Gorden
Recorded 1886–2019 · United States
Gorden was most popular in 1922, when 82 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,490 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,049 people named Gorden.
Gorden over time
How old is the name Gorden?
Gorden first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1886, which makes it about 139 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 87 of the 140 years since. It was last recorded in 2019.
How many people are named Gorden?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,049 American births named Gorden between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 619 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Gorden in 2025?
Gorden was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
Is Gorden a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Gorden is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 2,049 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Gorden?
Roughly 619 Americans named Gorden are alive today — 30% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 69 years old, and half are between 58 and 79.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org