Jordyn

Where Jordyn comes from

The dictionaries list Jordyn as a given name — a female given name from Hebrew, of modern usage, variant of Jordan — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Hebrew
Along the way
  1. 1979
    First appearance
    #7,313 among girls, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1995
    Jordyn Wieber born
    American artistic gymnast
  3. 2001
    Jordyn Huitema born
    Canadian soccer player
  4. 2010
    Peak, #112
    2,810 babies named Jordyn — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2022
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #234.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Hebrew, of modern usage, variant of Jordan.
  • A male given name from Hebrew, a rare modern spelling variant of Jordan.
Namesakes
  • Jordyn Huitema · Canadian soccer player, born 2001
  • Jordyn Wieber · American artistic gymnast, born 1995
  • Jordyn Poulter · American volleyball player, born 1997
  • Jordyn Brooks · American football player, born 1997
  • Jordyn Woods · African-American model and entrepreneur, born 1997

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.