Fun Facts About the Name Gorgeous
- 277 babies named Gorgeous: U.S. records list 277 babies given the name Gorgeous from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Gorgeous Mean?
Gorgeous is an English word name meaning "splendid and magnificent." It comes from the English adjective gorgeous, which was borrowed from Old French gorgias, meaning "elegant, fashionable, or fine." The deeper origin of gorgias is uncertain: one explanation connects it with Old French gorge ("throat, neck"), perhaps through the idea of a decorative collar or neck ornament, while another proposed link is to Late Latin gurges ("whirlpool, abyss"). The name uses the adjective's modern sense of striking beauty and splendor, not a literal neck ornament.
Gorgeous Name History & Origins
The adjective gorgeous entered English from Old French gorgias, a word for something elegant or fashionable; English usage developed toward the sense "splendid, showy, magnificent." The given name Gorgeous takes that adjective directly as a personal name, making it a word name rather than a form inherited from an older personal name. In the 20th century, "Gorgeous George" was a well-known stage nickname of the American professional wrestler George Wagner, an example of the word used as a flamboyant public sobriquet rather than as a traditional given name.
How Popular is the Name Gorgeous?
Gorgeous has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2019. Its best rank was #5,495 in 2019.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #6,402 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 2024 | #7,341 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2023 | #8,633 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2022 | #8,709 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2021 | #9,814 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2020 | #8,123 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2019 | #5,495 | 23 | 0.0014% |
| 2018 | #10,856 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2017 | #13,193 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2016 | #8,561 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2015 | #11,215 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2014 | #7,811 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2013 | #7,159 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2012 | #7,965 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2011 | #6,666 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2010 | #10,694 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2009 | #8,597 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2008 | #9,690 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2007 | #11,972 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2006 | #11,779 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2005 | #15,142 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2002 | #16,337 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2001 | #16,200 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Gorgeous Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You are introspective, prophetic, philosophical, and soul searching, but also can be analytical, critical and opinionated. You think deeply and clearly, have an air of mystery, can be solitary and secretive. You are frank, methodical and believe in law, system and order.
Position and social status is very important for you and you are always looking for way to improve your position in society. You have power and ability to chose your own destiny and achieve anything you want in life. You can expand in any direction according to your will and the set of values. You have passion for justice and belong to the position of authority. You have an inherent courage and endurance to accomplish "The Impossible Dream". With the power comes responsibility. You hold keys to the material world, but with this gift comes high spiritual responsibility to be fair and true to others. You are philosophical and mature, determined and intense with a desire to endure, often religious.
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