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How popular is the name Jordan?
Births per year, rank history and how many Jordans are alive today.
Jordan (male) sits just outside the top 100 boys' names in England and Wales, ranked 248th in 2025 with 189 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 1994, when around 7,300 babies were given the name, the 10th most popular that year. It has declined since 1994; the 2025 figure is roughly 3% of its peak. Numbers have been stable in recent years. At least 87,000 babies have been named Jordan in England and Wales since 1984. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Jordan is one spelling of a name also recorded as Jordon; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Jordan you are most likely to meet is around 32 years old. Half of all Jordans born in England and Wales are between 28 and 35, and there are at least 92,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 26% chance that at least one of them will be called Jordan.
How many babies are named Jordan each year?
Includes all spellings: Jordan, Jordon. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Jordan spelling rank?
Where does the Jordon spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Jordan most popular?
Jordan peaked in 1994, when around 7,300 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Jordan?
At least 92,000 people named Jordan in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Jordan?
Most living Jordans are between 28 and 35; the most common age is about 32.
Is Jordan becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 1994 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.