Yordany
Yordany is a given name of uncertain origin and meaning.
Name Census estimates that about 50 living Americans carry the first name Yordany. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Yordany today is around 9 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Yordany births was 2011 (9 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Yordany. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
Key insights
- • Fewer than 100 living Americans are believed to carry the name Yordany. It is among the rarest names in the SSA records.
People living today
50
~ 1 in 6,855,087 Americans
Peak year
2011
9 babies that year
Average age
9
years old
2023 SSA rank
#14,129
Tracked since 2011
Census
Yordany in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 281 people with the first name Yordany, which placed it at #30,797 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#30,797
National first-name rank
People counted
281
281 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Hispanic or Latino
94.7% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Yordany
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Yordany is Hispanic at 94.7%. The next largest groups are Black (2.8%) and White (2.1%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Yordany described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Yordany at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Hispanic or Latino94.7% · 266
- Black or African American2.8% · 8
- White2.1% · 6
- Two or more races0.4% · 1
Popularity
Yordany: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Yordany from the 2010s through to the 2020s, spanning 2 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 35 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2010s peak, Yordany remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Yordany by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Yordany during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Origin
Meaning and history of Yordany
The given name Yordany has its origins in the Slavic languages, emerging from the East Slavic region during the Middle Ages. It is derived from the ancient Slavic name Iordan, which itself is a variant of the Biblical name Jordan. The name Jordan is believed to be derived from the Hebrew word "Yarden," meaning "to descend" or "to flow downward," referring to the Jordan River in modern-day Israel and Jordan.
Historically, the name Yordany was most prevalent among Eastern Orthodox Christian communities in regions such as Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus. It was often associated with individuals who had a connection to the Jordan River, either through pilgrimage or through religious symbolism. The name appears in various medieval texts and chronicles from the region, although specific records of its earliest usage are scarce.
One of the earliest recorded individuals with the name Yordany was Yordany Kurtsevich, a 16th-century Belarusian merchant and landowner who lived from approximately 1540 to 1610. Another notable figure was Yordany Ivanov, a 17th-century Russian explorer and cartographer who mapped parts of Siberia and the Russian Far East between 1650 and 1680.
In the realm of religious figures, Yordany Fyodorov (1557-1633) was a prominent Russian Orthodox monk and iconographer who contributed significantly to the art and theology of the Russian Orthodox Church during the late 16th and early 17th centuries.
Moving into the 19th century, Yordany Petrov (1815-1892) was a Bulgarian revolutionist and activist who played a crucial role in the struggle for Bulgarian independence from the Ottoman Empire.
A more recent figure was Yordany Gospodinov (1925-2001), a Bulgarian writer and playwright who was celebrated for his contributions to Bulgarian literature in the latter half of the 20th century.
While the name Yordany has maintained a presence throughout history, primarily within Slavic communities, its usage has become less common in modern times, particularly in Western cultures.
People
Yordany + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Yordany as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with Y
Other first names starting with Y with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Yordany: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Yordany?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 50 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Yordany going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 6,855,087 US residents.
Is Yordany a common name?
We classify Yordany as "Very Rare". It ranks above 54.3% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 50 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Yordany most popular?
The single biggest year for Yordany was 2011, when 9 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Yordany is about 9 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Yordany in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 281 people with the name Yordany, or 0.09 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #30,797 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Yordany in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Yordany?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Yordany leans strongly male. 268 people counted with this name were male (94.4%), compared with 16 female bearers (5.6%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Yordany?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Yordany is Hispanic at 94.7%. The next largest groups are Black (2.8%) and White (2.1%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Yordany most often in the Census?
Hispanic is the largest reported group for people named Yordany in the 2020 Census, accounting for 94.7% (266 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Yordany in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Yordany a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Yordany in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Yordany still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Yordany in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Yordany can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people are named Yordany?
For a faster, more casual read, check HowManyOfMe.org — our sister site built around that single question.