Garold

Last seen for boys in 2004 at #11,356

Peak · boys
1946 · 97 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,051
since 1901

Garold over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Garold has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201934peak #654, 1946boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2004#11,3565
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1996#7,1367
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1992#8,4355
1991#5,9428
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1989#4,81110
1988#6,4266
1987#4,23910
1986#5,3327
1985#6,5235
1984#4,9737
1983#6,2385
1982#4,5938
1981#4,9617
1980#3,61511
1979#3,81010
1978#3,8579
1977#3,20312
1976#4,0128
1975#2,63715
1974#3,5589
1973#3,01311
1972#2,08019
1971#2,55814
1970#2,21317
1969#1,68024
1968#1,89418
1967#1,38830
1966#1,65022
1965#1,42929
1964#1,51027
1963#1,23839
1962#1,36733
1961#1,27938
1960#1,27338
1959#1,11748
1958#1,26537
1957#1,02954
1956#1,12046
1955#98858
1954#78883
1953#90862
1952#89662
1951#77582
1950#90457
1949#84965
1948#85264
1947#71991
1946#65497
1945#88451
1944#76966
1943#78769
1942#82162
1941#76266
1940#74168
1939#70072
1938#75765
1937#88049
1936#69872
1935#88151
1934#98242
1933#96143
1932#88852
1931#1,03142
1930#1,21534
1929#1,15436
1928#1,05743
1927#1,12840
1926#1,14439
1925#1,24633
1924#1,13340
1923#1,11441
1922#1,07243
1921#93956
1920#1,04544
1919#1,08240
1918#1,01244
1917#1,06239
1916#92247
1915#90647
1914#1,12726
1913#85532
1912#1,41712
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First appearance
1901

The first year at least five boys were named Garold! It came in at #1,058, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1901–1909, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Garold is popular in 1934

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Garold, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Garold, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Garold, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Garold, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Garold, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Garold, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Garold, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Garold, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Garold, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Garold, so not publishedILWisconsin: #318 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,615 boysWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Garold, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Garold, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Garold, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Garold, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Garold, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Garold, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Garold, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Garold, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Garold, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Garold, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Garold, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Garold, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Garold, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Garold, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Garold, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Garold, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Garold, so not publishedCONebraska: #236 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,152 boysNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Garold, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Garold, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Garold, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Garold, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Garold, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Garold, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Garold, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Garold, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Garold, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Garold, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Garold, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Garold, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Garold, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Garold, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Garold, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Garold, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Garold, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Garold, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Garold, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Garold, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Garold, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Garold, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Nebraska#236 · 1 in 2,152
  2. Wisconsin#318 · 1 in 4,615

Best ever in a state: #170 in Nebraska, 1918.

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See more about Garold
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2004
  • Biggest jump: 562 spots in 1913 (#1,417 → #855)
  • Biggest drop: 272 spots in 1914 (#855 → #1,127)
Rise & fade · boys
45 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1901
  • Peaked 1946 at #654 (97 births)
  • Births halved by 1956, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 28 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 28 yrs · run 1932–1955
Share of babies · boys
1 in 14,406
  • Highest: 1 in 14,406 boys born in 1936 were named Garold (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 396,996 boys born in 2004 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #654 in 1946, was only 1 in 16,743 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1940s
  • 22.9% of all boys named Garold (699) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s10#1,058 (1901)#1,098
1910s293#855 (1913)#1,089
1920s415#939 (1921)#1,103
1930s522#698 (1936)#899
1940s699#654 (1946)#784
1950s589#775 (1951)#979
1960s298#1,238 (1963)#1,471
1970s124#2,080 (1972)#3,094
1980s76#3,615 (1980)#5,171
1990s20#5,942 (1991)#7,171
2000s5#11,356 (2004)#11,356

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Garold in 1934

boys
#982
42 births · 1 in 24,586 boys

Top boys' names in 1934

  1. #1Robert55,843
  2. #2James54,270
  3. #3John46,743
  4. #4William40,175
  5. #5Richard33,167
  6. #6Donald30,408
  7. #7Charles29,790
  8. #8George18,500
  9. #9Thomas17,373
  10. #10Joseph17,111
  11. #982Garold42
More about 1934

boys

1,032,596 boys got a published name in 1934; 1 in 24,586 of them was named Garold, which outranked 76.6% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Garold
  1. #970Kaye43
  2. #970Trinidad43
  3. #970Vester43
  4. #982Garold42
  5. #982Addison42
  6. #982Alfonzo42
  7. #982Ardell42
  8. #1,007Burnell41
  9. #1,007Cedric41
  10. #1,007Crawford41

Tied with 24 names at #982; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. ↑ 746Lanny#1,361 → #615
  2. ↑ 630Kerry#1,586 → #956
  3. ↑ 620Marland#1,456 → #836
  4. ↑ 404Kirk#1,202 → #798
  5. ↑ 350Valentin#1,281 → #931
Fallers
  1. ↓ 730Neville#995 → #1,725
  2. ↓ 616Garner#770 → #1,386
  3. ↓ 520Vivian#905 → #1,425
  4. ↓ 488Finis#869 → #1,357
  5. ↓ 464Malcom#961 → #1,425

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1934 →