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Gordon
Pronounced /ˈɡɔrdn̩/
Rank in 2024
#1,088
Born in 2024
199
Peak year
1952 · #110
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 199 boys were named Gordon, about 1 in every 8,620.
- It peaked in 1952 with 2,829 babies, ranked #110.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 154,697 boys have been named Gordon since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Gordon per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 2.1Greatest1901–27
- 2.2Silent1928–45
- 1.2Boomers1946–64
- 0.5Gen X1965–80
- 0.2Millennials1981–96
- 0.1Gen Z1997–12
- 0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 35,679 babies, 2.13 per 1,000. Silent: 44,880 babies, 2.17 per 1,000. Boomers: 45,658 babies, 1.22 per 1,000. Gen X: 13,168 babies, 0.48 per 1,000. Millennials: 7,200 babies, 0.24 per 1,000. Gen Z: 3,691 babies, 0.12 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 2,846 babies, 0.13 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
The Scottish surname derives from Gordon in Berwickshire. This likely derives from Old English gor (“mud”) + dūn (“hill”), although a Brittonic etymology, from *gor (“great”) + *dīn (“fort”), has also been proposed.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ˈɡɔrdn̩/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Gordon, CC BY-SA 4.0.