Gardy — boys' name
74 babies named Gardy in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
53% of everyone ever named Gardy was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Gardy in 1997 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Gardy
The Social Security Administration has registered 74 babies named Gardy between 1981 and 1997, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gardy currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1997. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Gardy performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 39 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Gardy shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Gardy in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 74 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Gardy at a glance
Last recorded 1997Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Gardy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–1981
- Peak year (1997)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1997.
74 total births across 17 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 10 births in a single year.
Gardy by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 39 births that decade — 53% of Gardy's all-time total
Gardy decade highlights
- Peak decade 39 births
- Runner-up 35 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Gardy's strongest decade
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 53% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1981–1997 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.