Garold
Last seen for boys in 2004 at #11,356
- Peak · boys
- 1946 · 97 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,051since 1901
Garold over time
Rank among boys' names. Garold has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
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| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | #5,942 | 8 |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #4,811 | 10 |
| 1988 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | #4,239 | 10 |
| 1986 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #4,593 | 8 |
| 1981 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | #3,615 | 11 |
| 1979 | #3,810 | 10 |
| 1978 | #3,857 | 9 |
| 1977 | #3,203 | 12 |
| 1976 | #4,012 | 8 |
| 1975 | #2,637 | 15 |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 9 |
| 1973 | #3,013 | 11 |
| 1972 | #2,080 | 19 |
| 1971 | #2,558 | 14 |
| 1970 | #2,213 | 17 |
| 1969 | #1,680 | 24 |
| 1968 | #1,894 | 18 |
| 1967 | #1,388 | 30 |
| 1966 | #1,650 | 22 |
| 1965 | #1,429 | 29 |
| 1964 | #1,510 | 27 |
| 1963 | #1,238 | 39 |
| 1962 | #1,367 | 33 |
| 1961 | #1,279 | 38 |
| 1960 | #1,273 | 38 |
| 1959 | #1,117 | 48 |
| 1958 | #1,265 | 37 |
| 1957 | #1,029 | 54 |
| 1956 | #1,120 | 46 |
| 1955 | #988 | 58 |
| 1954 | #788 | 83 |
| 1953 | #908 | 62 |
| 1952 | #896 | 62 |
| 1951 | #775 | 82 |
| 1950 | #904 | 57 |
| 1949 | #849 | 65 |
| 1948 | #852 | 64 |
| 1947 | #719 | 91 |
| 1946 | #654 | 97 |
| 1945 | #884 | 51 |
| 1944 | #769 | 66 |
| 1943 | #787 | 69 |
| 1942 | #821 | 62 |
| 1941 | #762 | 66 |
| 1940 | #741 | 68 |
| 1939 | #700 | 72 |
| 1938 | #757 | 65 |
| 1937 | #880 | 49 |
| 1936 | #698 | 72 |
| 1935 | #881 | 51 |
| 1934 | #982 | 42 |
| 1933 | #961 | 43 |
| 1932 | #888 | 52 |
| 1931 | #1,031 | 42 |
| 1930 | #1,215 | 34 |
| 1929 | #1,154 | 36 |
| 1928 | #1,057 | 43 |
| 1927 | #1,128 | 40 |
| 1926 | #1,144 | 39 |
| 1925 | #1,246 | 33 |
| 1924 | #1,133 | 40 |
| 1923 | #1,114 | 41 |
| 1922 | #1,072 | 43 |
| 1921 | #939 | 56 |
| 1920 | #1,045 | 44 |
| 1919 | #1,082 | 40 |
| 1918 | #1,012 | 44 |
| 1917 | #1,062 | 39 |
| 1916 | #922 | 47 |
| 1915 | #906 | 47 |
| 1914 | #1,127 | 26 |
| 1913 | #855 | 32 |
| 1912 | #1,417 | 12 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 6 |
| 1909 | — | |
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| 1902 | #1,137 | 5 |
| 1901 | #1,058 | 5 |
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| 1880 | — | |
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 1952
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Indiana#316 · 1 in 5,598
- Iowa#320 · 1 in 6,177
- Michigan#496 · 1 in 14,433
- New York#738 · 1 in 32,957
Best ever in a state: #170 in Nebraska, 1918.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana | #316 | 9 | 1 in 5,598 |
| Iowa | #320 | 5 | 1 in 6,177 |
| Michigan | #496 | 6 | 1 in 14,433 |
| New York | #738 | 5 | 1 in 32,957 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Garold
- 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)
- Debuted 1901
- Peaked 1946 at #654 (97 births)
- Births halved by 1956, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 28 yrs · run 1932–1955
- 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
- 22.9% of all boys named Garold (699) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 10 | #1,058 (1901) | #1,098 |
| 1910s | 293 | #855 (1913) | #1,089 |
| 1920s | 415 | #939 (1921) | #1,103 |
| 1930s | 522 | #698 (1936) | #899 |
| 1940s | 699 | #654 (1946) | #784 |
| 1950s | 589 | #775 (1951) | #979 |
| 1960s | 298 | #1,238 (1963) | #1,471 |
| 1970s | 124 | #2,080 (1972) | #3,094 |
| 1980s | 76 | #3,615 (1980) | #5,171 |
| 1990s | 20 | #5,942 (1991) | #7,171 |
| 2000s | 5 | #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 1952
Top boys' names in 1952
More about 1952
boys
1,943,633 boys got a published name in 1952; 1 in 31,349 of them was named Garold, which outranked 79.0% of the 4,257 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).