Jordon

Gender: Boy
Say it: JOR-dun
Origin: Hebrew
UK rank, 2025: #3,329 for boys
US rank, 2025: #4,049 for boys

Jordon is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “flowing down”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 4,049th for boys in the US (26 babies).

What does Jordon mean?

Hebrew: variant of Jordan, from Yarden

“flowing down”

Taken from the River Jordan, where John the Baptist baptised Jesus.

Is Jordon a girl's or a boy's name?

Jordon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 26 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Jordon in the UK?

Rank in 2025: #3,329among boys
Babies in 2025: 6about 1 in 50,000 boys
Five-year trend: Fallingdown 26% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Jordon, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 1997, with 307 boys.

Half of all the boys named Jordon in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2002. 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 Jordon or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #241, up from #3,329 for this spelling alone.

Jordan 219
Jordon 6
Jorden 3

Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 307 in 19972025

Jordon in the UK, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	6	#3,329
2024	5	#3,772
2023	6	#3,279
2022	3	#5,017
2021	6	#3,179
2020	8	#2,562
2019	8	#2,633
2018	7	#2,823
2017	10	#2,306
2016	8	#2,690
2015	7	#2,855
2014	5	#3,529
2013	7	#2,792
2012	10	#2,230
2011	13	#1,788
2010	21	#1,288
2009	26	#1,086
2008	33	#905
2007	22	#1,172
2006	23	#1,065
2005	29	#866
2004	61	#485
2003	85	#355
2002	123	#265
2001	183	#199
2000	226	#174
1999	260	#149
1998	277	#149
1997	307	#142
1996	252	#155

How popular is Jordon in the US?

Rank in 2025: #4,049among boys
Babies in 2025: 26about 1 in 66,000 boys
Five-year trend: Fallingdown 44% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 26 boys in the US were named Jordon, making it the 4,049th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,365th. Its busiest year was 1991, with 716 boys. It first appears in the records in 1888.

2025 had fewer boys named Jordon than any year since 1977.

Half of all the boys named Jordon in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 2,809 boys in the US were given Jordon or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #142, up from #4,049 for this spelling alone.

Jordan 2,732
Jorden 28
Jordon 26
Jordin 16
Jourdan 7

1888Busiest: 716 in 19912025

Jordon in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	26	#4,049
2024	36	#3,270
2023	45	#2,804
2022	37	#3,214
2021	40	#3,020
2020	56	#2,365
2019	66	#2,149
2018	68	#2,082
2017	62	#2,169
2016	83	#1,811
2015	99	#1,613
2014	112	#1,456
2013	118	#1,413
2012	162	#1,130
2011	167	#1,107
2010	202	#976
2009	226	#912
2008	260	#838
2007	306	#738
2006	289	#738
2005	310	#676
2004	354	#603
2003	396	#564
2002	400	#553
2001	428	#521
2000	508	#466
1999	525	#439
1998	539	#430
1997	564	#410
1996	519	#432
1995	525	#436
1994	526	#433
1993	561	#414
1992	561	#405
1991	716	#340
1990	693	#348
1989	486	#426
1988	367	#480
1987	355	#468
1986	318	#491
1985	243	#565
1984	179	#643
1983	171	#652
1982	131	#766
1981	123	#784
1980	77	#1,031
1979	63	#1,128
1978	38	#1,508
1977	25	#1,948
1976	25	#1,931
1975	21	#2,133
1974	18	#2,275
1973	17	#2,309
1972	15	#2,418
1971	11	#2,971
1970	14	#2,508
1969	11	#2,681
1968	16	#2,029
1967	7	#3,229
1966	20	#1,722
1965	7	#3,242
1964	13	#2,309
1963	7	#3,317
1962	11	#2,502
1961	13	#2,321
1960	12	#2,421
1959	10	#2,662
1958	9	#2,816
1957	13	#2,273
1956	8	#2,967
1955	5	#3,884
1954	10	#2,591
1953	6	#3,423
1952	10	#2,512
1951	0	–
1950	0	–
1949	0	–
1948	0	–
1947	0	–
1946	6	#3,171
1945	0	–
1944	8	#2,632
1943	6	#3,229
1942	8	#2,711
1941	8	#2,655
1940	14	#1,894
1939	9	#2,449
1938	8	#2,646
1937	11	#2,197
1936	13	#1,964
1935	11	#2,246
1934	10	#2,393
1933	10	#2,367
1932	16	#1,848
1931	19	#1,643
1930	11	#2,443
1929	8	#2,978
1928	11	#2,522
1927	11	#2,523
1926	5	#4,199
1925	10	#2,753
1924	9	#3,022
1923	8	#3,173
1922	7	#3,530
1921	11	#2,631
1920	0	–
1919	5	#4,167
1918	5	#4,178
1917	10	#2,561
1916	0	–
1915	8	#2,828
1914	10	#2,100
1913	0	–
1912	0	–
1911	0	–
1910	0	–
1909	0	–
1908	0	–
1907	0	–
1906	0	–
1905	0	–
1904	0	–
1903	0	–
1902	0	–
1901	0	–
1900	0	–
1899	0	–
1898	0	–
1897	0	–
1896	0	–
1895	0	–
1894	0	–
1893	0	–
1892	0	–
1891	0	–
1890	0	–
1889	0	–
1888	6	#917

Nicknames for Jordon

Jordy 6 boys in the UK in 2025

Names like Jordon

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Jason Nathan Joshua Aaron Adam Jacob Matthew Jamie Ethan Benjamin Jonathan Joel

Other spellings of Jordon

Jordan Jorden Jordin Jourdan

Names related to Jordon

Jordyn Jordany Jordani Jhordan Jourden

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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, “Jordon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jordon, updated 20 October 2026.