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.

Gordon

#227 most common boys' name of all time · #493 across all names · >99% boys / <1% girls · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#227
Rank overall
#493 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
155,579
Since 2016
2,366
Peak year
1952 #110
Best rank
#70 1935
Girls Boys peak 2,835/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Gordon is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 209 209 #1,051
2024 — 200 200 #1,087
2023 — 223 223 #987
2022 — 233 233 #971
2021 — 243 243 #929
2020 — 225 225 #965
2019 — 267 267 #841
2018 — 271 271 #824
2017 — 275 275 #818
2016 — 220 220 #946
2015 — 279 279 #812
2014 — 224 224 #938
2013 — 189 189 #1,028
2012 — 195 195 #1,011
2011 — 183 183 #1,037
2010 — 180 180 #1,069
2009 — 183 183 #1,043
2008 — 212 212 #949
2007 — 196 196 #994
2006 — 215 215 #905
2005 — 208 208 #877
2004 — 246 246 #752
2003 — 235 235 #757
2002 — 275 275 #673
2001 — 249 249 #708
2000 — 285 285 #639
1999 — 265 265 #654
1998 — 276 276 #640
1997 — 289 289 #610
1996 — 343 343 #547
1995 — 353 353 #540
1994 — 347 347 #552
1993 — 404 404 #511
1992 — 400 400 #504
1991 — 414 414 #487
1990 — 441 441 #471
1989 6 476 482 #432
1988 — 464 464 #418
1987 — 493 493 #389
1986 7 517 524 #362
1985 — 488 488 #374
1984 5 505 510 #361
1983 — 497 497 #357
1982 — 538 538 #346
1981 — 521 521 #345
1980 — 531 531 #345
1979 — 503 503 #349
1978 9 515 524 #341
1977 — 549 549 #331
1976 — 517 517 #333
1975 10 585 595 #310
1974 6 631 637 #293
1973 — 659 659 #277
1972 — 719 719 #269
1971 6 915 921 #247
1970 5 990 995 #239
1969 5 1,012 1,017 #226
1968 — 1,093 1,093 #213
1967 8 1,115 1,123 #207
1966 7 1,386 1,393 #181
1965 5 1,444 1,449 #178
1964 7 1,772 1,779 #167
1963 7 2,080 2,087 #159
1962 9 1,787 1,796 #173
1961 5 1,994 1,999 #165
1960 11 2,149 2,160 #159
1959 20 2,212 2,232 #155
1958 — 2,225 2,225 #152
1957 10 2,464 2,474 #140
1956 7 2,484 2,491 #130
1955 6 2,557 2,563 #128
1954 — 2,741 2,741 #122
1953 5 2,781 2,786 #116
1952 6 2,829 2,835 #110
1951 — 2,759 2,759 #108
1950 — 2,689 2,689 #108
1949 — 2,546 2,546 #113
1948 — 2,510 2,510 #112
1947 11 2,671 2,682 #111
1946 11 2,410 2,421 #111
1945 5 2,146 2,151 #109
1944 — 2,271 2,271 #105
1943 9 2,608 2,617 #98
1942 9 2,606 2,615 #92
1941 7 2,404 2,411 #92
1940 5 2,296 2,301 #91
1939 12 2,508 2,520 #82
1938 6 2,657 2,663 #78
1937 12 2,533 2,545 #75
1936 11 2,567 2,578 #75
1935 13 2,615 2,628 #70
1934 14 2,639 2,653 #71
1933 12 2,524 2,536 #71
1932 23 2,410 2,433 #81
1931 13 2,396 2,409 #76
1930 21 2,611 2,632 #77
1929 31 2,493 2,524 #79
1928 29 2,596 2,625 #77
1927 23 2,680 2,703 #74
1926 19 2,629 2,648 #76
1925 20 2,748 2,768 #72
1924 20 2,714 2,734 #75
1923 10 2,576 2,586 #76
1922 19 2,527 2,546 #76
1921 18 2,382 2,400 #84
1920 18 2,277 2,295 #85
1919 13 2,017 2,030 #86
1918 23 2,233 2,256 #85
1917 14 2,019 2,033 #84
1916 10 1,792 1,802 #90
1915 19 1,717 1,736 #90
1914 7 1,355 1,362 #88
1913 — 1,017 1,017 #94
1912 6 822 828 #93
1911 — 404 404 #97
1910 — 265 265 #121
1909 — 230 230 #121
1908 — 196 196 #130
1907 — 199 199 #121
1906 — 184 184 #116
1905 — 165 165 #134
1904 — 177 177 #121
1903 — 142 142 #131
1902 — 109 109 #161
1901 — 103 103 #153
1900 — 137 137 #153
1899 — 107 107 #147
1898 — 110 110 #156
1897 — 89 89 #174
1896 — 117 117 #143
1895 — 104 104 #149
1894 — 112 112 #139
1893 5 83 88 #173
1892 — 83 83 #189
1891 — 71 71 #182
1890 — 63 63 #208
1889 — 60 60 #213
1888 — 83 83 #180
1887 — 47 47 #234
1886 — 64 64 #209
1885 — 48 48 #237
1884 — 39 39 #273
1883 — 38 38 #265
1882 — 37 37 #283
1881 — 32 32 #278
1880 — 51 51 #233