GORDON is ranked as the 318th most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 213,694.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 67.02 people named GORDON for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is commonly used as either a first or last name. More specifically, it is used as a first name 54% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named GORDON is 82,722.
The SSA data also shows that GORDON is used as a boy's name 100% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
GORDON is
81.5% White,
2.0% Hispanic origin,
12.0% Black,
2.3% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.5% Two or More Races,
and 0.7% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name GORDON have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name GORDON is included in the following name categories:
US masculine baby name - Social Security Administration
Common Swedish masculine given name - SCB Data
Scottish masculine given name
Yiddish surname
Spanish surname
Anglicised Irish surname
Common US masculine given name - Census Bureau Data
English masculine given name
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
Jewish surname
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name GORDON
The state with the most people named
GORDON is
California where
23,761 people have this name.
Utah is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named GORDON, as
158.43 in every 100,000
Utahns
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
California.
Utah is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
Rhode Island
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name GORDON
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
7,926
61.53
99.4%
Indiana
4,467
67.72
99.0%
Iowa
2,168
69.77
98.8%
Kansas
2,025
69.74
98.1%
Michigan
10,073
101.65
99.7%
Minnesota
6,425
117.74
99.5%
Missouri
1,110
37.08
97.6%
Nebraska
1,761
93.58
98.0%
North Dakota
1,166
157.68
97.2%
Ohio
6,304
54.37
99.2%
South Dakota
1,309
153.39
97.4%
Wisconsin
6,049
105.07
99.4%
West States
State stats for the first name GORDON
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
749
101.61
95.5%
Arizona
6,464
96.03
99.2%
California
23,761
61.23
99.8%
Colorado
4,423
82.59
99.1%
Hawaii
1,583
111.54
99.1%
Idaho
2,264
138.53
98.6%
Montana
1,381
134.88
97.6%
Nevada
2,091
73.65
98.5%
New Mexico
1,340
64.23
97.2%
Oregon
5,436
136.91
99.3%
Utah
4,663
158.43
99.2%
Washington
8,168
115.67
99.6%
Wyoming
690
118.13
96.0%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name GORDON
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Connecticut
1,183
32.89
98.1%
Maine
723
54.37
95.8%
Massachusetts
2,579
38.23
98.6%
New Hampshire
766
57.75
96.5%
New Jersey
2,669
29.86
98.8%
New York
11,367
57.56
99.7%
Pennsylvania
6,420
50.21
99.3%
Rhode Island
310
29.37
94.9%
Vermont
909
145.15
98.1%
South States
State stats for the first name GORDON
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have GORDON as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named GORDON.
The most popular full name is GORDON Smith.
1.20% of all the people named GORDON
have this family name.
There are 17643 last
names associated with this first name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name GORDON