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Baby name
Gordon
Boy
Origin of the name
Gordon comes from a Scottish place name, which gave its name to a powerful clan.
Classic name
154,909births since 1880
1950sgeneration
No. 110rank at its peak, in 1952
Where babies named Gordon are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Gordon is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Gordon is most common in North Dakota (4.2 times), Vermont (3.9) and South Dakota (2.8), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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