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unisex name

Jourdain

  • Origin French
  • Gender Unisex
  • Letters 8
  • Births on record 216

Jourdain is a unisex name. It is given to both girls and boys — about 18% of recorded births with this name are girls. In 2012 it was given to 9 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Jourdain is a name of French origin.
  • Peaked in 1996, when 25 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1984.

Jourdain over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1980s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2012, not a full ten years.

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Births named Jourdain by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1980s 33
1990s 134
2000s 29
2010s (to 2012) 9

How popular is Jourdain?

In 2012, Jourdain was given to 9 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Jourdain is used

England & Wales #3,362 6 in 1997
France #3,463 5 in 1998
United States #8,476 9 in 2012

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Jourdain

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

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Sibling names for Jourdain

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Jourdain — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Jourdain

How popular is the name Jourdain?

In 2012, Jourdain was given to 9 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Jourdain a girl's or a boy's name?

Jourdain is used for both girls and boys. About 18% of recorded births with this name are girls.

When was Jourdain most popular?

Jourdain peaked in 1996, when 25 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.