Garry

Last seen for girls in 1984 at #9,144 · #5,861 for boys in 2025, 15 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
1954 · 2,218 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
47,670
since 1880

Garry over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Garry has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201949peak #138, 1954boys
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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#5,86115
2024#5,06719
2023#6,22014
2022#5,01919
2021#4,24724
2020#4,69820
2019#3,89927
2018#3,30134
2017#3,67829
2016#3,11137
2015#3,98226
2014#3,09036
2013#3,18934
2012#2,86941
2011#3,11436
2010#3,53130
2009#3,16236
2008#2,40553
2007#1,95172
2006#1,96768
2005#2,00862
2004#1,85766
2003#1,90661
2002#1,58977
2001#1,71067
2000#1,42087
1999#1,40883
1998#1,23798
1997#1,190100
1996#1,127105
1995#1,097107
1994#972129
1993#1,047111
1992#811167
1991#809163
1990#768174
1989#722188
1988#649213
1987#629211
1986#575240
1985#556251
1984#9,1446#502286
1983#516262
1982#514273
1981#471311
1980#478309
1979#449323
1978#9,7505#441322
1977#416360
1976#408362
1975#427336
1974#402372
1973#429331
1972#8,2925#413366
1971#400412
1970#377463
1969#386413
1968#378422
1967#341485
1966#314558
1965#5,2897#324549
1964#287740
1963#5,2967#256896
1962#6,5785#247990
1961#2381,116
1960#6,3905#2251,235
1959#5,5666#1951,475
1958#4,8907#1721,762
1957#3,48912#1582,042
1956#5,3256#1532,043
1955#4,3768#1392,193
1954#3,49011#1382,218
1953#5,0406#1422,047
1952#4,9086#1551,808
1951#4,8336#1541,670
1950#3,9628#1641,534
1949#3,6129#1651,418
1948#1671,399
1947#1641,449
1946#1621,313
1945#4,5565#1651,050
1944#3,3788#176929
1943#4,6915#194830
1942#3,1949#203760
1941#217613
1940#2,9639#222557
1939#4,2505#270406
1938#288368
1937#3,8006#315292
1936#335269
1935#341259
1934#3,4497#441164
1933#524117
1932#60795
1931#65982
1930#81563
1929#94051
1928#1,01946
1927#1,29332
1926#1,33130
1925#1,42527
1924#1,57724
1923#1,38528
1922#1,69521
1921#1,64822
1920#1,38228
1919#1,44925
1918#1,40426
1917#2,28012
1916#1,45923
1915#1,70717
1914#1,68714
1913#1,36515
1912#1,52711
1911#1,7405
1910#1,5895
1909
1908#1,3735
1907
1906
1905
1904#1,2055
1903#1,0096
1902#1,0136
1901
1900
1899
1898#1,1215
1897
1896
1895
1894
1893
1892#8617
1891
1890
1889#9745
1888
1887
1886#9595
1885#9365
1884
1883
1882#8376
1881
1880#8096
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Garry was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Garry
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 794 spots since 2024 (#5,067#5,861)
  • 1,163 spots since 2020 (#4,698#5,861)
  • 1,879 spots since 2015 (#3,982#5,861)
  • Biggest jump: 156 spots in 1931 (#815#659)
  • Biggest drop: 236 spots in 1993 (#811#1,047)
Rise & fade · boys
74 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1954 at #138 (2,218 births)
  • Births halved by 1962, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 71 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 71 yrs · run 1929–1992
Share of babies · boys
1 in 919
  • Highest: 1 in 919 boys born in 1954 were named Garry (0.11%)
  • Latest: 1 in 113,872 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 39.4% of all boys named Garry (18,792) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s27#809 (1880)#903
1890s12#861 (1892)#991
1900s22#1,009 (1903)#1,150
1910s153#1,365 (1913)#1,621
1920s309#940 (1929)#1,370
1930s2,115#270 (1939)#460
1940s10,318#162 (1946)#184
1950s18,792#138 (1954)#157
1960s7,404#225 (1960)#300
1970s3,647#377 (1970)#416
1980s2,544#471 (1981)#561
1990s1,237#768 (1990)#1,047
2000s649#1,420 (2000)#1,998
2010s330#2,869 (2012)#3,376
2020s111#4,247 (2021)#5,185

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.

Garry in 1949

girls
#3,612
9 births · 1 in 190,097 girls
boys
#165
1,418 births · 1 in 1,251 boys

Top girls' names in 1949

  1. #1Linda91,015
  2. #2Mary66,874
  3. #3Patricia46,324
  4. #4Barbara42,600
  5. #5Susan37,709
  6. #6Sandra30,643
  7. #7Nancy29,249
  8. #8Carol26,780
  9. #9Kathleen26,357
  10. #10Sharon25,713
  11. #3,612Garry9

Top boys' names in 1949

  1. #1James86,858
  2. #2Robert83,873
  3. #3John81,178
  4. #4William61,506
  5. #5Michael60,047
  6. #6David59,611
  7. #7Richard50,946
  8. #8Thomas45,192
  9. #9Charles40,052
  10. #10Larry31,819
  11. #165Garry1,418
More about 1949

girls

1,710,877 girls got a published name in 1949; 1 in 190,097 of them was named Garry, which outranked 40.5% of the 6,066 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Garry
  1. #3,393Zaida10
  2. #3,393Zara10
  3. #3,393Zenda10
  4. #3,612Garry9
  5. #3,612Acquanetta9
  6. #3,612Adena9
  7. #3,612Aldona9
  8. #3,892Abbey8
  9. #3,892Adel8
  10. #3,892Adrianna8

Tied with 279 names at #3,612; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1948
Risers
  1. 937Sharman#1,708#771
  2. 665Roseanna#1,422#757
  3. 483Shauna#1,173#690
  4. 293Jacalyn#1,116#823
  5. 267Sanjuana#1,185#918
Fallers
  1. 339Sandie#939#1,278
  2. 296Syble#955#1,251
  3. 272Shirleen#964#1,236
  4. 266Ginny#734#1,000
  5. 260Dina#861#1,121

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

boys

1,773,939 boys got a published name in 1949; 1 in 1,251 of them was named Garry, which outranked 96.1% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Garry
  1. #162Bob1,466
  2. #163Chester1,440
  3. #164Jonathan1,431
  4. #165Garry1,418
  5. #166Wesley1,406
  6. #167Marc1,396
  7. #168Chris1,389
Biggest movers since 1948
Risers
  1. 538Lannie#1,107#569
  2. 411Lenwood#1,296#885
  3. 338Robby#1,296#958
  4. 326Ocie#1,323#997
  5. 319Denzil#1,127#808
Fallers
  1. 473Loyal#989#1,462
  2. 446Rich#963#1,409
  3. 395Brock#733#1,128
  4. 376Baron#972#1,348
  5. 333Murry#989#1,322

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

See the top 100 for 1949