Primarily a boy's name · Unisex — 25% girls / 75% boys
Origin: PolishIn Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Jordan yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
16,137 births in 1990 was Jordan's count peak; #26, its best rank, took another seven years to show up, in 1997. Since then it's given back 52% across the following decade, landing at 3,326 births and #104 nationally in 2024, one of the steeper declines in this batch.
Over half a million US births trace to this name since 1880, real historical weight for something now sitting well outside the top 50.
Cultural critic Jordan Peterson and footballer Jordan Henderson dominate the namesake list — entirely 21st-century figures despite the name's much older data history.
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Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 23 | #359 |
| 1881 | 18 | #405 |
| 1882 | 12 | #561 |
| 1883 | 17 | #442 |
| 1884 | 25 | #358 |
| 1885 | 17 | #452 |
| 1886 | 9 | #668 |
| 1887 | 12 | #531 |
| 1888 | 18 | #456 |
| 1889 | 7 | #847 |
| 1891 | 12 | #542 |
| 1892 | 12 | #621 |
| 1893 | 16 | #470 |
| 1894 | 16 | #510 |
| 1895 | 26 | #374 |
| 1896 | 10 | #755 |
| 1897 | 11 | #667 |
| 1898 | 7 | #941 |
| 1899 | 7 | #905 |
| 1900 | 11 | #819 |
| 1901 | 12 | #620 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,083 |
| 1903 | 21 | #457 |
| 1904 | 9 | #846 |
| 1905 | 9 | #878 |
| 1906 | 9 | #887 |
| 1907 | 13 | #760 |
| 1908 | 13 | #767 |
| 1909 | 20 | #601 |
| 1910 | 13 | #901 |
| 1911 | 12 | #1,014 |
| 1912 | 31 | #790 |
| 1913 | 41 | #728 |
| 1914 | 53 | #717 |
| 1915 | 62 | #764 |
| 1916 | 36 | #1,085 |
| 1917 | 53 | #880 |
| 1918 | 46 | #990 |
| 1919 | 48 | #977 |
| 1920 | 75 | #764 |
| 1921 | 79 | #748 |
| 1922 | 54 | #954 |
| 1923 | 87 | #696 |
| 1924 | 96 | #660 |
| 1925 | 98 | #641 |
| 1926 | 90 | #670 |
| 1927 | 96 | #648 |
| 1928 | 89 | #667 |
| 1929 | 90 | #652 |
| 1930 | 78 | #706 |
| 1931 | 102 | #580 |
| 1932 | 76 | #714 |
| 1933 | 79 | #661 |
| 1934 | 86 | #653 |
| 1935 | 78 | #683 |
| 1936 | 68 | #735 |
| 1937 | 71 | #717 |
| 1938 | 65 | #760 |
| 1939 | 67 | #736 |
| 1940 | 57 | #832 |
| 1941 | 63 | #792 |
| 1942 | 63 | #816 |
| 1943 | 78 | #733 |
| 1944 | 77 | #709 |
| 1945 | 66 | #758 |
| 1946 | 72 | #782 |
| 1947 | 72 | #817 |
| 1948 | 68 | #828 |
| 1949 | 74 | #800 |
| 1950 | 69 | #823 |
| 1951 | 75 | #816 |
| 1952 | 82 | #778 |
| 1953 | 97 | #730 |
| 1954 | 109 | #692 |
| 1955 | 106 | #712 |
| 1956 | 101 | #732 |
| 1957 | 207 | #540 |
| 1958 | 185 | #569 |
| 1959 | 158 | #616 |
| 1960 | 137 | #670 |
| 1961 | 188 | #578 |
| 1962 | 183 | #579 |
| 1963 | 154 | #632 |
| 1964 | 164 | #611 |
| 1965 | 180 | #570 |
| 1966 | 213 | #522 |
| 1967 | 222 | #504 |
| 1968 | 188 | #552 |
| 1969 | 223 | #525 |
| 1970 | 280 | #486 |
| 1971 | 289 | #478 |
| 1972 | 257 | #490 |
| 1973 | 304 | #450 |
| 1974 | 368 | #407 |
| 1975 | 398 | #393 |
| 1976 | 517 | #335 |
| 1977 | 649 | #298 |
| 1978 | 979 | #219 |
| 1979 | 1,411 | #168 |
| 1980 | 1,620 | #160 |
| 1981 | 2,924 | #102 |
| 1982 | 3,535 | #85 |
| 1983 | 4,015 | #71 |
| 1984 | 4,540 | #65 |
| 1985 | 5,461 | #62 |
| 1986 | 7,304 | #53 |
| 1987 | 8,406 | #52 |
| 1988 | 8,490 | #52 |
| 1989 | 10,884 | #44 |
| 1990 | 16,137 | #29 |
| 1991 | 16,020 | #29 |
| 1992 | 14,032 | #32 |
| 1993 | 14,755 | #28 |
| 1994 | 14,161 | #29 |
| 1995 | 13,573 | #29 |
| 1996 | 13,852 | #27 |
| 1997 | 14,761 | #26 |
| 1998 | 14,410 | #27 |
| 1999 | 13,051 | #30 |
| 2000 | 12,168 | #36 |
| 2001 | 10,815 | #39 |
| 2002 | 11,152 | #37 |
| 2003 | 10,330 | #38 |
| 2004 | 9,560 | #43 |
| 2005 | 9,398 | #46 |
| 2006 | 9,935 | #46 |
| 2007 | 10,060 | #44 |
| 2008 | 9,098 | #48 |
| 2009 | 8,669 | #45 |
| 2010 | 8,253 | #46 |
| 2011 | 8,096 | #46 |
| 2012 | 7,827 | #48 |
| 2013 | 7,219 | #53 |
| 2014 | 6,899 | #55 |
| 2015 | 6,325 | #59 |
| 2016 | 5,674 | #65 |
| 2017 | 5,169 | #73 |
| 2018 | 4,700 | #80 |
| 2019 | 4,340 | #89 |
| 2020 | 4,283 | #82 |
| 2021 | 4,023 | #88 |
| 2022 | 3,914 | #92 |
| 2023 | 3,651 | #96 |
| 2024 | 3,326 | #104 |
