Gordan
Gordan is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 193024 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1912
- 1,026people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,026 boys have been named Gordan in the United States since 1912, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1930, with 24 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 24 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1946, and the 1920s alone account for 17%.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Gordan | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 114 | |
| 1920s | 171 | |
| 1930s | 150 | |
| 1940s | 119 | |
| 1950s | 116 | |
| 1960s | 126 | |
| 1970s | 54 | |
| 1980s | 71 | |
| 1990s | 63 | |
| 2000s | 29 | |
| 2010s | 13 |
In 1930, its biggest year
Gordan was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1930 were Robert, James, John, William and Richard. See all of 1930.
Names that rose and fell with Gordan
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Merrellpeak 1915
- Rodmanpeak 1928
- Hiawathapeak 1934
- Manualpeak 1928
- Bernellpeak 1923
- Thermanpeak 1919
- Cletispeak 1924
- Salvadorepeak 1924
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.