Infographic of Gordon name meaning, which is “The keeper of the birds,” from the Old English gor (a young bird) and don, from the Latin dominus (keeper, master).
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Gordon Name Popularity

How popular is the name Gordon? Here’s everything we know.

Year Rank # Births % Births
1910 — 222 0.0631%
1911 — 372 0.0999%
1912 — 807 0.16%
1913 — 1,004 0.1771%
1914 — 1,342 0.1926%
1915 — 1,698 0.1869%
1916 — 1,781 0.1844%
1917 — 2,010 0.2009%
1918 — 2,216 0.2065%
1919 — 2,009 0.1919%
1920 — 2,268 0.204%
1921 — 2,367 0.2067%
1922 — 2,522 0.2264%
1923 — 2,560 0.2286%
1924 — 2,708 0.2332%
1925 — 2,734 0.2419%
1926 — 2,625 0.2387%
1927 — 2,668 0.241%
1928 — 2,585 0.2416%
1929 — 2,491 0.2405%
1930 — 2,609 0.2498%
1931 — 2,386 0.2417%
1932 — 2,393 0.2422%
1933 — 2,521 0.2706%
1934 — 2,634 0.2725%
1935 — 2,601 0.2677%
1936 — 2,558 0.2656%
1937 — 2,523 0.256%
1938 — 2,652 0.2591%
1939 — 2,504 0.2462%
1940 — 2,282 0.2147%
1941 — 2,397 0.213%
1942 — 2,599 0.2058%
1943 — 2,602 0.1993%
1944 — 2,263 0.1826%
1945 — 2,145 0.1759%
1946 — 2,398 0.1625%
1947 — 2,666 0.1597%
1948 — 2,503 0.1568%
1949 — 2,536 0.1576%
1950 — 2,687 0.1669%
1951 — 2,753 0.1624%
1952 — 2,822 0.1617%
1953 — 2,782 0.1572%
1954 — 2,736 0.1497%
1955 — 2,547 0.1385%
1956 — 2,479 0.1313%
1957 — 2,459 0.1278%
1958 — 2,218 0.1174%
1959 — 2,206 0.1161%
1960 — 2,153 0.1136%
1961 — 1,982 0.105%
1962 — 1,774 0.0966%
1963 — 2,080 0.1159%
1964 — 1,769 0.1005%
1965 — 1,443 0.0882%
1966 — 1,379 0.0883%
1967 — 1,096 0.0722%
1968 — 1,084 0.0722%
1969 — 1,007 0.0654%
1970 — 970 0.061%
1971 — 890 0.0592%
1972 — 686 0.0504%
1973 — 632 0.0487%
1974 — 599 0.0461%
1975 — 553 0.043%
1976 — 476 0.0369%
1977 — 517 0.0384%
1978 — 479 0.0356%
1979 — 473 0.0335%
1980 — 498 0.0341%
1981 — 477 0.0324%
1982 — 480 0.0321%
1983 — 453 0.0307%
1984 — 454 0.0305%
1985 — 451 0.0297%
1986 — 479 0.0317%
1987 — 438 0.0287%
1988 — 417 0.0268%
1989 — 416 0.0258%
1990 — 394 0.0238%
1991 — 365 0.0224%
1992 — 347 0.0217%
1993 — 363 0.0233%
1994 — 294 0.0192%
1995 — 299 0.0198%
1996 — 285 0.019%
1997 — 256 0.0173%
1998 — 224 0.015%
1999 — 217 0.0145%
2000 — 233 0.0153%
2001 — 200 0.0133%
2002 — 235 0.0157%
2003 — 186 0.0122%
2004 — 199 0.0131%
2005 — 139 0.0091%
2006 — 152 0.0097%
2007 — 135 0.0086%
2008 — 153 0.0099%
2009 — 128 0.0086%
2010 — 115 0.008%
2011 — 126 0.0088%
2012 — 133 0.0093%
2013 — 114 0.008%
2014 — 165 0.0113%
2015 — 213 0.0146%
2016 — 179 0.0124%
2017 — 224 0.016%
2018 — 212 0.0154%
2019 — 199 0.0147%
2020 — 156 0.0123%
2021 — 191 0.0156%
2022 — 178 0.0135%
2023 — 153 0.0118%

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What names are variants of Gordon?

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Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Gordan

Large fortification

Gaelic

Gorden

Large fortification

Gaelic

Gordie

Large fortification

Gaelic


What names sound like Gordon?

If you like how Gordon sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Gordon.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Cardon

Wood carder

English

Coridon

Battle-ready

Greek

Corydon

Battle-ready

Greek

Garton

Triangle-shaped settlement

English

Gorten

Settlement near the wedge-shaped piece of land

English

Gradon

Renowned

Irish


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Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Gorton

Settlement near the wedge-shaped piece of land

English


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1 Comment

  1. Gordon is our first, and about a week after he popped out, we found out we’re pregnant with twins. (This was 2011) We call him Gordy most of the time. We named the twins Jonathan and Jonah. a lot of people think we called him Jordan so we would have J J& J. We had a hard time finding middle names for each of them. We chose Gordon Thomas!


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