Garrison

Last seen for girls in 1993 at #13,442 · #1,753 for boys in 2025, 92 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
1999 · 353 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
8,509
since 1912

Garrison over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Garrison has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201993peak #565, 1999boys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,75392
2024#1,77692
2023#1,623107
2022#1,379135
2021#1,273149
2020#1,297139
2019#1,127173
2018#1,238149
2017#1,129169
2016#1,134170
2015#1,039193
2014#999206
2013#948210
2012#989201
2011#1,173151
2010#1,044185
2009#958210
2008#1,024187
2007#892225
2006#896217
2005#822229
2004#739253
2003#679286
2002#661283
2001#703254
2000#667268
1999#565353
1998#651268
1997#776192
1996#752199
1995#816172
1994#772186
1993#13,4425#677229
1992#892140
1991#867147
1990#963117
1989#978109
1988#901113
1987#1,09677
1986#93795
1985#1,32153
1984#1,29451
1983#1,68734
1982#1,56339
1981#1,69534
1980#1,72633
1979#1,67034
1978#1,91326
1977#2,00824
1976#2,05423
1975#2,45017
1974#2,35817
1973#1,69627
1972#1,68027
1971#1,86223
1970#1,69926
1969#1,30237
1968#1,54426
1967#1,71121
1966#3,9485
1965#2,7809
1964#1,85019
1963#2,11515
1962#2,03516
1961#2,53811
1960#2,8719
1959#2,41412
1958#2,50611
1957#1,75121
1956#1,94517
1955#1,90217
1954#1,40829
1953#1,59223
1952#1,48526
1951#2,24612
1950#2,20712
1949#2,02214
1948#1,81717
1947#2,6719
1946#2,6908
1945#2,13111
1944#1,57419
1943#2,18212
1942#2,04213
1941
1940#3,1306
1939#2,6098
1938#3,1756
1937#2,4799
1936#1,96413
1935#2,39610
1934#2,26611
1933
1932#2,31311
1931#3,7635
1930#2,60910
1929#2,58910
1928#2,52211
1927
1926#2,9049
1925#2,43512
1924#3,5057
1923#2,44612
1922#3,5327
1921#2,80410
1920#2,76510
1919#2,66510
1918#2,39812
1917#2,56210
1916#3,8975
1915#3,8255
1914#2,6517
1913#2,0928
1912#2,2696
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First appearance
1912

The first year at least five boys were named Garrison! It came in at #2,269, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1927, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

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Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 23 spots since 2024 (#1,776#1,753)
  • 456 spots since 2020 (#1,297#1,753)
  • 714 spots since 2015 (#1,039#1,753)
  • Biggest jump: 384 spots in 1986 (#1,321#937)
  • Biggest drop: 159 spots in 1987 (#937#1,096)
Rise & fade · boys
87 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1912
  • Peaked 1999 at #565 (353 births)
  • Births halved by 2011, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 25 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 25 yrs · run 1988–2007
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,440
  • Highest: 1 in 5,440 boys born in 1999 were named Garrison (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 18,566 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 28.3% of all boys named Garrison (2,412) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s63#2,092 (1913)#2,795
1920s88#2,435 (1925)#2,834
1930s83#1,964 (1936)#2,619
1940s109#1,574 (1944)#2,251
1950s180#1,408 (1954)#1,946
1960s168#1,302 (1969)#2,269
1970s244#1,670 (1979)#1,939
1980s638#901 (1988)#1,320
1990s2,003#565 (1999)#773
2000s2,412#661 (2002)#804
2010s1,807#948 (2013)#1,082
2020s714#1,273 (2021)#1,517

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.

Garrison in 1993

girls
#13,442
5 births · 1 in 361,814 girls
boys
#677
229 births · 1 in 8,565 boys

Top girls' names in 1993

  1. #1Jessica34,993
  2. #2Ashley34,849
  3. #3Sarah24,257
  4. #4Samantha23,668
  5. #5Emily23,596
  6. #6Brittany21,725
  7. #7Taylor21,270
  8. #8Amanda20,811
  9. #9Elizabeth17,559
  10. #10Stephanie17,186
  11. #13,442Garrison5

Top boys' names in 1993

  1. #1Michael49,571
  2. #2Christopher38,237
  3. #3Matthew35,782
  4. #4Joshua33,590
  5. #5Tyler29,800
  6. #6Brandon28,735
  7. #7Daniel28,698
  8. #8Nicholas28,114
  9. #9Jacob27,487
  10. #10Andrew27,326
  11. #677Garrison229
More about 1993

girls

1,809,072 girls got a published name in 1993; 1 in 361,814 of them was named Garrison, which outranked 14.9% of the 15,801 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Garrison
  1. #11,780Zona6
  2. #11,780Zoraya6
  3. #11,780Zori6
  4. #13,442Garrison5
  5. #13,442Aaminah5
  6. #13,442Aarica5
  7. #13,442Abagale5

Tied with 2,359 names at #13,442; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1992
Risers
  1. 12,442Coraima#13,317#875
  2. 5,624Kadijah#6,314#690
  3. 3,307Kalene#4,236#929
  4. 1,413Deyanira#2,351#938
  5. 979Halle#1,713#734
Fallers
  1. 1,120Latifah#802#1,922
  2. 747Shanae#662#1,409
  3. 520Jaleesa#792#1,312
  4. 487Brianda#777#1,264
  5. 417Chynna#941#1,358

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

boys

1,961,328 boys got a published name in 1993; 1 in 8,565 of them was named Garrison, which outranked 93.3% of the 10,170 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Garrison
  1. #674Rico232
  2. #675Brandyn231
  3. #676Juwan230
  4. #677Garrison229
  5. #677Bo229
  6. #677Javonte229
  7. #677Jerrod229
  8. #681Codey228
  9. #681Jimmie228
  10. #681Ladarius228

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1992
Risers
  1. 5,880Savon#6,670#790
  2. 2,006Jordy#2,834#828
  3. 662Austyn#1,598#936
  4. 471Devaughn#1,395#924
  5. 454Mikal#1,294#840
Fallers
  1. 329Channing#887#1,216
  2. 307Garth#658#965
  3. 252Earnest#911#1,163
  4. 241Armand#987#1,228
  5. 240Spenser#831#1,071

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

See the top 100 for 1993