Gorge
Last seen for boys in 2020 at #10,605
- Peak · boys
- 1900 · 9 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,609since 1880
Gorge over time
Rank among boys' names. Gorge has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #10,605 | 6 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #8,816 | 8 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #10,717 | 6 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #8,864 | 8 |
| 2011 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | #8,139 | 9 |
| 2009 | #6,802 | 12 |
| 2008 | #6,763 | 12 |
| 2007 | #4,493 | 21 |
| 2006 | #6,904 | 11 |
| 2005 | #6,226 | 12 |
| 2004 | #4,129 | 21 |
| 2003 | #3,976 | 21 |
| 2002 | #2,943 | 31 |
| 2001 | #2,742 | 34 |
| 2000 | #2,525 | 37 |
| 1999 | #3,031 | 27 |
| 1998 | #2,507 | 34 |
| 1997 | #2,396 | 34 |
| 1996 | #2,047 | 42 |
| 1995 | #2,500 | 30 |
| 1994 | #2,618 | 28 |
| 1993 | #1,769 | 48 |
| 1992 | #2,467 | 29 |
| 1991 | #1,699 | 48 |
| 1990 | #1,635 | 50 |
| 1989 | #1,641 | 48 |
| 1988 | #1,706 | 41 |
| 1987 | #1,896 | 33 |
| 1986 | #1,403 | 50 |
| 1985 | #1,416 | 48 |
| 1984 | #1,458 | 43 |
| 1983 | #1,594 | 37 |
| 1982 | #1,193 | 60 |
| 1981 | #1,334 | 49 |
| 1980 | #1,324 | 50 |
| 1979 | #1,260 | 53 |
| 1978 | #1,299 | 48 |
| 1977 | #1,431 | 41 |
| 1976 | #1,225 | 50 |
| 1975 | #1,053 | 62 |
| 1974 | #1,151 | 51 |
| 1973 | #1,223 | 46 |
| 1972 | #1,307 | 41 |
| 1971 | #1,289 | 42 |
| 1970 | #1,260 | 43 |
| 1969 | #1,396 | 33 |
| 1968 | #1,366 | 32 |
| 1967 | #1,476 | 27 |
| 1966 | #1,282 | 35 |
| 1965 | #1,405 | 30 |
| 1964 | #1,435 | 30 |
| 1963 | #1,548 | 26 |
| 1962 | #1,515 | 27 |
| 1961 | #1,731 | 22 |
| 1960 | #1,619 | 25 |
| 1959 | #1,522 | 27 |
| 1958 | #1,677 | 22 |
| 1957 | #1,751 | 21 |
| 1956 | #2,015 | 16 |
| 1955 | #1,682 | 21 |
| 1954 | #1,466 | 27 |
| 1953 | #2,186 | 13 |
| 1952 | #1,406 | 29 |
| 1951 | #1,725 | 19 |
| 1950 | #1,941 | 15 |
| 1949 | #1,501 | 24 |
| 1948 | #1,817 | 17 |
| 1947 | #2,498 | 10 |
| 1946 | #1,509 | 22 |
| 1945 | #2,009 | 12 |
| 1944 | #1,574 | 19 |
| 1943 | #1,986 | 14 |
| 1942 | #1,946 | 14 |
| 1941 | #2,333 | 10 |
| 1940 | #2,179 | 11 |
| 1939 | #2,050 | 12 |
| 1938 | #1,976 | 13 |
| 1937 | #1,913 | 14 |
| 1936 | #2,062 | 12 |
| 1935 | #1,837 | 15 |
| 1934 | #2,973 | 7 |
| 1933 | #1,905 | 14 |
| 1932 | #2,191 | 12 |
| 1931 | #1,693 | 18 |
| 1930 | #1,559 | 22 |
| 1929 | #1,564 | 22 |
| 1928 | #2,162 | 14 |
| 1927 | #2,121 | 15 |
| 1926 | #2,074 | 15 |
| 1925 | #2,012 | 16 |
| 1924 | #1,839 | 19 |
| 1923 | #2,020 | 16 |
| 1922 | #2,143 | 15 |
| 1921 | #4,322 | 5 |
| 1920 | #2,459 | 12 |
| 1919 | #1,811 | 18 |
| 1918 | #1,905 | 17 |
| 1917 | #3,217 | 7 |
| 1916 | #2,152 | 13 |
| 1915 | #3,392 | 6 |
| 1914 | #2,271 | 9 |
| 1913 | #1,676 | 11 |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,345 | 5 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #902 | 9 |
| 1899 | #1,051 | 5 |
| 1898 | #1,121 | 5 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | #909 | 5 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Gorge was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1899, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Gorge
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2020
- Biggest jump: 149 spots in 1900 (#1,051 → #902)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1900 at #902 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1901, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1880–1900
- Highest: 1 in 16,719 boys born in 1900 were named Gorge (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 287,679 boys born in 2020 (0.00%)
- 18.3% of all boys named Gorge (477) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #909 (1880) | #909 |
| 1890s | 10 | #1,051 (1899) | #1,086 |
| 1900s | 14 | #902 (1900) | #1,124 |
| 1910s | 81 | #1,676 (1913) | #2,346 |
| 1920s | 149 | #1,564 (1929) | #2,272 |
| 1930s | 139 | #1,559 (1930) | #2,016 |
| 1940s | 153 | #1,501 (1949) | #1,935 |
| 1950s | 210 | #1,406 (1952) | #1,737 |
| 1960s | 287 | #1,282 (1966) | #1,477 |
| 1970s | 477 | #1,053 (1975) | #1,250 |
| 1980s | 459 | #1,193 (1982) | #1,497 |
| 1990s | 370 | #1,635 (1990) | #2,267 |
| 2000s | 212 | #2,525 (2000) | #4,750 |
| 2010s | 37 | #8,139 (2010) | #9,469 |
| 2020s | 6 | #10,605 (2020) | #10,605 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Gorge in 1900
Top boys' names in 1900
More about 1900
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150,474 boys got a published name in 1900; 1 in 16,719 of them was named Gorge, which outranked 40.1% of the 1,506 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).