Jorden vs Jorley
American parents have registered 9,365 Jordens since 1880, against 35 Jorleys. Jorden is still ahead, with 28 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Jorden Jorley
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Jorden has been the commoner name in every year either was published, 1903 to 2025. The lead has never changed hands.
The closest they came was 2011, when Jorden had 392 and Jorley had 22.
Side by side
| Jorden | Jorley | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 9,365 | 35 |
| Most in one year | 406 | 22 |
| Babies in 2025 | 28 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 9,100 | 40 |
| Median age today | 21 | 14 |
| Peak year | 2011 | 2011 |
| Best rank | 676th boys | 5,935th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 3,848th | unranked |
| First recorded | 1903 | 2011 |
| Girls / boys | 2,335 / 7,030 | 35 / 0 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Jordens alive today are over 21; half the Jorleys are over 14. That is 7 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Jorden and Jorley.