Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Gordon

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Gordon
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 93% from peak

Peak era

1952

Peak rank proxy

2,829

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19522024

Peak year

1952

Decline from peak

93%

2024

199

All-time

154,697

Gordon once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1952, when 2,829 boys were named Gordon.

In 2024, only 199 boys were given the name.

Down 93% from its peak.

All told, about 154,697 Americans have been named Gordon and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 93% from peak

19522,829 boys named Gordon

2024199 boys named Gordon

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