The name Jordan is of Hebrew origin, and is derived from the name of the river Jordan.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Jordan has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Jordan
Use of the Name Jordan for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
266,759
263,324
255,293
123,156
53,616
19,640
9,374
The table below indicates the number of times the name Jordan has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Jordan
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
359
23
1881
406
18
1882
561
12
1883
442
17
1884
358
25
1885
452
17
1886
668
9
1887
531
12
1888
457
18
1889
848
7
1890
1891
542
12
1892
621
12
1893
470
16
1894
510
16
1895
374
26
1896
755
10
1897
668
11
1898
941
7
1899
906
7
1900
822
11
1901
620
12
1902
1903
458
21
1904
846
9
1905
877
9
1906
888
9
1907
759
13
1908
767
13
1909
601
20
1910
902
13
1911
1912
808
30
1913
727
41
1914
730
52
1915
761
62
1916
1917
878
53
1918
1919
976
48
1920
765
75
1921
749
79
1922
944
55
1923
698
86
1924
663
96
1925
640
98
1926
662
91
1927
647
96
1928
665
90
1929
655
89
1930
725
76
1931
580
102
1932
719
75
1933
659
79
1934
647
87
1935
682
78
1936
732
68
1937
708
72
1938
760
65
1939
724
69
1940
845
56
1941
802
62
1942
829
62
1943
737
77
1944
708
77
1945
765
65
1946
784
72
1947
824
71
1948
823
69
1949
805
73
1950
823
69
1951
807
76
1952
771
83
1953
722
98
1954
694
108
1955
711
106
1956
730
101
1957
537
208
1958
567
185
1959
620
155
1960
672
135
1961
575
188
1962
581
180
1963
627
155
1964
611
164
1965
573
179
1966
523
212
1967
503
224
1968
551
187
1969
530
219
1970
487
277
1971
477
289
1972
489
258
1973
448
305
1974
406
369
1975
393
396
1976
335
514
1977
299
647
1978
219
973
781
195
1979
168
1,405
622
282
1980
159
1,613
523
368
1981
101
2,922
443
483
1982
84
3,534
452
469
1983
71
4,003
431
497
1984
65
4,530
380
595
1985
62
5,455
257
974
1986
53
7,289
135
2,080
1987
52
8,398
146
1,904
1988
52
8,478
136
2,128
1989
44
10,862
72
4,274
1990
29
16,125
59
5,955
1991
29
16,012
62
5,561
1992
32
14,018
63
5,362
1993
28
14,749
57
5,823
1994
29
14,149
51
6,259
1995
29
13,556
50
6,477
1996
27
13,835
49
6,292
1997
26
14,742
40
7,161
1998
27
14,384
42
7,106
1999
30
13,023
48
5,722
2000
36
12,129
50
5,805
2001
39
10,766
47
5,796
2002
37
11,081
45
6,136
2003
38
10,266
48
5,620
2004
43
9,374
70
4,397
Totals:
266,759
103,721
During the last 125 years, parents have used Jordan as a boy's name about 72% of the time and less frequently (about 27% of the time) as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are slightly lower than actual counts because the name Jordan appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 120 times during the last 125 years.