How rare is the name Jorden?

7,881 people in the United States have the first name Jorden, about 1 in 38,324. It ranks #2,897 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JORDEN

#2,897

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,881
About
1 in 38,324
This common or more
81.1%
Who bears it

Of the 7,881 people named Jorden, 50.6% reported their origin as White, 24.6% as Black and 12.9% as Hispanic or Latino. 73.5% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Jorden peaked in 2008, when 406 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19032025
Peak year
2008
Births that year
406
In 2025*
28 ▼93%
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 9,365 babies have been given the name since 1903. 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.

Jorden by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,370. The largest share of babies named Jorden, 58.9%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1900s#4,9315
1910s#8,84716
1920s#9,90622
1930s#11,9535
1950s#13,6877
1960s#16,2136
1970s#14,07234
1980s#3,040595
1990s#1,4242,634
2000s#1,3703,549
2010s#2,0882,160
2020s#5,235332
Greatest Generation 1901–270.4%
Silent Generation 1928–450.1%
Baby boom 1946–640.1%
Generation X 1965–800.7%
Millennials 1981–9624.2%
Generation Z 1997–1258.9%
2013 and later15.6%

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 Jorden is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jorden has been most common in Florida (2.3×), Arizona (2×), and Washington (1.8×), and least common in Tennessee (0.44×).

5,468 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.

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jorden, most common first.

Also a last name

As a last name, Jorden ranks #15,262 of 156,621, with 1,852 people. See Jorden as a last name

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