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Here is a list of usage of "gotten" in American Time Magazine over the decades shown.

DECADE PER MIL WORDS



1920s-6.76
1930s-6.98
1940s-17.74
1950s-15.64
1960s-9.46
1970s-5.91
1980s-4.89
1990s-6.37
2000s-10.82

Why is should be that way is a mystery to me.

http://corpus.byu.edu/time/

Looks like it has gotten onto a see-saw.

DECADE 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s

PER MIL 270.51 242.56 182.56 148.92 170.91 157.54 132.36 157.65 146.58