boys:
83 births since 1961
#4503 (2nd percentile)
overall:
83 births since 1961
#7656 (1st percentile)
The name Geordie is the #7,656 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 83 recorded births since 1961. This represents the 1.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,503 (1.7% percentile) for all time with 83 births since 1961.
Geordie first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1961 (first recorded for boys in 1961). Birth data for Geordie is available in 15 out of the 63 years between 1961 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Geordie reached its peak popularity in 1961, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #663) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1961, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Geordie ranks #910 for boys (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 88.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Geordie".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Geordie. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 83.3% confident that Geordie is pronounced as JOR-dee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is JEE-er-dee, at 16.7% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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