Jordan

A unisex name of Hebrew origin, meaning flowing down; to descend.

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US popularity
#131
down from #104
UK popularity
#248
189 babies · down from #213

How Jordan has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2025. Lower is more popular.
#47#95#143201520202025#131

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YearUS rank
2015#59
2016#65
2017#73
2018#80
2019#89
2020#82
2021#88
2022#92
2023#98
2024#104
2025#131

Jordan by the numbers

In 2025, 189 babies in England and Wales were named Jordan. In the US, 5,996 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 16,133 babies in 1990, making it a 1990s name.

At its height, in 1990, about 1 in 130 American babies born that year was called Jordan.

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Jordan as a share of American babies born, 1880 to 2008, at five year intervals. Source: US Social Security Administration.

Names that come from Jordan

Forms of Jordan in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Jordyto flow down; form of Jordan296 in the US (2017)
  • Jordanaflowing down; feminine form of Jordan54 in the US (2017)
  • Jordieflowing down; a form of Jordan15 in the US (2017)
  • Jordanito flow down; a feminine or variant form of Jordan9 in the US (2017)
  • Jordan-Juniorvariant of Jordan with Junior, descending; the younger8 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Yordandescending; a form of Jordan3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Yordindescending; a modern spelling of Jordan7 in the US (2017)
  • Jordanoone who flows down; a form of Jordan5 in the US (2017)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Jordan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Jordynto flow down; a form of Jordan1,995 in the US (2017)
  • Jordinflowing down; to descend; a modern respelling of Jordan89 in the US (2017)
  • Jourdanone who descends; a form of Jordan36 in the US (2017)
  • Jorian13 in the US (2017)
  • Jourdynflowing down; form of jordan32 in the US (2017)
  • Jorahthe lord sees or teaches22 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Jordan

Names that are said the same way as Jordan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Jordynnflowing down; a form of Jordan215 in the US (2017)
  • Jordenflowing down; a spelling variant of Jordan122 in the US (2017)
  • Jordondescender; a spelling variant of Jordan70 in the US (2017)
  • Jordaynto flow down; a form of Jordan7 in the US (2017)
  • Jourdynn5 in the US (2017)

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