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Jourdain

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Form of Jordan

Jourdain has been given to 205 babies in the U.S. since 1984. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1996, with 20 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 82% boys, 18% girls all-time.

Babies named Jourdain, 2012

1 in 406,000

Jourdain over time, 1880–2025

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2012, Jourdain went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19842012

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.

Jourdain: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Jordan

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Jourdain means

Jourdain is a form of Jordan.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Jourdain is used in French (Archaic).

Another recorded pronunciation is /ʒuʁ.dɛ̃/ for Jourdain.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Jourdain → 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, 169 boys were recorded with the name Jourdain between 1984 and 2012. Its highest annual count was 20 in 1996; its best national rank was #3,469 in 1996.

In the United States, 36 girls were recorded with the name Jourdain between 1989 and 1998. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1990; its best national rank was #9,641 in 1990.

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 Jourdain?

Jourdain had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2012, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2012
1 in 406,000
9 of 3,657,590 births
Among boys only
1 in 211,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2012
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
281,695 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Jourdain 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 2012 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 281,695 children born in 2012 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jourdain. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jourdains were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jourdain was born before 1995 — so the typical Jourdain is around 30 today.

Median birth year
1995
About 30 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
61.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
94.1%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
169
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 61.5% of all recorded uses (104).

Is Jourdain 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
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1996 (20)
Years since peak
29
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
34.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,469
1996

Spellings of Jourdain

Jourdain is not the most common spelling — Jordan is, with 98.9% against Jourdain's 0.04%.

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.

Jourdain around the world

Where Jourdain 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
    1997–1997
    #2,859
    in 1997
  • France
    1998–1998
    #3,092
    in 1998
  • South Australia
    1989–1989
    #478
    in 1989

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

Jourdain by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#3,469
1996
Peak year
1996
20 that year
First recorded
1984
Last recorded
2012
All-time count
169
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#9,641
1990
Peak year
1990
8 that year
First recorded
1989
Last recorded
1998
All-time count
36
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Jourdain

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

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Sibling names for Jourdain

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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