Gorge
Gorge was last recorded in 2020, when 6 babies were given it; 2,609 Americans have been recorded with it between 1880 and 2020 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,930 Americans named Gorge and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (74% of everyone recorded); the median is 45 years old and half are between 33 and 56.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Gorge by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Gorge mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Gorge is “a male given name.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Gorge?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #11,067, in 2020; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
62 babies in 1975, the peak
Gorge peaked in 1975, when 62 boys were given it, #1,059 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 6 | #11,067 | 3.5 |
| 2016 | 8 | #9,131 | 4.2 |
| 2014 | 6 | #11,182 | 3.1 |
| 2012 | 8 | #9,151 | 4.2 |
| 2011 | 6 | #11,308 | 3.2 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,349 | 4.7 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,947 | 6.0 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,889 | 5.9 |
| 2007 | 21 | #4,543 | 10.1 |
| 2006 | 11 | #7,089 | 5.4 |
Every recorded year (108)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 12 | #6,355 | 6.0 |
| 2004 | 21 | #4,165 | 10.6 |
| 2003 | 21 | #4,022 | 10.6 |
| 2002 | 31 | #2,963 | 16.0 |
| 2001 | 34 | #2,755 | 17.5 |
| 2000 | 37 | #2,541 | 18.8 |
| 1999 | 27 | #3,049 | 14.1 |
| 1998 | 34 | #2,517 | 17.8 |
| 1997 | 34 | #2,413 | 18.0 |
| 1996 | 42 | #2,051 | 22.2 |
| 1995 | 30 | #2,521 | 15.8 |
| 1994 | 28 | #2,642 | 14.5 |
| 1993 | 48 | #1,769 | 24.5 |
| 1992 | 29 | #2,481 | 14.5 |
| 1991 | 48 | #1,704 | 23.8 |
| 1990 | 50 | #1,637 | 24.3 |
| 1989 | 48 | #1,643 | 24.0 |
| 1988 | 41 | #1,713 | 21.4 |
| 1987 | 33 | #1,906 | 17.7 |
| 1986 | 50 | #1,405 | 27.2 |
| 1985 | 48 | #1,419 | 26.0 |
| 1984 | 43 | #1,465 | 23.8 |
| 1983 | 37 | #1,609 | 20.6 |
| 1982 | 60 | #1,199 | 33.1 |
| 1981 | 49 | #1,346 | 27.4 |
| 1980 | 50 | #1,330 | 28.0 |
| 1979 | 53 | #1,265 | 30.8 |
| 1978 | 48 | #1,308 | 29.2 |
| 1977 | 41 | #1,435 | 25.0 |
| 1976 | 50 | #1,229 | 31.9 |
| 1975 | 62 | #1,059 | 39.7 |
| 1974 | 51 | #1,157 | 32.4 |
| 1973 | 46 | #1,227 | 29.5 |
| 1972 | 41 | #1,314 | 25.3 |
| 1971 | 42 | #1,298 | 23.7 |
| 1970 | 43 | #1,269 | 23.1 |
| 1969 | 33 | #1,400 | 18.5 |
| 1968 | 32 | #1,376 | 18.4 |
| 1967 | 27 | #1,486 | 15.5 |
| 1966 | 35 | #1,291 | 19.6 |
| 1965 | 30 | #1,417 | 16.1 |
| 1964 | 30 | #1,447 | 15.1 |
| 1963 | 26 | #1,554 | 12.8 |
| 1962 | 27 | #1,528 | 13.1 |
| 1961 | 22 | #1,754 | 10.4 |
| 1960 | 25 | #1,637 | 11.7 |
| 1959 | 27 | #1,536 | 12.6 |
| 1958 | 22 | #1,702 | 10.4 |
| 1957 | 21 | #1,767 | 9.7 |
| 1956 | 16 | #2,039 | 7.6 |
| 1955 | 21 | #1,700 | 10.2 |
| 1954 | 27 | #1,477 | 13.2 |
| 1953 | 13 | #2,225 | 6.6 |
| 1952 | 29 | #1,416 | 14.9 |
| 1951 | 19 | #1,747 | 10.1 |
| 1950 | 15 | #1,967 | 8.4 |
| 1949 | 24 | #1,520 | 13.5 |
| 1948 | 17 | #1,845 | 9.7 |
| 1947 | 10 | #2,558 | 5.5 |
| 1946 | 22 | #1,532 | 13.5 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,043 | 8.9 |
| 1944 | 19 | #1,598 | 13.9 |
| 1943 | 14 | #2,018 | 9.8 |
| 1942 | 14 | #1,985 | 10.1 |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,401 | 8.1 |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,232 | 9.5 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,105 | 10.8 |
| 1938 | 13 | #2,023 | 11.7 |
| 1937 | 14 | #1,947 | 13.1 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,111 | 11.6 |
| 1935 | 15 | #1,870 | 14.4 |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,112 | 6.8 |
| 1933 | 14 | #1,948 | 14.1 |
| 1932 | 12 | #2,240 | 11.5 |
| 1931 | 18 | #1,733 | 17.3 |
| 1930 | 22 | #1,581 | 20.0 |
| 1929 | 22 | #1,581 | 20.5 |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,204 | 12.6 |
| 1927 | 15 | #2,141 | 13.3 |
| 1926 | 15 | #2,120 | 13.5 |
| 1925 | 16 | #2,040 | 14.3 |
| 1924 | 19 | #1,864 | 16.8 |
| 1923 | 16 | #2,057 | 14.6 |
| 1922 | 15 | #2,182 | 13.8 |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,600 | 4.5 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,516 | 11.3 |
| 1919 | 18 | #1,837 | 18.4 |
| 1918 | 17 | #1,939 | 16.8 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,358 | 7.6 |
| 1916 | 13 | #2,195 | 14.6 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,571 | 7.1 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,336 | 13.7 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,725 | 21.5 |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,415 | 34.1 |
| 1900 | 9 | #934 | 59.8 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,107 | 47.1 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,199 | 40.8 |
| 1880 | 5 | #964 | 45.3 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Gorge a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Gorge has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 108 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Gorge: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Gorge, and how old are they?
1,930 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 74% of the 2,609 Americans ever recorded as Gorge. The median Gorge alive today is 45 years old; half are between 33 and 56.
The 2020 Census counted 3,112 people named Gorge (25 women and girls, 3,087 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,031 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.5 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 47 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 278 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 608 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 649 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 324 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 20 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Gorge born?
The states with the most babies named Gorge are California, Texas and New York, with 98% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 738 | not ranked | 2.8× |
| Texas | 447 | not ranked | 2.4× |
| New York | 93 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Illinois | 20 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| New Jersey | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Gorge is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Gorge is most over-represented in California: since 1910 it was given 2.8 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Gorge with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 2,818 babies since 1880, Gorge is the most given (93% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Gorge
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Gorge and names like it
- Compare Gorge and GoergeBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sGorge peaked in 1975.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Gorge since 1910.
- The top names of 1975The year the most babies were named Gorge.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Gorge alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with GMost given first.