Gordana — girls' name
40 babies named Gordana in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Gordana was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Gordana in 1971 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Gordana
The Social Security Administration has registered 40 babies named Gordana between 1971 and 1979, spanning 9 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gordana currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1979. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Gordana performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 40 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Gordana in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Gordana in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 40 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Gordana at a glance
Last recorded 1979Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Gordana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–1971
- Peak year (1971)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 9 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1979.
40 total births across 9 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1971 with 7 births in a single year.
Gordana by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 40 births that decade — 100% of Gordana's all-time total
Gordana decade highlights
- Peak decade 40 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Gordana's strongest decade
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
Gordana by state
Where Gordana concentrates geographically — total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 5 | 12.5% |
5 of 40 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Illinois 12.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 12.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1971–1979 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.