NameTides

Jordan

Jordan was the #131 boys' name in the US in 2025 (2,732 babies), and #248 in England & Wales and #123 in Canada.

Jordan as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Jordan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.06.2512.518.752518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaScotlandIrelandNorthern IrelandEngland & Wales
Jordan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.06.2512.518.75251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
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YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#131 (2,732)#248 (189)#174 (24)#270 (6)#179 (27)#123 (250)#90 (94)#54 (126)
2024#104 (3,336)#213 (233)#169 (26)#404 (3)#139 (37)#103 (289)#67 (116)#46 (140)
2023#96 (3,655)#201 (245)#168 (27)#249 (7)#143 (38)#95 (307)#53 (139)#41 (138)
2022#92 (3,919)#181 (279)#164 (30)#234 (8)#108 (56)#84 (361)#45 (155)#39 (147)
2021#88 (4,026)#220 (238)#139 (37)#200 (11)#129 (49)#84 (385)#58 (153)#41 (153)
2020#82 (4,287)#220 (223)#143 (37)#231 (8)#140 (42)#82 (390)#50 (171)#40 (158)
2019#89 (4,344)#204 (249)#163 (32)#178 (13)#156 (37)#81 (410)#65 (136)#44 (163)
2018#80 (4,703)#203 (265)#187 (26)#195 (11)#157 (38)#71 (455)#58 (155)#50 (119)
2017#73 (5,176)#212 (248)#194 (28)#171 (14)#184 (32)#74 (459)#74 (125)#41 (150)
2016#65 (5,680)#219 (256)#165 (35)#156 (17)#218 (25)#72 (481)#72 (148)#42 (149)
2015#59 (6,327)#200 (290)#117 (56)#179 (13)#180 (33)#75 (480)#70 (138)#58 (103)
2014#55 (6,903)#212 (268)#138 (44)#202 (11)#190 (31)#73 (484)#62 (165)#50 (125)
2013#53 (7,220)#215 (243)#215 (22)#219 (9)#209 (28)#72 (502)#85 (127)#53 (129)
2012#48 (7,828)#210 (259)#150 (39)#346 (4)#233 (24)#72 (505)#70 (147)#58 (120)
2011#46 (8,096)#217 (227)#148 (40)#191 (11)#256 (20)#58 (592)#64 (153)#51 (122)

Jordan as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Jordan as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Jordan as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
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YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#584 (503)#4,201 (5)———#882 (32)—
2024#536 (565)#2,575 (10)———#1,077 (24)—
2023#497 (617)#4,057 (5)———#606 (47)—
2022#500 (632)#2,889 (8)———#632 (45)—
2021#425 (741)#1,866 (15)———#690 (42)—
2020#437 (703)#3,447 (6)———#613 (47)—
2019#400 (773)#3,541 (6)———#523 (60)—
2018#374 (836)#3,178 (7)———#494 (63)—
2017#355 (893)#2,925 (8)———#501 (64)—
2016#288 (1,124)#4,763 (4)———#524 (61)—
2015#262 (1,219)————#491 (66)—
2014#246 (1,314)#3,514 (6)———#457 (72)—
2013#259 (1,239)#4,739 (4)———#466 (68)—
2012#221 (1,423)#4,838 (4)———#304 (107)—
2011#196 (1,638)#3,185 (7)———#354 (93)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1991 at #29.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • In 2025, 16% of US babies named Jordan were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 630 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 2. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 630common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 820common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 880common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 640common
USGirls2025about 1 in 3,200uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 50,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 4,700uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Jordan is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 640 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 570 to 1 in 720.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Jordan by state, 2025Alaska: #110AKMaine: #234MEWisconsin: #135WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #188NHWashington: #157WAIdaho: #230IDMontana: #201MTNorth Dakota: #136NDMinnesota: #143MNIllinois: #111ILMichigan: #114MINew York: #110NYMassachusetts: #103MAOregon: #133ORNevada: #140NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #192SDIowa: #232IAIndiana: #158INOhio: #146OHPennsylvania: #131PANew Jersey: #112NJConnecticut: #121CTRhode Island: #97RICalifornia: #128CAUtah: #170UTColorado: #174CONebraska: #150NEMissouri: #121MOKentucky: #163KYWest Virginia: #151WVVirginia: #114VAMaryland: #119MDDelaware: #114DEArizona: #147AZNew Mexico: #148NMKansas: #134KSArkansas: #110ARTennessee: #148TNNorth Carolina: #130NCSouth Carolina: #136SCDistrict of Columbia: #107DCOklahoma: #153OKLouisiana: #139LAMississippi: #157MSAlabama: #167ALGeorgia: #131GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #138TXFlorida: #117FL
Jordan (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#99121
Quebec2025#12055

Jordan (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JordanCanadaGirls#88232
JordanCanadaBoys#123250
JordanEngland & WalesGirls#4,2015
JordanEngland & WalesBoys#248189
JordanIrelandGirls—too few
JordanIrelandBoys#17927
JordanNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
JordanNorthern IrelandBoys#2706
JordanNSWGirls—too few
JordanNSWBoys#9094
JordanScotlandGirls—too few
JordanScotlandBoys#17424
JordanUSGirls#584503
JordanUSBoys#1312,732
JordanVICBoys#54126