Jordan
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The story
Jordan began as water. The Hebrew Yarden names the river that descends toward the Dead Sea, and its root means to flow down. Because the New Testament places the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan, medieval pilgrims and crusaders brought river water home for baptisms, and the place name became a personal name in Europe. It faded after the Middle Ages, returned in the nineteenth century, and then found a completely new American life. The US curve rises sharply in the 1980s, peaks in the 1990s, and eases after 2000. By then Jordan had become comfortably unisex, helped by a surname sound and by Michael Jordan's unmatched visibility, though a chart cannot assign the rise to one person. Few names bridge so many categories at once: biblical place, river, surname, boys' name, girls' name, and a generation that heard it everywhere.
Jordan's name family
One shared root links 4 names in English.
Shared root: from the river Jordan, Hebrew Yarden, possibly "flowing down"; Jordan was used as a personal name in medieval Europe
The family
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How popular is Jordan around the world?
In the United States, 25,716 babies were named Jordan between 2020 and 2025. In South Australia, 27 boys were registered as Jordan in 2017.
Jordan is on the official records of the United States, South Australia, Canada, New South Wales, New Zealand, Scotland, Ireland, England and Wales, Chile, Mexico City, Argentina, France, Brazil, Montevideo, Austria, Spain and Poland.
Jordan crosses languages: it is in the latest top 300 of an English-speaking birth record and of a Spanish-speaking one. The full list: English and Spanish
United States
1 in 850
In the United States, 25,716 babies were named Jordan between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Jordan peaked in the 1990s. Jordan went to 7,546 US babies in 2015 and 3,235 in 2025, 43% of the earlier figure.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
South Australia
1 in 5702017
In South Australia, 27 boys were registered as Jordan in 2017.
share of that year’s name registrations
Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names
Canada
1 in 1,200
In Canada, 283 boys named Jordan were born in 2024, the 108th most common name among boys that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)
New South Wales
#90 · 2025
In New South Wales, 94 boys named Jordan were registered in 2025, ranked 90th in that year’s top 100 for boys.
share of that year’s top-100 registrations
New South Wales (not all of Australia) publishes only each year’s 100 most popular names per sex, so a missing year means below that top 100, not rare. Source: NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, popular baby names
New Zealand
1 in 1,400
In New Zealand, 41 boys named Jordan were registered in 2025.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from New Zealand birth registrations, grouped by registration year; any name under 10 in a year is excluded at source. Shares divide by Stats NZ’s count of births registered to mothers living in New Zealand, under 1% below the registry’s own count. Source: Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), baby name popularity over time
Scotland
1 in 1,800
In Scotland, 26 boys named Jordan were registered in 2024, the 169th most common name among boys that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names
Ireland
1 in 2,000
In Ireland, 27 boys named Jordan were born in 2025, the 179th most common name among boys that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names
England and Wales
1 in 3,000
In England and Wales, 189 boys named Jordan were born in 2025, the 248th most common name among boys that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales
Chile
1 in 3,600
In Chile, 49 boys were registered as Jordan in 2021, every accent spelling counted together, most often written Jordán.
share of that year’s name registrations
First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021
Mexico City City
1 in 4,900
In Mexico City, there were 24 registrations of Jordan in 2022.
share of that year’s registrations in the city
Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023, a partial extract through 3 Mar with no cell on record for this name, is excluded. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023
Argentina
1 in 6,800
In Argentina, 98 newborns were given the name Jordan in 2024.
share of that year’s name registrations
Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024
France
1 in 6,800
In France, about 95 boys named Jordan were born in 2025, the 476th most common name among boys that year.
share of that year’s births on record
Births in France by year of birth, from INSEE’s fichier des prénoms (1900–2025; Mayotte from 2012); exact spellings count separately (Léo and Leo are different names), any spelling under 3 in a year and sex is withheld at source, every count is rounded to the nearest 5 at source, and nametree keeps the spellings that reached 20 in some year. Shares divide by INSEE’s count of births in France from 1957, and before that by the file’s own total for the year; INSEE says the file is not complete before 1946. Source: Insee, fichier des prénoms (last updated 2026-07-16)
Brazil
1 in 21,000
At the 2022 census, 9,839 people in Brazil were named Jordan, ranked 1,736th, with a median age of 23.
Among people named Jordan living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1990s than in any other decade.
people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth
The census also counted 915 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart. People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
Montevideo City
1 in 25,0002011
In Montevideo, 1 boy named Jordan was born in 2011, spelling variants counted together.
share of that year’s births on record
Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial
Austria
1 in 25,000
In Austria, 2 boys named Jordan were born in 2025, ranked 1,241st among boys that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.
In Austria, 1 girl named Jordan was born in 2025, ranked 1,875th among girls that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.
The count never rose above 8 in a year, too few to chart.
Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)
Spain
1 in 26,000
In Spain, 1,689 residents are named Jordan, the 912th most common name among men, with a mean age of 23.3 years.
Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025
Poland
1 in 49,000
In Poland, 5 boys named Jordan were born in 2025, the 445th most common name among boys that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
First names given to children born in Poland by year of birth, 2000–2025, from the PESEL population register (Ministry of Digital Affairs); exact spellings count separately (Łukasz and Lukasz are different names), names given fewer than 5 times in a year were left off the list through 2012 and fewer than 2 times from 2013, and the register also counts children born abroad, so its yearly sums run above Poland’s live births. Shares divide by the register’s own published total for the year, never by births. Source: Ministry of Digital Affairs, PESEL register (dane.gov.pl)
Puerto Rico
last on record 2016
Jordan is not on the 2025 record for Puerto Rico, which withholds births under 5, and 401 babies have carried the name there since 1998.
share of that year’s births on record
First given name only, from Social Security records of births in Puerto Rico; any name-sex-year under 5 births is withheld at source. Shares divide by the Puerto Rico Demographic Registry’s count of births on the island; the 2025 count is provisional. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, territory name file (Puerto Rico)
Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
When you meet Jordan
Most people given the name Jordan in the United States were born between 1990 and 2009. The Jordan you meet today is most often in their 20s or 30s.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
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