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

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Peak · boys
1991 · 716 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
13,762
since 1888

Jordon over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202000peak #1,263, 1991peak #340, 1991girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#4,05026
2024#3,27236
2023#2,80545
2022#3,21637
2021#3,02140
2020#15,0885#2,36656
2019#2,15066
2018#2,08368
2017#11,6158#2,17062
2016#14,3316#1,81183
2015#14,4826#1,61399
2014#14,5586#1,456112
2013#8,58013#1,413118
2012#9,71111#1,130162
2011#8,19614#1,107167
2010#8,27114#976202
2009#6,31721#912226
2008#5,43426#838260
2007#5,37726#738306
2006#5,08627#738289
2005#3,50942#676310
2004#3,89836#603354
2003#2,61061#564396
2002#2,60559#553400
2001#2,37966#521428
2000#2,01682#466508
1999#2,36862#439525
1998#1,84583#430539
1997#1,525106#410564
1996#1,438114#432519
1995#1,64090#436525
1994#1,71486#433526
1993#1,62993#414561
1992#1,474107#405561
1991#1,263133#340716
1990#1,356117#348693
1989#1,58788#426486
1988#2,29548#480367
1987#2,15650#468355
1986#2,00354#491318
1985#3,41925#565243
1984#5,89911#643179
1983#8,0477#652171
1982#5,20913#766131
1981#4,34417#784123
1980#7,4188#1,03177
1979#1,12863
1978#9,7505#1,50838
1977#1,94825
1976#1,93225
1975#2,13421
1974#2,27718
1973#2,31117
1972#2,41815
1971#2,97311
1970#2,50914
1969#2,68211
1968#2,03016
1967#3,2317
1966#1,72320
1965#3,2447
1964#2,31013
1963#3,3187
1962#2,50411
1961#2,32213
1960#2,42312
1959#2,66310
1958#2,8189
1957#2,27413
1956#2,9698
1955#3,8865
1954#2,59210
1953#3,4256
1952#2,51410
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1946#3,1736
1945
1944#2,6338
1943#3,2316
1942#2,7128
1941#2,6568
1940#1,89414
1939#2,4499
1938#2,6468
1937#2,19711
1936#1,96413
1935#2,24611
1934#2,39310
1933#2,36810
1932#1,84816
1931#1,64319
1930#2,44411
1929#2,9808
1928#2,52211
1927#2,52311
1926#4,2015
1925#2,75510
1924#3,0239
1923#3,1758
1922#3,5327
1921#2,63211
1920
1919#4,1685
1918#4,1795
1917#2,56210
1916
1915#2,8298
1914#2,10110
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First appearance
1888

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.

See more about Jordon
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
103 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1888
  • Peaked 1991 at #340 (716 births)
  • Births halved by 2004, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 31 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 31 yrs · run 1981–2010
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,822
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 41.6% of all boys named Jordon (5,729) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s6#917 (1888)#917
1890s0
1900s0
1910s38#2,101 (1914)#3,168
1920s80#2,522 (1928)#3,038
1930s118#1,643 (1931)#2,220
1940s50#1,894 (1940)#2,717
1950s71#2,274 (1957)#2,893
1960s117#1,723 (1966)#2,579
1970s247#1,128 (1979)#2,114
1980s2,450#426 (1989)#631
1990s5,729#340 (1991)#409
2000s3,477#466 (2000)#661
2010s1,139#976 (2010)#1,591
2020s240#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

girls
#2,016
82 births · 1 in 22,147 girls
boys
#466
508 births · 1 in 3,866 boys

Top girls' names in 2000

  1. #1Emily25,959
  2. #2Hannah23,087
  3. #3Madison19,968
  4. #4Ashley18,000
  5. #5Sarah17,715
  6. #6Alexis17,631
  7. #7Samantha17,265
  8. #8Jessica15,711
  9. #9Elizabeth15,117
  10. #10Taylor15,080
  11. #2,016Jordon82

Top boys' names in 2000

  1. #1Jacob34,492
  2. #2Michael32,045
  3. #3Matthew28,580
  4. #4Joshua27,543
  5. #5Christopher24,936
  6. #6Nicholas24,653
  7. #7Andrew23,658
  8. #8Joseph22,844
  9. #9Daniel22,338
  10. #10Tyler21,506
  11. #466Jordon508
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).

Ranked beside Jordon
  1. #1,998Shanelle83
  2. #1,998Tala83
  3. #1,998Zaire83
  4. #2,016Jordon82
  5. #2,016Araya82
  6. #2,016Carlene82
  7. #2,016Chyenne82
  8. #2,034Alexsandra81
  9. #2,034Amyah81
  10. #2,034Angelita81

Tied with 17 names at #2,016; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1999
Risers
  1. 2,528Laisha#3,509#981
  2. 2,131Litzy#2,527#396
  3. 2,096Cielo#2,991#895
  4. 1,864Yamilet#2,703#839
  5. 1,775Nyah#2,567#792
Fallers
  1. 560Tatyanna#951#1,511
  2. 529Jailene#506#1,035
  3. 431Shanice#727#1,158
  4. 384Chantal#921#1,305
  5. 348Infant#658#1,006

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).

Ranked beside Jordon
  1. #463Cedric512
  2. #463Jaylin512
  3. #465Mohammad510
  4. #466Jordon508
  5. #467Beau507
  6. #468Elliot503
  7. #469Lee502
Biggest movers since 1999
Risers
  1. 4,806Maximus#5,656#850
  2. 2,950Elian#3,376#426
  3. 438Axel#799#361
  4. 437Luca#1,063#626
  5. 403Jevon#1,039#636
Fallers
  1. 1,334Trajan#996#2,330
  2. 498Jordi#743#1,241
  3. 322Auston#931#1,253
  4. 298Tyreke#737#1,035
  5. 274Tahj#863#1,137

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2000