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Jordy

#1,261 in 2025Boys' name

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Jordy has been given to 6,934 babies in the U.S. since 1957. In 2025 it ranked #1,261 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2006, with 332 recorded.

Babies named Jordy, 2025

1 in 21,100

Jordy 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Jordy: meaning, origin, and history

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Jordy means

Jordy has more than one naming route in the cited origin entries: distinct naming traditions.

The naming story behind Jordy

A separate documented entry treats Jordy as a form of Jordi. That is a personal-name relationship, which differs from translating the letters of the modern spelling into one universal English word. The linked origin entry identifies the context of this relationship.

A separate documented entry treats Jordy as a diminutive of Jordan. That is a personal-name relationship, which differs from translating the letters of the modern spelling into one universal English word. The linked origin entry identifies the context of this relationship.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Shortened from Jordan + -y, and a modern spelling variant of Geordie.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Jordy (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Jordy is used in English and Dutch.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Jordan, George, Geordie and Jordi.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 6,687 boys were recorded with the name Jordy between 1957 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 332 in 2006; its best national rank was #621 in 2001.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,054 in 2020 to #1,261 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #881 in 2015 to #1,261 in 2025.

In the United States, 247 girls were recorded with the name Jordy between 2001 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 28 in 2021; its best national rank was #4,769 in 2021.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #6,462 in 2020 to #5,628 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #7,780 in 2015 to #5,628 in 2025.

How common is Jordy?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 21,100
157 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 10,900
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,261
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
14,637 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Jordy 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 5002%

Put another way: gather 14,637 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jordy. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jordys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jordy was born before 2008 — so the typical Jordy is around 17 today.

Median birth year
2008
About 17 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
32.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
77.2%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
6,687
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 32.8% of all recorded uses (2,190).

Is Jordy 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
−94
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−207
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−380
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.62×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
47.3%
Peak was 2006 (332)
Years since peak
19
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
16.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#621
2001

Spellings of Jordy

Jordy is not the most common spelling — Jerry is, with 30.2% against Jordy's 0.33%.

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 Jordy is used

Across 2016–2025, Jordy was most concentrated in Wisconsin — about 1 in 1,075 boys, against 1 in 9,011 across all states with data. It was least common in Tennessee (1 in 50,000).

293 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Wisconsin1 in 1,075
  2. 2Iowa1 in 3,030
  3. 3Kansas1 in 3,030
  4. 4Minnesota1 in 3,125
  5. 5North Dakota1 in 3,333
  6. 6Maryland1 in 6,250
  7. 7New Jersey1 in 6,250
  8. 8Hawaii1 in 7,143

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.

Jordy around the world

Where Jordy 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
    2020–2023
    #728
    in 2023
  • France
    1973–2025
    #3,379
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2023
    #1,627
    in 2023
  • South Australia
    1960–2013
    #499
    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.

Jordy by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,261
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 207
Best rank ever
#621
2001
Peak year
2006
332 that year
First recorded
1957
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
6,687
Count in 2025
157

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#5,628
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 834
Best rank ever
#4,769
2021
Peak year
2021
28 that year
First recorded
2001
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
247
Count in 2025
22

Names similar to Jordy

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

JordiJordenJordynHardyJordonJoryJordinJorelJorenJorjeJorgeJoramJorahJordanyJorielJoriYordyJoreyJorgenJorellJoranJorianJordanJordani

Names with a curve like Jordy

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

ImmanuelIsaiJairSamiMenachemKoleJovanniJovaniBilalCanyonArmanZavier

Sibling names for Jordy

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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