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How popular is “Gordon” in the USA?

Number of people named “Gordon” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Gordon” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Gordon” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Gordon” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Gordon” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Gordon” by birth year

This chart shows how “Gordon” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 51 0.000253122 51 -100%
1881 32 0.000166072 32 -100%
1882 37 0.000167018 37 -100%
1883 38 0.000175159 38 -100%
1884 39 0.00016019 39 -100%
1885 48 0.000199291 48 -100%
1886 64 0.00025067 64 -100%
1887 47 0.000189982 47 -100%
1888 83 0.000277153 83 -100%
1889 60 0.000207651 60 -100%
1890 63 0.000209024 63 -100%
1891 71 0.000247669 71 -100%
1892 83 0.000248225 83 -100%
1893 88 0.000270584 5 83 -89%
1894 112 0.000330686 112 -100%
1895 104 0.000296279 104 -100%
1896 117 0.000327287 117 -100%
1897 89 0.000256516 89 -100%
1898 110 0.00028837 110 -100%
1899 107 0.000315416 107 -100%
1900 137 0.00030427 137 -100%
1901 103 0.00029785 103 -100%
1902 109 0.000281848 109 -100%
1903 142 0.000372508 142 -100%
1904 177 0.000438678 177 -100%
1905 165 0.000389223 165 -100%
1906 184 0.000429454 184 -100%
1907 199 0.000427598 199 -100%
1908 196 0.000401106 196 -100%
1909 230 0.000449901 230 -100%
1910 265 0.000448612 265 -100%
1911 404 0.000627058 404 -100%
1912 828 0.000838004 6 822 -99%
1913 1017 0.000894373 1017 -100%
1914 1362 0.000961631 7 1355 -99%
1915 1736 0.000947378 19 1717 -98%
1916 1802 0.000931547 10 1792 -99%
1917 2033 0.001013081 14 2019 -99%
1918 2256 0.001039099 23 2233 -98%
1919 2030 0.000961974 13 2017 -99%
1920 2295 0.001014301 18 2277 -98%
1921 2400 0.001028055 18 2382 -99%
1922 2546 0.0011122 19 2527 -99%
1923 2586 0.001123136 10 2576 -99%
1924 2734 0.001147963 20 2714 -99%
1925 2768 0.001186302 20 2748 -99%
1926 2648 0.001153358 19 2629 -99%
1927 2703 0.001165409 23 2680 -98%
1928 2625 0.001161023 29 2596 -98%
1929 2524 0.001151375 31 2493 -98%
1930 2632 0.001183832 21 2611 -98%
1931 2410 0.001145226 13 2397 -99%
1932 2432 0.001151902 23 2409 -98%
1933 2536 0.001268351 12 2524 -99%
1934 2654 0.001277918 14 2640 -99%
1935 2627 0.001256998 13 2614 -99%
1936 2578 0.001240868 11 2567 -99%
1937 2545 0.00119446 12 2533 -99%
1938 2663 0.001203576 6 2657 -100%
1939 2520 0.001143665 12 2508 -99%
1940 2301 0.000999268 5 2296 -100%
1941 2411 0.000989565 7 2404 -99%
1942 2615 0.000957238 9 2606 -99%
1943 2617 0.000927173 9 2608 -99%
1944 2271 0.000844213 2271 -100%
1945 2151 0.000810808 5 2146 -100%
1946 2421 0.000757674 11 2410 -99%
1947 2682 0.00074452 11 2671 -99%
1948 2510 0.000727006 2510 -100%
1949 2546 0.000730606 2546 -100%
1950 2690 0.000767835 2690 -100%
1951 2759 0.000748967 2759 -100%
1952 2835 0.000746445 6 2829 -100%
1953 2786 0.000722952 5 2781 -100%
1954 2741 0.000688571 2741 -100%
1955 2563 0.000638343 6 2557 -100%
1956 2491 0.000604166 7 2484 -99%
1957 2475 0.000588985 10 2465 -99%
1958 2224 0.00053799 2224 -100%
1959 2230 0.000536317 20 2210 -98%
1960 2162 0.000520485 11 2151 -99%
1961 1996 0.000481858 5 1991 -99%
1962 1795 0.000444816 9 1786 -99%
1963 2088 0.000527513 7 2081 -99%
1964 1779 0.000457608 7 1772 -99%
1965 1449 0.000399675 5 1444 -99%
1966 1394 0.000401075 7 1387 -99%
1967 1123 0.000330791 8 1115 -99%
1968 1093 0.000323525 1093 -100%
1969 1017 0.000292635 5 1012 -99%
1970 996 0.000276167 5 991 -99%
1971 921 0.000268329 6 915 -99%
1972 719 0.000228763 719 -100%
1973 659 0.000218437 659 -100%
1974 637 0.00020954 6 631 -98%
1975 595 0.000197059 10 585 -97%
1976 517 0.000170385 517 -100%
1977 549 0.000172832 549 -100%
1978 525 0.000165413 9 516 -97%
1979 504 0.000151488 504 -100%
1980 531 0.000154159 531 -100%
1981 520 0.000150316 520 -100%
1982 538 0.000153365 538 -100%
1983 497 0.000143503 497 -100%
1984 510 0.000146184 5 505 -98%
1985 488 0.000136729 488 -100%
1986 524 0.000147312 7 517 -97%
1987 493 0.000136731 493 -100%
1988 464 0.000125574 464 -100%
1989 482 0.000125376 6 476 -98%
1990 441 0.000111576 441 -100%
1991 414 0.000106283 414 -100%
1992 400 0.000104132 400 -100%
1993 404 0.000107154 404 -100%
1994 347 0.000093338 347 -100%
1995 353 0.000096391 353 -100%
1996 343 0.000094045 343 -100%
1997 289 0.000079708 289 -100%
1998 275 0.000074765 275 -100%
1999 265 0.000071741 265 -100%
2000 285 0.000075399 285 -100%
2001 249 0.000066517 249 -100%
2002 275 0.000073563 275 -100%
2003 235 0.000061804 235 -100%
2004 246 0.000064382 246 -100%
2005 208 0.000054098 208 -100%
2006 215 0.000054345 215 -100%
2007 196 0.000049028 196 -100%
2008 212 0.000053935 212 -100%
2009 183 0.000047904 183 -100%
2010 180 0.000048705 180 -100%
2011 183 0.00005003 183 -100%
2012 195 0.000053317 195 -100%
2013 189 0.000051842 189 -100%
2014 224 0.000060436 224 -100%
2015 279 0.000075387 279 -100%
2016 220 0.000059967 220 -100%
2017 274 0.000076618 274 -100%
2018 271 0.000077078 271 -100%
2019 267 0.000076925 267 -100%
2020 225 0.000067354 225 -100%
2021 243 0.000071725 243 -100%
2022 233 0.000068871 233 -100%
2023 222 0.000067045 222 -100%
2024 199 0.000059787 199 -100%

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