first name
JORDAN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 452,330 people named Jordan, 61% reported their origin as White, 16.4% as Black and 12.4% as Hispanic or Latino. 72.9% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Jordan peaked in 1990, when 22,094 babies got the name.
At least 536,795 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Jordan by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #26. The largest share of babies named Jordan, 43.9%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Jordan is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jordan has been most common in Nevada (2.3×), Alaska (1.7×), and Utah (1.7×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.62×).
532,062 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Jordan
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jordan, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Jordan ranks #118 of 156,621, with 200,984 people. See Jordan as a last name
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