Jorden
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- JOR-den
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,847 for boys
Jorden is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “flowing down”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 3,847th for boys in the US (28 babies).
What does Jorden mean?
Hebrew: variant of Jordan, from Yarden
“flowing down”
From the River Jordan, where Jesus was baptised; crusaders who brought back its water helped spread the name.
Is Jorden a girl's or a boy's name?
Jorden is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 28 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jorden in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Jorden, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1997, with 36 boys.
2025 had more boys named Jorden than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Jorden in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2006. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 228 boys in the UK were given Jorden or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #241, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.
In 2003, 23% of the babies named Jorden in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Jorden in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 1 | #6,332 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,534 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,241 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,212 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 10 | #1,845 |
| 2005 | 1 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,608 |
| 2002 | 15 | #1,151 |
| 2001 | 19 | #949 |
| 2000 | 25 | #763 |
| 1999 | 30 | #654 |
| 1998 | 27 | #702 |
| 1997 | 36 | #556 |
| 1996 | 26 | #662 |
How popular is Jorden in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,847th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 28 about 1 in 61,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 54% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 28 boys in the US were named Jorden, making it the 3,847th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,946th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 348 boys. It first appears in the records in 1903.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 14 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Jorden than any year since 1984.
Half of all the boys named Jorden in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,809 boys in the US were given Jorden or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #142, up from #3,847 for this spelling alone.
In 2022, 17% of the babies named Jorden in the US were girls.
Jorden in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #3,847 |
| 2024 | 35 | #3,333 |
| 2023 | 50 | #2,613 |
| 2022 | 59 | #2,378 |
| 2021 | 60 | #2,299 |
| 2020 | 74 | #1,946 |
| 2019 | 83 | #1,823 |
| 2018 | 88 | #1,744 |
| 2017 | 100 | #1,605 |
| 2016 | 145 | #1,261 |
| 2015 | 157 | #1,182 |
| 2014 | 193 | #1,040 |
| 2013 | 224 | #919 |
| 2012 | 229 | #905 |
| 2011 | 348 | #676 |
| 2010 | 330 | #706 |
| 2009 | 339 | #706 |
| 2008 | 336 | #702 |
| 2007 | 341 | #692 |
| 2006 | 278 | #759 |
| 2005 | 271 | #744 |
| 2004 | 227 | #795 |
| 2003 | 240 | #744 |
| 2002 | 218 | #789 |
| 2001 | 224 | #765 |
| 2000 | 212 | #778 |
| 1999 | 191 | #797 |
| 1998 | 240 | #696 |
| 1997 | 182 | #806 |
| 1996 | 160 | #865 |
| 1995 | 154 | #875 |
| 1994 | 150 | #880 |
| 1993 | 161 | #827 |
| 1992 | 106 | #1,061 |
| 1991 | 151 | #841 |
| 1990 | 140 | #860 |
| 1989 | 85 | #1,146 |
| 1988 | 78 | #1,128 |
| 1987 | 51 | #1,423 |
| 1986 | 56 | #1,298 |
| 1985 | 40 | #1,593 |
| 1984 | 27 | #1,978 |
| 1983 | 22 | #2,271 |
| 1982 | 19 | #2,517 |
| 1981 | 16 | #2,777 |
| 1980 | 17 | #2,728 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,556 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 7 | #3,020 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,355 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,367 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,620 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,129 |
Nicknames for Jorden
- Jordy 6 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Jorden
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nathan, Joshua, Jacob, Ethan, Adam, Benjamin, Jonah, Jayden, Aaron, Jason, Jake, Matthew
Other spellings of Jorden
Names related to Jorden
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Isaac, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie, Levi
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jorden: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jorden, updated 20 October 2026.