Gordy

Boys' name

Diminutive of Gordon

Gordy has been given to 336 babies in the U.S. since 1908. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1959, with 27 recorded.

Babies named Gordy, 2016

1 in 734,000

Gordy over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Gordy: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Gordon

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Gordy means

Gordy is a diminutive of Gordon.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Gordy is used in English.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡɔɹ.di/ and /ˈɡɔː.di/ for Gordy.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Gordy → Gordon. The family’s meaning is “spacious fort”, recorded in the naming reference for Gordon.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Gordon.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 336 boys were recorded with the name Gordy between 1908 and 2016. Its highest annual count was 27 in 1959; its best national rank was #1,474 in 1908.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Gordy?

Gordy had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2016, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2016: 1 in 734,000; 5 of 3,669,531 births
Among boys only: 1 in 380,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2016: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 508,706 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Gordy sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2016 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 508,706 children born in 2016 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Gordy. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Gordys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Gordy was born before 1957 — so the typical Gordy is around 68 today.

Median birth year: 1957; About 68 years old
Biggest decade: 1950s; 42.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 1.5%; Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950: 253; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1950s — 42.9% of all recorded uses (144).

Is Gordy rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1959 (27)
Years since peak: 66; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 32.9% average annual change
Best rank ever: #1,474; 1908

Spellings of Gordy

Gordy is not the most common spelling — Gary is, with 45.6% against Gordy's 0.02%.

Gary45.6%902,152
Cody14.7%292,009
Corey9.3%185,020
Gordon7.8%154,909
Cory6.4%127,179
Grady2.6%52,474
Garry2.4%47,670
Rory1.8%35,841

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Gordy is used

Across 1910–2025, Gordy was most concentrated in Minnesota — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 443,749 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1Minnesota1 in —
2Wisconsin1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Gordy has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Gordy by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #1,474; 1908
Peak year: 1959; 27 that year
First recorded: 1908
Last recorded: 2016
All-time count: 336
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Gordy

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Gordie Yordy Gor Goran Gorje Gorman Mordy Mardy Gordan Gorge Goro Gorden Goree Gardy Hardy Jordy Cordy Jhordy Ferdy Purdy Fardy Geordy Gorham Gorkem

Sibling names for Gordy

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Meg Andra Tamela Robbin Jannette Joellen Debby Cathie

For a brother

Curtiss Russ Nicky Dwain Stan Lindsay Cliff Von

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