Gorman — boys' name

What the Data Says About Gorman

The Social Security Administration has registered 817 babies named Gorman between 1903 and 1980, spanning 78 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gorman currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1980. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 32 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gorman performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 225 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Gorman shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Maryland, which accounts for 13 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Missouri. In total, SSA state-level files list Gorman in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gorman 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 817 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.