Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Gordan

#4,737 most common boys' name of all time · #11,680 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1912–2018

Rank among boys
#4,737
Rank overall
#11,680 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
84 of 146
All-time
1,025
Since 2016
6
Peak year
1930 #1,526
Best rank
#1,483 1931
Girls Boys peak 24/yr
19201940196019802000

Gordan first appears in 1912. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2018 — 6 6 #10,831
2015 — 7 7 #9,643
2004 — 11 11 #6,572
2003 — 6 6 #9,667
2001 — 5 5 #10,666
2000 — 7 7 #8,280
1998 — 5 5 #9,739
1995 — 10 10 #5,551
1994 — 5 5 #8,905
1993 — 13 13 #4,484
1992 — 14 14 #4,146
1991 — 9 9 #5,576
1990 — 7 7 #6,510
1989 — 12 12 #4,319
1988 — 6 6 #6,534
1986 — 7 7 #5,429
1984 — 7 7 #5,077
1983 — 12 12 #3,470
1982 — 8 8 #4,663
1981 — 6 6 #5,586
1980 — 12 12 #3,475
1979 — 5 5 #6,213
1978 — 8 8 #4,238
1974 — 8 8 #3,920
1972 — 7 7 #4,072
1971 — 13 13 #2,730
1970 — 13 13 #2,665
1969 — 15 15 #2,260
1968 — 11 11 #2,636
1967 — 13 13 #2,284
1966 — 6 6 #3,654
1965 — 11 11 #2,535
1964 — 14 14 #2,250
1963 — 12 12 #2,478
1962 — 13 13 #2,316
1961 — 14 14 #2,278
1960 — 17 17 #2,007
1959 — 15 15 #2,157
1958 — 9 9 #2,919
1957 — 15 15 #2,144
1956 — 10 10 #2,700
1955 — 8 8 #3,065
1954 — 11 11 #2,510
1953 — 12 12 #2,336
1952 — 10 10 #2,608
1951 — 19 19 #1,760
1950 — 7 7 #3,145
1949 — 16 16 #1,917
1948 — 9 9 #2,689
1947 — 14 14 #2,133
1946 — 15 15 #1,923
1945 — 5 5 #3,507
1944 — 6 6 #3,250
1943 — 14 14 #2,050
1942 — 14 14 #2,013
1941 — 13 13 #2,051
1940 — 13 13 #2,046
1938 — 13 13 #2,049
1937 — 14 14 #1,966
1936 — 12 12 #2,147
1935 — 18 18 #1,695
1934 — 20 20 #1,598
1933 — 17 17 #1,757
1932 — 9 9 #2,745
1931 — 23 23 #1,483
1930 — 24 24 #1,526
1929 — 17 17 #1,910
1928 — 22 22 #1,640
1927 — 11 11 #2,619
1926 — 18 18 #1,896
1925 — 18 18 #1,922
1924 — 21 21 #1,767
1923 — 17 17 #2,003
1922 — 13 13 #2,442
1921 — 13 13 #2,451
1920 — 21 21 #1,741
1919 — 19 19 #1,799
1918 — 16 16 #2,056
1917 — 22 22 #1,582
1916 — 17 17 #1,837
1915 — 13 13 #2,155
1914 — 10 10 #2,228
1913 — 6 6 #2,661
1912 — 11 11 #1,609