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Jordon

#4,083 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Variant of Jordan

Jordon has been given to 15,608 babies in the U.S. since 1888. In 2025 it ranked #4,083 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1991, with 716 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 88% boys, 12% girls all-time.

Babies named Jordon, 2025

1 in 128,000

Jordon over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020040060080018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Jordon over time

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

18882025

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.

Jordon: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Jordan

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Jordon means

Jordon is a variant of Jordan.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Jordon → Jordan. The family’s meaning is “Jordan (river)”, recorded in English with the source elements yardén.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Jordan.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 13,762 boys were recorded with the name Jordon between 1888 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 716 in 1991; its best national rank was #340 in 1991.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,380 in 2020 to #4,083 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,620 in 2015 to #4,083 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,846 girls were recorded with the name Jordon between 1978 and 2020. Its highest annual count was 133 in 1991; its best national rank was #1,260 in 1991.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Jordon?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 128,000
26 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 65,700
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#4,083
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
88,382 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Jordon 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 88,382 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jordon. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jordons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jordon was born before 1996 — so the typical Jordon is around 29 today.

Median birth year
1996
About 29 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
41.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
31.6%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
13,470
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 41.6% of all recorded uses (5,729).

Is Jordon 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
−784
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,703
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−2,463
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.26×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
3.6%
Peak was 1991 (716)
Years since peak
34
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
14.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#340
1991

Spellings of Jordon

Jordon is not the most common spelling — Jordan is, with 57.4% against Jordon's 2.0%.

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 Jordon is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Jordon was most concentrated in Indiana — about 1 in 50,000 boys, against 1 in 87,432 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in 100,000).

12 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Indiana1 in 50,000
  2. 2Maryland1 in 50,000
  3. 3Missouri1 in 50,000
  4. 4New York1 in 50,000
  5. 5California1 in 100,000
  6. 6Florida1 in 100,000
  7. 7Georgia1 in 100,000
  8. 8Illinois1 in 100,000

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 Jordon is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Jordon was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 248,332 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2Georgia1 in 100,000
  3. 3New Mexico1 in 100,000
  4. 4Oklahoma1 in 100,000
  5. 5Tennessee1 in 100,000
  6. 6Texas1 in 100,000
  7. 7Alabama1 in —
  8. 8Arizona1 in —

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. Jordon has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Jordon around the world

Where Jordon 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
    #3,256
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    1982–2020
    #711
    in 2020
  • Northern Ireland
    1997–2001
    #207
    in 2001
  • Ireland
    1995–2005
    #518
    in 2005
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #2,855
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1960–2012
    #514
    in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Jordon

People whose public names include Jordon, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Jordon by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#4,083
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,703
Best rank ever
#340
1991
Peak year
1991
716 that year
First recorded
1888
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
13,762
Count in 2025
26

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,260
1991
Peak year
1991
133 that year
First recorded
1978
Last recorded
2020
All-time count
1,846
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Jordon

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

JordenJordynWeldonJordyLondonLyndonJaydonJordinBraydonJordiJadonBrendonEldonJorySheldonJorgeGlendonJaedonBradonBraedonJorelGraydonJordanJaidon

Names with a curve like Jordon

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

ZackeryDavonDevanTyrellDarriusGarretDeonteKodyZacheryMarquisBrendonBrandyn

Sibling names for Jordon

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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