Jordan
Top 1000
About Jordan
Jordan became one of the top unisex baby names in the heyday of basketball's Michael Jordan, and is still among the most popular unisex names starting with J. The name was originally given to those baptized in holy water brought back by Crusaders from the River Jordan, the only river in Palestine, and the one in which Christ was baptized by John the Baptist.
Celebrities with sons and daughters named Jordan include Taylor Hanson, Dierks Bentley, Dr. Phil and Kenny Rogers.
Pronounced JOR-dun.
As of October 2026, Jordan ranked #131 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #26 in 1997, Nameberry popularity #290.
Editor's take: The name Jordan is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "flowing down".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #55 | 6,899 | 3,591.6 |
| 2015 | #59 | 6,325 | 3,299.9 |
| 2016 | #65 | 5,674 | 2,989.9 |
| 2017 | #73 | 5,169 | 2,792.6 |
| 2018 | #80 | 4,700 | 2,587.9 |
| 2019 | #89 | 4,340 | 2,418.9 |
| 2020 | #82 | 4,283 | 2,481.4 |
| 2021 | #88 | 4,023 | 2,299.5 |
| 2022 | #92 | 3,914 | 2,241.7 |
| 2023 | #96 | 3,651 | 2,134.4 |
| 2024 | #104 | 3,326 | 1,930.5 |
| 2025 | #131 | 2,732 | 1,599.5 |
World rankings
Similar names
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- Jake
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- Ashton
- Mason
- Jace
- Zane
- Connor
- Jaxon
- Riley
Jordan on lists
Famous Jordans
- Jordan Nathaniel Marcel Knight
American singer
- Jordan Robert Farmar
American basketball player
- Jordan Ross Belfort
American former stock broker and convicted felon
- Jordan Craig Hill
American basketball player
- Jordan Alan Gross
American football player
- Jordan Senn
American football player
- Jordan Shipley
American football player
- Jordan Alexander Pugh
American football player
- Jordan Jude Babineaux
American football player
- Jordan Lee Pickford
English footballer
- Jordan William Fisher
American actor and singer
- (Jordan) Taylor Hanson
American Singer
- Jordan Ryan Yates
member of the former Christian pop band pureNRG
- Jordan "J
Man" Francis, Canadian singer/dancer/actor
- Jordan Calloway
American actor
- Jordan Paul Fry
American actor
- Jordan Haworth Peele
American actor and comedian
- Jordan "Charlie Scene" Terrell
from group "Hollywood Undead"
- Jordan Witzigreuter
member of The Ready Set
- Jordan Zimmermann
American baseball player
- Jordan Alexander Spieth
American golfer, won 2015 Masters and US Open
- Jordan Rodgers
NFL football player, contestant on The Bachelor
- Jordan Maron aka Captainsparklez
American YouTuber
- Jordan Rodrigues
Australian actor, dancer, and singer
- Jordan Banjo
English Dancer in group Diversity
- Jordan Frye
Member of the YouTube channel VenturianTale
- Jordan Masterson
American actor
- Jordan Zevon
son of singer Warren Zevon
- Jordan McGraw
son of TV personality Dr. Phil McGraw
Jordan in pop culture
- Jordan
character in book & movie "The 19th Wife"
- Jordan Cahill
character in "Stuck in the Suburbs"
- Jordan Kyle
character in "The Mortal Instruments" series
- Jordan Wilder
character on TV's "Famous in Love"
- Jordan Biggs
character in "Sims" series
- Jordan Pike
character in "The Baby,Sitters Club"; triplet of brothers Adam and Byron
- Lee Jordan
character from the Harry Potter series
- Roll
Jordan, Roll, old slave song. "The River Jordan of the song became a coded message for escape, calling to mind the Mississippi or Ohio Rivers, both of which led to the slave,free northern United States and thus freedom"
- Nike Air Jordan
athletic shoes inspired by Michael Jordan
- Jordan
Middle Eastern nation
- Jordan Li
character in series "Gen V"
- Jordan Taylor
character in series "Jessie"