Girtie — girls' name

What the Data Says About Girtie

The Social Security Administration has registered 385 babies named Girtie between 1888 and 1953, spanning 66 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Girtie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1953. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Girtie performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 111 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Girtie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Girtie in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Girtie 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 385 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.