Neutral
Jordan
As a gender-neutral name, Jordan traces back to Hebrew, where it is understood to mean "To flow down". It is not as common as it was in the 1990s, though it has not disappeared. Today, it is a well-known pick in the registry. 1990 was this name's high-water mark in the U.S. birth records.
HebrewTo flow down
HebrewThe river Jordan
Births by decade
1900s
123
1910s
395
1920s
855
1930s
770
1940s
690
1950s
1,219
1960s
1,911
1970s
6,286
1980s
70,931
1990s
206,473
2000s
144,270
2010s
65,705
Peaked in the 1990s · 499,628 total U.S. births since 1900