Jordan Name Popularity

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How popular is Jordan?

In 2018 the popular name Jordan, ranked the 82nd Most Popular Boys Name in the United States.

Presently one of the top 100 most popular, Jordan has been less popular than the top 1000 in the past.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #26 in 1997.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1990 with 16,134 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Jordan was less than 5, most recently in 1890.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Jordan occurred roughly during the years 1890-1895, 1906-1915, 1916-1920, 1921-1924, 1950-1953, 1954-1957, 1963-1966, 1967-1970, and 1971-1990, whereas 1998-2004, and 2010-2017 were years of successive downward movement.

Jordan's popularity has been spiralling downward for some time. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Jordan lately has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Jordan?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a low point.

The name Jordan is favored by many parents but will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

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		Jordan (Girl)		Jordan (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		828	375	4,646	82
2017		886	356	5,132	73
2016		1,120	289	5,632	66
2015		1,216	262	6,303	59
2014		1,312	246	6,869	56
2013		1,235	260	7,199	53
2012		1,422	221	7,808	48
2011		1,635	196	8,070	46
2010		1,727	178	8,237	46
2009		2,095	150	8,652	45
2008		2,650	128	9,089	48
2007		3,328	101	10,050	44
2006		3,541	97	9,927	46
2005		3,693	86	9,396	46
2004		4,446	71	9,555	43
2003		5,650	48	10,329	38
2002		6,151	45	11,151	37
2001		5,803	47	10,813	39
2000		5,807	50	12,168	36
1999		5,730	48	13,051	30
1998		7,112	42	14,408	27
1997		7,166	40	14,760	26
1996		6,297	49	13,852	27
1995		6,479	50	13,568	29
1994		6,257	52	14,159	29
1993		5,824	58	14,754	28
1992		5,366	63	14,029	32
1991		5,560	62	16,013	29
1990		5,956	59	16,134	29
1989		4,280	72	10,874	44
1988		2,129	136	8,488	52
1987		1,900	146	8,408	52
1986		2,084	135	7,301	53
1985		975	257	5,459	62
1984		594	381	4,539	65
1983		499	431	4,015	71
1982		470	453	3,535	85
1981		484	443	2,923	102
1980		373	517	1,620	160
1979		283	622	1,406	168
1978		194	785	981	219
1977		111	1,141	649	298
1976		95	1,196	517	334
1975		68	1,503	397	394
1974		40	2,085	369	404
1973		16	3,852	304	450
1972		9	5,665	258	489
1971		9	5,720	290	476
1970		9	5,572	280	486
1969		9	5,206	222	527
1968		8	5,333	188	552
1967		8	5,170	221	505
1966		8	5,042	212	524
1965		6	6,105	180	571
1964		11	4,211	165	611
1963		< 5	--	154	633
1962		< 5	--	182	579
1961		5	7,007	188	577
1960		6	5,987	137	670
1959		5	6,679	159	614
1958		7	5,117	184	569
1957		< 5	--	207	539
1956		5	6,371	101	734
1955		< 5	--	106	712
1954		< 5	--	107	701
1953		5	6,067	98	726
1952		< 5	--	83	774
1951		< 5	--	75	815
1950		7	4,514	69	824
1949		< 5	--	74	801
1948		< 5	--	68	829
1947		< 5	--	72	817
1946		< 5	--	72	782
1945		< 5	--	66	758
1944		< 5	--	77	709
1943		< 5	--	78	733
1942		< 5	--	63	816
1941		< 5	--	63	792
1940		< 5	--	57	831
1939		< 5	--	67	736
1938		< 5	--	65	759
1937		< 5	--	71	717
1936		< 5	--	68	735
1935		< 5	--	78	684
1934		< 5	--	86	653
1933		< 5	--	79	661
1932		< 5	--	76	713
1931		< 5	--	102	580
1930		< 5	--	78	707
1929		< 5	--	90	652
1928		< 5	--	89	667
1927		< 5	--	97	646
1926		< 5	--	90	669
1925		< 5	--	98	642
1924		< 5	--	96	660
1923		< 5	--	87	696
1922		< 5	--	54	954
1921		< 5	--	79	748
1920		< 5	--	75	764
1919		< 5	--	48	977
1918		< 5	--	46	990
1917		< 5	--	53	880
1916		< 5	--	36	1,085
1915		< 5	--	62	764
1914		< 5	--	53	717
1913		< 5	--	41	728
1912		< 5	--	31	790
1911		< 5	--	12	1,014
1910		< 5	--	13	901
1909		< 5	--	20	601
1908		< 5	--	13	767
1907		< 5	--	13	760
1906		< 5	--	9	887
1905		< 5	--	9	878
1904		< 5	--	9	846
1903		< 5	--	21	457
1902		< 5	--	6	1,083
1901		< 5	--	12	620
1900		< 5	--	11	819
1899		< 5	--	7	905
1898		< 5	--	7	941
1897		< 5	--	11	667
1896		< 5	--	10	755
1895		< 5	--	26	374
1894		< 5	--	16	510
1893		< 5	--	16	470
1892		< 5	--	12	621
1891		< 5	--	12	542
1890		< 5	--	< 5	--
1889		< 5	--	7	847
1888		< 5	--	18	456
1887		< 5	--	12	531
1886		< 5	--	9	668
1885		< 5	--	17	452
1884		< 5	--	25	358
1883		< 5	--	17	442
1882		< 5	--	12	561
1881		< 5	--	18	405
1880		< 5	--	23	359

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.