Jourdan
Mostly girls · JOR-dun · Hebrew
Jourdan is a name of Hebrew origin, meaning “flowing down”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Jourdan mean?
Hebrew: French spelling of Jordan
“flowing down”
French spelling of Jordan, the river in which Jesus was baptised.
- Say it
- JOR-dun
Is Jourdan a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Jourdan has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US.
How popular is Jourdan in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 5 girls.
In 1999, 50% of the babies named Jourdan in the UK were girls.
Jourdan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 1 | #6,173 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Jourdan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Jourdan, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,137th. Its busiest year was 1990, with 89 boys. It first appears in the records in 1973.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Jourdan than any year since 1980.
Half of all the boys named Jourdan in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,809 boys in the US were given Jourdan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #142, up from #9,710 for this spelling alone.
In 2018, 45% of the babies named Jourdan in the US were girls.
Jourdan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 17 | #5,441 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 24 | #4,137 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 20 | #4,742 |
| 2016 | 28 | #3,775 |
| 2015 | 31 | #3,512 |
| 2014 | 24 | #4,135 |
| 2013 | 39 | #2,893 |
| 2012 | 21 | #4,530 |
| 2011 | 37 | #3,045 |
| 2010 | 32 | #3,376 |
| 2009 | 31 | #3,474 |
| 2008 | 36 | #3,163 |
| 2007 | 54 | #2,372 |
| 2006 | 31 | #3,382 |
| 2005 | 38 | #2,799 |
| 2004 | 41 | #2,595 |
| 2003 | 41 | #2,503 |
| 2002 | 62 | #1,829 |
| 2001 | 67 | #1,706 |
| 2000 | 64 | #1,738 |
| 1999 | 63 | #1,668 |
| 1998 | 65 | #1,602 |
| 1997 | 70 | #1,496 |
| 1996 | 75 | #1,398 |
| 1995 | 82 | #1,295 |
| 1994 | 71 | #1,379 |
| 1993 | 74 | #1,316 |
| 1992 | 55 | #1,593 |
| 1991 | 77 | #1,267 |
| 1990 | 89 | #1,144 |
| 1989 | 55 | #1,487 |
| 1988 | 40 | #1,726 |
| 1987 | 42 | #1,634 |
| 1986 | 41 | #1,587 |
| 1985 | 29 | #1,974 |
| 1984 | 20 | #2,436 |
| 1983 | 32 | #1,747 |
| 1982 | 21 | #2,340 |
| 1981 | 24 | #2,137 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
Nicknames for Jourdan
- Jordy 6 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Jourdan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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