Gorden
Last seen for boys in 2019 at #12,145
- Peak · boys
- 1922 · 82 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,049since 1886
Gorden over time
Rank among boys' names. Gorden has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #12,145 | 5 |
| 2018 | #12,156 | 5 |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #5,003 | 7 |
| 1981 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #3,857 | 9 |
| 1977 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | #4,012 | 8 |
| 1975 | #2,902 | 13 |
| 1974 | #3,120 | 11 |
| 1973 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | #3,344 | 9 |
| 1971 | #2,973 | 11 |
| 1970 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | #3,314 | 8 |
| 1968 | #2,576 | 11 |
| 1967 | #2,611 | 10 |
| 1966 | #2,465 | 11 |
| 1965 | #1,774 | 20 |
| 1964 | #1,975 | 17 |
| 1963 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1962 | #1,546 | 26 |
| 1961 | #1,823 | 20 |
| 1960 | #1,910 | 18 |
| 1959 | #1,806 | 20 |
| 1958 | #1,593 | 24 |
| 1957 | #2,190 | 14 |
| 1956 | #1,298 | 35 |
| 1955 | #1,902 | 17 |
| 1954 | #1,525 | 25 |
| 1953 | #1,677 | 21 |
| 1952 | #1,665 | 21 |
| 1951 | #1,598 | 22 |
| 1950 | #1,701 | 19 |
| 1949 | #1,501 | 24 |
| 1948 | #1,519 | 23 |
| 1947 | #1,297 | 32 |
| 1946 | #1,355 | 27 |
| 1945 | #1,378 | 23 |
| 1944 | #1,525 | 20 |
| 1943 | #1,106 | 38 |
| 1942 | #1,119 | 37 |
| 1941 | #1,372 | 24 |
| 1940 | #1,090 | 36 |
| 1939 | #1,070 | 36 |
| 1938 | #963 | 43 |
| 1937 | #1,288 | 27 |
| 1936 | #827 | 54 |
| 1935 | #834 | 56 |
| 1934 | #1,059 | 38 |
| 1933 | #1,013 | 40 |
| 1932 | #1,025 | 42 |
| 1931 | #974 | 46 |
| 1930 | #1,080 | 41 |
| 1929 | #930 | 52 |
| 1928 | #1,019 | 46 |
| 1927 | #1,028 | 46 |
| 1926 | #916 | 54 |
| 1925 | #1,022 | 45 |
| 1924 | #1,005 | 49 |
| 1923 | #1,026 | 47 |
| 1922 | #722 | 82 |
| 1921 | #1,226 | 35 |
| 1920 | #947 | 53 |
| 1919 | #1,097 | 39 |
| 1918 | #1,012 | 44 |
| 1917 | #1,062 | 39 |
| 1916 | #1,058 | 37 |
| 1915 | #962 | 42 |
| 1914 | #1,153 | 25 |
| 1913 | #1,112 | 21 |
| 1912 | #1,174 | 16 |
| 1911 | #1,190 | 9 |
| 1910 | #1,045 | 10 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,009 | 6 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,079 | 5 |
| 1894 | #954 | 6 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #845 | 6 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Gorden! It came in at #845, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1887–1893, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Gorden is popular in 1931
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Virginia#321 · 1 in 3,516
Best ever in a state: #321 in Virginia, 1931.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Virginia | #321 | 6 | 1 in 3,516 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Gorden
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2019
- Biggest jump: 504 spots in 1922 (#1,226 → #722)
- Biggest drop: 461 spots in 1937 (#827 → #1,288)
- Debuted 1886
- Peaked 1922 at #722 (82 births)
- Births halved by 1930, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 1935–1936
- Highest: 1 in 13,270 boys born in 1922 were named Gorden (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 358,843 boys born in 2019 (0.00%)
- 24.8% of all boys named Gorden (509) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | #845 (1886) | #845 |
| 1890s | 11 | #954 (1894) | #1,017 |
| 1900s | 6 | #1,009 (1903) | #1,009 |
| 1910s | 282 | #962 (1915) | #1,087 |
| 1920s | 509 | #722 (1922) | #984 |
| 1930s | 423 | #827 (1936) | #1,013 |
| 1940s | 284 | #1,090 (1940) | #1,326 |
| 1950s | 218 | #1,298 (1956) | #1,696 |
| 1960s | 151 | #1,546 (1962) | #2,267 |
| 1970s | 85 | #2,902 (1975) | #3,958 |
| 1980s | 32 | #4,961 (1981) | #5,601 |
| 1990s | 20 | #8,236 (1991) | #8,585 |
| 2000s | 12 | #8,927 (2004) | #10,647 |
| 2010s | 10 | #12,145 (2019) | #12,151 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Gorden in 1931
Top boys' names in 1931
More about 1931
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1,039,665 boys got a published name in 1931; 1 in 22,601 of them was named Gorden, which outranked 77.5% of the 4,321 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).