Gorman
Recorded 1903–1980 · United States
Gorman was most popular in 1924, when 32 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,634 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 818 people named Gorman.
Gorman over time
How old is the name Gorman?
Gorman first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1903, which makes it about 122 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 58 of the 123 years since. It was last recorded in 1980.
How many people are named Gorman?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 818 American births named Gorman 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 186 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Gorman in 2025?
Gorman 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 Gorman a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Gorman is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 818 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were 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 Gorman?
Roughly 186 Americans named Gorman are alive today — 23% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 74 years old, and half are between 67 and 83.
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