Jordis
Jordis is a name with a single cultural origin: German.
- German
Meaning & Origin of Jordis
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jordis is a name with a single cultural origin: German.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- German
The Story of Jordis
The earliest SSA record of Jordis as a baby girl name dates back to 1918, when 5 babies received it. 2006 was its biggest year on record, with 87 newborns named Jordis — #2,206 in the national rankings. About 74% of every Jordis on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Jordis last appeared in the published SSA data in 2017, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 272 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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About the name Jordis
Jordis is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1918 and has accumulated 272 births in the dataset. Jordis's peak popularity came in 2006 when it ranked #2,206. Use the chart and map above to compare Jordis's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.