Gordan

Boy · recorded 1912–2018

  • 2018last recorded
  • 1912best year

Most popular in 1912.

Last recorded in 2018. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1912

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 84 recorded years as a table
Gordan, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191226
191312
191415
191515
191619
191724
191816
191919
192020
192112
192212
192316
192419
192516
192616
192710
192820
192916
193022
193122
19329
193317
193419
193517
193612
193713
193812
194011
194111
194210
194310
19444
19454
19469
19478
19485
19499
19504
195110
19525
19536
19545
19554
19565
19577
19584
19597
19608
19617
19626
19636
19647
19656
19663
19677
19686
19698
19707
19717
19724
19745
19785
19793
19807
19813
19824
19837
19844
19864
19883
19896
19903
19914
19927
19937
19943
19955
19983
20004
20013
20033
20046
20154
20183

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Gordan isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2018
6
Rank in 2018
#10,760
How rare
1 in 302,693 boys
Since 1912
1,025

Gordan was last recorded in 2018. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1912, at 26 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Gordan doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.