Geordie
Geordie is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Geordie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Geordie is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Geordie
The earliest SSA record of Geordie as a baby boy name dates back to 1961, when 8 babies received it. 1961 was its biggest year on record, with 8 newborns named Geordie — #3,098 in the national rankings. About 27% of every Geordie on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Geordie last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 88 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Geordie
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Geordie. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Geordie
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About the name Geordie
Geordie is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1961 and has accumulated 88 births in the dataset. Geordie's peak popularity came in 1961 when it ranked #3,098. Use the chart and map above to compare Geordie'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.