Gordon
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
#1051
recorded as boys
Up 36 since 2024
Babies in 2025
209
boys 209
Peak year
1934
2,639 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
155,579
since 1880
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Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Gordon was most popular in 1934, when 2,639 babies recorded as boys got the name (2.6 per 1,000). In 2025, 209 babies were named Gordon, ranking #1051 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 209 | 1051 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 200 | 1087 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 223 | 987 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 233 | 971 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 243 | 929 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 225 | 965 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 267 | 841 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 271 | 824 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 275 | 818 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 220 | 946 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 279 | 812 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 224 | 938 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 189 | 1028 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 195 | 1011 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 183 | 1037 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 180 | 1068 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 183 | 1043 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 212 | 949 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 196 | 994 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 215 | 905 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 208 | 877 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 246 | 752 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 235 | 757 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 275 | 673 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 249 | 708 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 285 | 639 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 265 | 652 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 276 | 640 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 289 | 610 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 343 | 547 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 353 | 540 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 347 | 551 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 404 | 511 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 400 | 504 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 414 | 487 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 441 | 471 |
| 1989 | 6 | 10847 | 476 | 432 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 464 | 418 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 493 | 389 |
| 1986 | 7 | 8523 | 517 | 362 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 488 | 374 |
| 1984 | 5 | 10422 | 505 | 360 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 497 | 357 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 538 | 345 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 521 | 345 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 531 | 345 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 503 | 349 |
| 1978 | 9 | 6385 | 515 | 341 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 549 | 331 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 517 | 333 |
| 1975 | 10 | 5516 | 585 | 310 |
| 1974 | 6 | 7680 | 631 | 292 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 659 | 277 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 719 | 269 |
| 1971 | 6 | 7388 | 915 | 247 |
| 1970 | 5 | 7995 | 990 | 238 |
| 1969 | 5 | 7471 | 1,012 | 226 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 1,093 | 213 |
| 1967 | 8 | 4982 | 1,115 | 207 |
| 1966 | 7 | 5273 | 1,386 | 181 |
| 1965 | 5 | 6539 | 1,444 | 178 |
| 1964 | 7 | 5474 | 1,772 | 167 |
| 1963 | 7 | 5296 | 2,080 | 159 |
| 1962 | 9 | 4533 | 1,787 | 173 |
| 1961 | 5 | 6567 | 1,994 | 165 |
| 1960 | 11 | 3920 | 2,149 | 159 |
| 1959 | 20 | 2596 | 2,212 | 155 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 2,225 | 152 |
| 1957 | 10 | 3930 | 2,464 | 140 |
| 1956 | 7 | 4837 | 2,484 | 130 |
| 1955 | 6 | 5208 | 2,557 | 128 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 2,741 | 122 |
| 1953 | 5 | 5673 | 2,781 | 116 |
| 1952 | 6 | 4908 | 2,829 | 110 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 2,759 | 108 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 2,689 | 108 |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 2,546 | 113 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 2,510 | 112 |
| 1947 | 11 | 3240 | 2,671 | 111 |
| 1946 | 11 | 3034 | 2,410 | 111 |
| 1945 | 5 | 4556 | 2,146 | 109 |
| 1944 | <5 | — | 2,271 | 105 |
| 1943 | 9 | 3249 | 2,608 | 98 |
| 1942 | 9 | 3194 | 2,606 | 92 |
| 1941 | 7 | 3559 | 2,404 | 92 |
| 1940 | 5 | 4349 | 2,296 | 91 |
| 1939 | 12 | 2417 | 2,508 | 82 |
| 1938 | 6 | 3847 | 2,657 | 78 |
| 1937 | 12 | 2448 | 2,533 | 75 |
| 1936 | 11 | 2521 | 2,567 | 75 |
| 1935 | 13 | 2305 | 2,615 | 70 |
| 1934 | 14 | 2187 | 2,639 | 71 |
| 1933 | 12 | 2404 | 2,524 | 71 |
| 1932 | 23 | 1597 | 2,410 | 81 |
| 1931 | 13 | 2307 | 2,396 | 76 |
| 1930 | 21 | 1748 | 2,611 | 77 |
| 1929 | 31 | 1370 | 2,493 | 79 |
| 1928 | 29 | 1469 | 2,596 | 77 |
| 1927 | 23 | 1771 | 2,680 | 74 |
| 1926 | 19 | 1997 | 2,629 | 76 |
| 1925 | 20 | 1946 | 2,748 | 72 |
| 1924 | 20 | 1992 | 2,714 | 75 |
| 1923 | 10 | 3125 | 2,576 | 76 |
| 1922 | 19 | 2027 | 2,527 | 76 |
| 1921 | 18 | 2120 | 2,382 | 84 |
| 1920 | 18 | 2079 | 2,277 | 85 |
| 1919 | 13 | 2515 | 2,017 | 86 |
| 1918 | 23 | 1690 | 2,233 | 85 |
| 1917 | 14 | 2316 | 2,019 | 84 |
| 1916 | 10 | 2833 | 1,792 | 90 |
| 1915 | 19 | 1738 | 1,717 | 90 |
| 1914 | 7 | 2876 | 1,355 | 88 |
| 1913 | <5 | — | 1,017 | 94 |
| 1912 | 6 | 2634 | 822 | 93 |
| 1911 | <5 | — | 404 | 97 |
| 1910 | <5 | — | 265 | 119 |
| 1909 | <5 | — | 230 | 121 |
| 1908 | <5 | — | 196 | 129 |
| 1907 | <5 | — | 199 | 120 |
| 1906 | <5 | — | 184 | 115 |
| 1905 | <5 | — | 165 | 134 |
| 1904 | <5 | — | 177 | 119 |
| 1903 | <5 | — | 142 | 131 |
| 1902 | <5 | — | 109 | 161 |
| 1901 | <5 | — | 103 | 153 |
| 1900 | <5 | — | 137 | 151 |
| 1899 | <5 | — | 107 | 145 |
| 1898 | <5 | — | 110 | 155 |
| 1897 | <5 | — | 89 | 173 |
| 1896 | <5 | — | 117 | 143 |
| 1895 | <5 | — | 104 | 148 |
| 1894 | <5 | — | 112 | 139 |
| 1893 | 5 | 1437 | 83 | 172 |
| 1892 | <5 | — | 83 | 188 |
| 1891 | <5 | — | 71 | 181 |
| 1890 | <5 | — | 63 | 207 |
| 1889 | <5 | — | 60 | 211 |
| 1888 | <5 | — | 83 | 177 |
| 1887 | <5 | — | 47 | 230 |
| 1886 | <5 | — | 64 | 206 |
| 1885 | <5 | — | 48 | 237 |
| 1884 | <5 | — | 39 | 271 |
| 1883 | <5 | — | 38 | 263 |
| 1882 | <5 | — | 37 | 283 |
| 1881 | <5 | — | 32 | 276 |
| 1880 | <5 | — | 51 | 233 |
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Where Gordon is most popular
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls <1% · boys 100% across all years