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How popular is the name Gordon?
Births per year, rank history and how many Gordons are alive today.
Gordon (male), once a common boys' name, is now rarely given to new babies in England and Wales: just 3 in 2025, ranked 5137th. The name peaked in 1934, when around 3,100 babies were given the name, the 21st most popular that year. It has declined since 1934; the 2025 figure is roughly 1% of its peak. At least 120,000 babies have been named Gordon in England and Wales since 1904. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
The Gordon you are most likely to meet is around 70 years old. Half of all Gordons born in England and Wales are between 57 and 82, and there are at least 50,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 15% chance that at least one of them will be called Gordon.
How many babies are named Gordon each year?
Where does Gordon rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Gordon most popular?
Gordon peaked in 1934, when around 3,100 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Gordon?
At least 50,000 people named Gordon born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Gordon?
Most living Gordons are between 57 and 82; the most common age is about 70.
Is Gordon becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1934 peak.