Gorden — boys' name

What the Data Says About Gorden

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,049 babies named Gorden between 1886 and 2019, spanning 134 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gorden currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 82 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gorden performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 509 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Gorden shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 42 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and Minnesota. In total, SSA state-level files list Gorden in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gorden 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 2,049 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.