Gardy
Ronald Clyde Gardenhire is an American former professional baseball player, coach, and manager. He played as a shortstop in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Mets from 1981 to 1985.
Meaning & Origin of Gardy
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ronald Clyde Gardenhire is an American former professional baseball player, coach, and manager. He played as a shortstop in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Mets from 1981 to 1985.
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The Story of Gardy
Gardy first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1981, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1997: 10 births, good for #5,642 nationwide. About 53% of every Gardy on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Gardy last appeared in the published SSA data in 1997, with 10 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 74 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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About the name Gardy
Gardy is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1981 and has accumulated 74 births in the dataset. Gardy's peak popularity came in 1997 when it ranked #5,642. Use the chart and map above to compare Gardy's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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