Gordon — #1087 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Gordon

The Social Security Administration has registered 154,697 babies named Gordon between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gordon currently holds the #1087 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1952, when 2,829 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gordon performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 25,740 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Gordon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 12,144 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Gordon in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gordon 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 154,697 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.