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Gordon

Boy's name · #1052 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Popularity over time

Few names move less than Gordon — on the books since 1880, #1052 in 2025, and dependable in between. Roughly 155,000 boys share it. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 22 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#839 in Scotland (2025) · #494 in Canada (2024).

Famous Gordons

• Gordon Brown — Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2007 to 2010
• Gordon Banks — English association football player (1937–2019)
• Gordon Moore — American businessman, co-founder of Intel Corporation (1929–2023)
• Gordon Ramsay — British chef, restaurateur, and television personality (born 1966)
• Gordon Allport — American psychologist (1897–1967)

In stories & tradition

• Gordon Freeman — Half-Life (video game)
• Gordon Gekko — Wall Street (film)
• Gordon the Big Engine — Thomas & Friends (TV series)

What Gordons become

Among 2,661 notable people named Gordon:

Sports figures appear 1.34× more often than among typical names — e.g. Gordon Banks, English association football player (1937–2019).

Spellings & nicknames

Earlier generations knew Gordie — the standard of the 1930s.

Similar names: Frankie · Golden · Alvin · Don · Melvin · Clifton

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