Yordan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- yor-DAHN
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Yordan is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “to flow down”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Yordan mean?
Hebrew: Bulgarian and Macedonian form of Jordan
“to flow down”
Taken from the River Jordan, where Jesus was baptised.
Is Yordan a girl's or a boy's name?
Yordan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yordan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Yordan, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2023, with 13 boys.
Half of all the boys named Yordan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Yordan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 12 | #1,969 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
How popular is Yordan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,906th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 210,000 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, 8 boys in the US were named Yordan, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. Its busiest year was 2020, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 1993.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the boys named Yordan in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yordan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,231 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
Names like Yordan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Yusuf, Yunus, Zion, Rowan, Kairo, Hudson, Jaxon, Ronan, Yoan, Lochlan, Ezra, Axel
Names related to Yordan
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo
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, “Yordan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yordan, updated 20 October 2026.