Gordie — boys' name
203 babies named Gordie in U.S. Social Security records since 1905, with the highest year being 1955. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
31% of everyone ever named Gordie was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Gordie in 1955 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Gordie
The Social Security Administration has registered 203 babies named Gordie between 1905 and 1966, spanning 62 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gordie currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1966. The name reached its historical peak in 1955, when 12 babies received it in a single year. Gordie is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 79 additional births since 1901.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Gordie performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 62 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Gordie shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Gordie in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Gordie 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 203 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.
Gordie at a glance
Last recorded 1966Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Gordie popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1966–1905
- Peak year (1955)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 62 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1966.
203 total births across 62 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1955 with 12 births in a single year.
Gordie popularity over time — girls
79 total births recorded since 1901 (Gordie as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Gordie accounts for 28% of total recorded use across both genders.
Gordie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 62 births that decade — 31% of Gordie's all-time total
Gordie decade highlights
- Peak decade 62 births
- Runner-up 49 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Gordie's strongest decade
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
Gordie by state
Where Gordie concentrates geographically — total births since 1905
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Michigan | | 10 | 4.9% |
10 of 203 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Michigan 4.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Michigan accounts for 4.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1905–1966 (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.