Georgie

Where Georgie comes from

Diminutives + -ie.
— Wiktionary's entry for Georgie
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year, and the peak
    #237 among girls with 43 babies — the first year on record, and still its best.
  2. 1966
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,752.
  3. 1985
    Georgie Welcome born
    Honduran footballer
  4. 1992
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  5. 1995
    Georgie Henley born
    English actress
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name George.
  • A diminutive of the female given name Georgina.
Namesakes
  • Georgie Henley · English actress, born 1995
  • Georgie Welcome · Honduran footballer, born 1985
  • Georgie Twigg · British field hockey player, born 1990
  • Georgie Auld · Canadian jazz musician, 1919–1990
  • Georgie Cupidon · badminton player, born 1981

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.