Yordan comes from the Bulgarian tradition, meaning "Descendant of Jordan".
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How popular is Yordan?
2020peak year
Today, Yordan is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #8118), with only about 11 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 2020, 17 babies were given the name (ranked #5441 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 2010s. Yordan's usage has held roughly steady recently. In all, around 222 babies have been registered as Yordan since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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