girls:
2.3k births since 1980
#3591 (37th percentile)
boys:
1.8k births since 1973
#2908 (37th percentile)
overall:
4.2k births since 1973
#4243 (45th percentile)
The name Jourdan is the #4,243 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,164 recorded births since 1973. This represents the 45.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 45.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,591 (37.2% percentile) for all time with 2,317 births since 1980. For boys, it ranks #2,908 (36.6% percentile) for all time with 1,847 births since 1973.
Jourdan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1973 (1973 for boys and 1980 for girls). Birth data for Jourdan is available in 47 out of the 51 years between 1973 and 2023 (47 years for boys and 43 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Jourdan has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (55.6% of all recorded births). In 2023, 31.8% of babies named Jourdan were girls.
For girls, Jourdan reached its peak popularity in 1990, achieving the 20.4% percentile (ranked #686) with 88 births per million. The name was most common in 1990, with 88 births per million (ranked 20.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Jourdan ranks #945 for girls (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 4.5% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Jourdan reached its peak popularity in 1990, achieving the 10.9% percentile (ranked #685) with 41 births per million. The name was most common in 1990, with 41 births per million (ranked 10.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2011, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Jourdan ranks #901 for boys (1.1% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 19.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jourdan".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Jourdan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 63.4% confident that Jourdan is pronounced as JOR-duhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is JER-duhn, at 22.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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