the national top 100.

In 2025 it ranked #131 with 3,235 births. The ten-year change is -57%. Year on year the rank dropped by 27.

Babies named Jordan per yearPeaks at 22,094 births in 1990.22,094 in 1990018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Jordan?

Roughly 521,900 Jordans are alive in the US right now. That is out of 536,795 recorded births since 1880. The split is about 133,700 women and 388,200 men.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Jordan?

Median age among living Jordans: 26. Most living bearers were born in the 1990s. By the site’s era rules that makes Jordan a millennial-era name.

Your Jordan

Ages of living people named JordanHalf of living Jordans are older than 26 and half younger.median 26020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Jordan is most common

Jordan is 2.1× as common in Delaware as it is nationally. New Mexico, Mississippi and Hawaii follow.

Where Jordan is used more than average5 states use the name Jordan more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: 2.1× the national rateDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: 1.8× the national rateNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: 1.7× the national rateMSAlabama: 1.4× the national rateALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: 1.5× the national rateHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Jordan is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Delaware 168 2.1×
New Mexico 315 1.8×
Mississippi 545 1.7×
Hawaii 132 1.5×
Alabama 826 1.4×

Is Jordan a boy's or a girl's name?

25% girls75% boys
Share of all recorded US births under this name, 1880 to the latest year.

The name leans boys, but 15.0% of births in the last decade were girls. Across the whole record, 25.3% of births under the name were girls.

Jordan in England and Wales

ONS recorded 194 births named Jordan in 2025, ranking it #248.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Jordan comes from

From Latin Iordanēs, from Ancient Greek Ἰορδάνης, from Biblical Hebrew יַרְדֵּן (“Jordan (river)”). Doublet of Yarden.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Jordan

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Jordan Peterson Canadian clinical psychologist, author, and political commentator and manosphere activist (1962-) 1962 83
Jordan Henderson English association football player 1990 77
Jordan Pickford English footballer 1994 67
Jordan Ayew Ghanaian footballer 1991 52
Jordan Peele American actor, comedian and filmmaker 1979 50
Jordan Bardella French politician 1995 47
Jordan Belfort American stockbroker 1962 42
Jordan Veretout French footballer 1993 41
Photo credits (4)

The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 1,991 in 1980 to 3,408 in 1981 — 1.7 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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