Gordon
A boys’ name of Scottish origin, meaning spacious fort or great hill.
How Gordon has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #813 |
| 2016 | #948 |
| 2017 | #821 |
| 2018 | #824 |
| 2019 | #840 |
| 2020 | #967 |
| 2021 | #927 |
| 2022 | #968 |
| 2023 | #988 |
Gordon by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Gordon. In the US, 273 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 2,828 babies in 1952, so it is a 1950s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Gordon. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a mountain
Like Gordon, each of these has a mountain in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Aaronmountain of strength; exalted7,185 in the US (2017)
- Landonlong hill; open grassy hill6,390 in the US (2017)
- Brandonbeacon hill or gorse covered hill3,482 in the US (2017)
- Arlofortified hill; barberry tree2,083 in England and Wales (2025)
- Knoxround hill1,646 in the US (2017)
- Harlowrocky hill or army hill832 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Gordon
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