Is Jordan more of a girls name or a boys name?

I know it can be both but which is more?

Is Jordan more of a girls name or a boys name?
The Social Security Adminstration, which assigned the SSNs to all newborns, tracks the popularity of the top 1000 names each year. Check their website at





http://ssa.gov/cgi-bin/babyname.cgi





and you will see the ranking of Jordan as a girl's name in the past 10 years was:





Popularity of the female name Jordan





Year of birth Rank *


2006 97


2005 86


2004 70


2003 48


2002 45


2001 47


2000 50


1999 48


1998 42


1997 40


1996 49





* Note: Rank 1 is the most popular girl's name in the country that year, rank 2 is the next most popular, and so forth





Versus the popularity of Jordan as a boy's name in the past 10 years:





Popularity of the male name Jordan


Year of birth Rank


2006 46


2005 46


2004 43


2003 38


2002 37


2001 39


2000 36


1999 30


1998 27


1997 26


1996 27





Which proves that while statistically, Jordan is still more widely used as a boys name, it's not very far behind in popularity as a girl's name.





(and personally, although I think it is a great name, I would avoid picking a name that is in the top 50 for popularity).
Reply:I actually don't know......


I've met a Jordan who is a girl %26amp;%26amp; heard (never met) a Jordan who was a boy......





Personally, I think that lots of unisex names turned out to be much more common for females, not males. Jordan though is kinda of stuck inbetween! I like it for both genders, but it's just not masculine enough to be more of a boy's name But not girly enough to be more of a girl's name





So I would have to say both! But lots of unisex names, turn out to be more of a female name : )


*~Julie~*
Reply:I love the name Jordan. It can go for a boy or a girl.But in my opinion, Jordan is better for a boy. I love the name Jordann for a girl.
Reply:Jordan goes either way, my cousins name is Jordan and she is a girl but my best friend is named Jordan and he is a boy so it depends what you want to name the baby!
Reply:I think it is more commonly a boy's name but it is becoming more popular for girls now. Especially with the show Crossing Jordan and American Idol Jordan Sparks.
Reply:i know two little boys and two little girls named Jordan liked it at first but just like an overplayed song on the radio i am so sick of it! sorry just my oppinion
Reply:It is mostly associated with a boy. I never knew a girl Jordan until Jordan Sparks. K
Reply:I've known only one boy Jordan and at least three girl Jordan's.





I like it better for a girl personally.
Reply:Right now Jordan is very popluar for both sexes.. However I do have a 6 year old son, named Jordan :)
Reply:Jordan is usually a boy's name.





Jordyn and Jordin are usually feminine names.
Reply:Jordan is more common in boys however girls do have that name also!
Reply:I like the name for both but I love it for a girl.


It looks more feminine with a 'y' as in Jordyn.
Reply:That's tough, it really does work very well for both. All I can say is I have known more girls named Jordan than boys.
Reply:Whenever I think of Jordan I think of Boy!
Reply:i think its more of a girls name but that could be just me cause i no more girls with that name
Reply:It is Unisex...plus you can always play with spellings
Reply:equal i think, usually a boy spells it jordan and a girl jordyn
Reply:I only know boys name Jordan
Reply:I like it MUCH better for a boy. I don't like it for a girl at all.
Reply:definetly more of a girls name
Reply:i think it's more of a boys name.
Reply:boy... but it is still a cute girl name... well if she has a nice middle name
Reply:boys
Reply:boys name
Reply:boys name
Reply:i think it work perfectly either way, but i know more boy jordans than girls
Reply:Boy. But i have a friend her name is Dylan weird i know!!
Reply:Boy's name
Reply:it could b 4 both but i know more girls named jordan
Reply:its a girls or boys name... it like adrian. unisex
Reply:boy

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