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Jordan
Pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɔɹdən/
Rank in 2024
#104
Born in 2024
3,326
Peak year
1990 · #29
Origin
Hebrew
Also recorded for girls:559 in 2024 (#539)
1880 to 2024
CoolingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 3,326 boys were named Jordan, about 1 in every 516.
- It peaked in 1990 with 16,137 babies, ranked #29.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 398,415 boys have been named Jordan since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Jordan per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- 0.3Gen X1965–80
- 5.2Millennials1981–96
- 5.3Gen Z1997–12
- 2.7Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 1,182 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Silent: 1,353 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Boomers: 2,301 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Gen X: 8,098 babies, 0.30 per 1,000. Millennials: 158,089 babies, 5.19 per 1,000. Gen Z: 167,583 babies, 5.34 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 59,523 babies, 2.74 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Latin Iordanēs, from Ancient Greek Ἰορδάνης (Iordánēs), from Biblical Hebrew יַרְדֵּן (yardén, “Jordan (river)”). Doublet of Yarden. The area in Hong Kong is named after Jordan station, which is named after Jordan Road, which in turn is named after Sir John Jordan.
- A unisex given name from Hebrew.
- A male given name from Hebrew; in the Middle Ages given to children baptized with Jordan water brought by crusaders.
- A female given name from Hebrew, of mid-20th century and later usage.
- A surname transferred from the given name derived from the male given name.
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Say it
- /ˈd͡ʒɔɹdən/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Jordan, CC BY-SA 4.0.