Gordon
Gordon is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 199 births. Its best rank was 70th, in 1935.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1990.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 19522,829 births
- Best rank
- #70in 1935
- Since 1880
- 154,697people given the name
The story in the numbers
154,697 boys have been named Gordon in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1952, with 2,829 births — 0.15% of all boys recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 199 births in 2024, against 2,829 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1943, and the 1950s alone account for 17%. It has spent 139 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 33 of them in the top 100.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Gordon | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 499 | |
| 1890s | 939 | |
| 1900s | 1,642 | |
| 1910s | 13,641 | |
| 1920s | 25,622 | |
| 1930s | 25,460 | |
| 1940s | 24,468 | |
| 1950s | 25,740 | |
| 1960s | 15,832 | |
| 1970s | 6,586 | |
| 1980s | 5,029 | |
| 1990s | 3,531 | |
| 2000s | 2,304 | |
| 2010s | 2,282 | |
| 2020s | 1,122 |
In 1952, its biggest year
Gordon was the 110th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1952 were James, Robert, John, Michael and David. See all of 1952.
Names that rose and fell with Gordon
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Melvinpeak 1928
- Lylepeak 1922
- Normanpeak 1928
- Marvinpeak 1928
- Arnoldpeak 1924
- Rolandpeak 1924
- Lenwoodpeak 1949
- Sammiepeak 1947
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.