Yordan

Yordan was the #8,910 boys' name in the US in 2025 (8 babies), and #5,137 in England & Wales.

Yordan as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
Yordan as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Yordan as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.051880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & Wales
2025#8,910 (8)#5,137 (3)
2024#7,765 (10)#5,120 (3)
2023#5,927 (15)#1,907 (12)
2022#5,633 (16)#3,450 (5)
2021#9,714 (7)#1,860 (12)
2020#5,235 (17)#3,848 (4)
2019#8,889 (8)#2,488 (8)
2018#8,154 (9)#3,011 (6)
2017#9,696 (7)#3,449 (5)
2016#6,349 (13)#4,023 (4)
2015#8,040 (9)#3,373 (5)
2014#8,130 (9)—
2013#10,728 (6)—
2012#9,709 (7)—
2011#10,808 (6)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2020 at #5,235.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1993.

How common is it?

about 1 in 200,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 200,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 91,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Yordan is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 160,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 70,000 to 1 in 360,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.