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Jorden

#3,892 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Jorden has been given to 9,365 babies in the U.S. since 1903. In 2025 it ranked #3,892 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2011, with 348 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 75% boys, 25% girls all-time.

Babies named Jorden, 2025

1 in 118,000

Jorden over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
010020030040018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Jorden over time

In 2025, Jorden went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19032025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Jorden: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Jorden means

Jorden is a given name.

The naming story behind Jorden

Wikidata records Jorden as a male given name. The entity identifier is Q24045788, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 7,030 boys were recorded with the name Jorden between 1903 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 348 in 2011; its best national rank was #676 in 2011.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,956 in 2020 to #3,892 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,183 in 2015 to #3,892 in 2025.

In the United States, 2,335 girls were recorded with the name Jorden between 1980 and 2022. Its highest annual count was 117 in 1998; its best national rank was #1,442 in 1994.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Jorden?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 118,000
28 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 61,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#3,892
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
82,069 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Jorden sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 82,069 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jorden. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jordens were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jorden was born before 2005 — so the typical Jorden is around 20 today.

Median birth year
2005
About 20 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
38.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
66.5%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
6,982
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Choose a decade

2000s — 38.2% of all recorded uses (2,686).

Is Jorden rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−532
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,936
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−2,709
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.18×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
8.0%
Peak was 2011 (348)
Years since peak
14
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
12.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#676
2011

Spellings of Jorden

Jorden is not the most common spelling — Jordan is, with 31.9% against Jorden's 0.56%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Jorden is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Jorden was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in 20,000 boys, against 1 in 37,558 across all states with data. It was least common in Tennessee (1 in 100,000).

15 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Georgia1 in 20,000
  2. 2Missouri1 in 25,000
  3. 3Mississippi1 in 25,000
  4. 4Ohio1 in 25,000
  5. 5Texas1 in 25,000
  6. 6California1 in 33,333
  7. 7Florida1 in 33,333
  8. 8New York1 in 33,333

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Jorden is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Jorden was most concentrated in Arizona — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 147,691 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Arizona1 in 100,000
  2. 2California1 in 100,000
  3. 3Colorado1 in 100,000
  4. 4Florida1 in 100,000
  5. 5Georgia1 in 100,000
  6. 6Indiana1 in 100,000
  7. 7Michigan1 in 100,000
  8. 8Missouri1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Jorden has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Jorden around the world

Where Jorden ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #5,137
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    1995–1999
    #410
    in 1999
  • France
    2019–2019
    #5,742
    in 2019
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #3,231
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1988–2013
    #389
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Jorden in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Jorden. Linked forms have their own page here.

JordanYordenis

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Jorden by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#3,892
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,936
Best rank ever
#676
2011
Peak year
2011
348 that year
First recorded
1903
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
7,030
Count in 2025
28

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,442
1994
Peak year
1998
117 that year
First recorded
1980
Last recorded
2022
All-time count
2,335
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Jorden

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Jorden

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Jorden, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Jorden

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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