How Many People Are Named Gordon?
people named Gordon are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 5,247 people in the US has this name
Based on 155,579 babies named Gordon in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,835 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a Scottish surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "spacious fort". It was originally used in honour of Charles George Gordon (1833-1885), a British general who died defending the city of Khartoum in Sudan.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Gordon in English. Counting Gordon and these spellings together, about 65,741 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Gordon (99.7%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Gordon alive today is about 60 years old, and 63% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 50 and 75 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Gordon first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1952, to 2,835 babies. In 2025, 209 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Gordon never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #70, in 1935, and it was in the top 100 for 33 years, 1911 to 1943. In 2025 it ranked #1,052.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,052 |
| Best rank | #70 (1935) |
| Years in the top 100 | 33 (1911 to 1943) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #129 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Gordon alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Gordon were born in California than in any other state: about 5,956 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Gordon was given 3.1 times as often in Vermont, 3 times in North Dakota and 2.7 times in Utah.
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