Gorden

Where Gorden comes from

Gorden hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1886
    First appearance
    #845 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1922
    Peak, #722
    82 babies named Gorden — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1930
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,080.
  4. 1941
    Gorden Kaye born
    British actor
  5. 1968
    Gorden Wagener born
    German car designer
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Gorden Kaye · British actor, 1941–2017
  • Gorden Wagener · German car designer, born 1968
  • Gorden Tallis · Australian rugby league footballer and administrator, born 1973

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.