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
- Peak · boys
- 1954 · 2,218 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 47,670since 1880
Garry over time
Rank among boys' names. Garry has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #5,861 | 15 | |
| 2024 | — | #5,067 | 19 | |
| 2023 | — | #6,220 | 14 | |
| 2022 | — | #5,019 | 19 | |
| 2021 | — | #4,247 | 24 | |
| 2020 | — | #4,698 | 20 | |
| 2019 | — | #3,899 | 27 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,301 | 34 | |
| 2017 | — | #3,678 | 29 | |
| 2016 | — | #3,111 | 37 | |
| 2015 | — | #3,982 | 26 | |
| 2014 | — | #3,090 | 36 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,189 | 34 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,869 | 41 | |
| 2011 | — | #3,114 | 36 | |
| 2010 | — | #3,531 | 30 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,162 | 36 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,405 | 53 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,951 | 72 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,967 | 68 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,008 | 62 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,857 | 66 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,906 | 61 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,589 | 77 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,710 | 67 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,420 | 87 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,408 | 83 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,237 | 98 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,190 | 100 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,127 | 105 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,097 | 107 | |
| 1994 | — | #972 | 129 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,047 | 111 | |
| 1992 | — | #811 | 167 | |
| 1991 | — | #809 | 163 | |
| 1990 | — | #768 | 174 | |
| 1989 | — | #722 | 188 | |
| 1988 | — | #649 | 213 | |
| 1987 | — | #629 | 211 | |
| 1986 | — | #575 | 240 | |
| 1985 | — | #556 | 251 | |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | #502 | 286 |
| 1983 | — | #516 | 262 | |
| 1982 | — | #514 | 273 | |
| 1981 | — | #471 | 311 | |
| 1980 | — | #478 | 309 | |
| 1979 | — | #449 | 323 | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #441 | 322 |
| 1977 | — | #416 | 360 | |
| 1976 | — | #408 | 362 | |
| 1975 | — | #427 | 336 | |
| 1974 | — | #402 | 372 | |
| 1973 | — | #429 | 331 | |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #413 | 366 |
| 1971 | — | #400 | 412 | |
| 1970 | — | #377 | 463 | |
| 1969 | — | #386 | 413 | |
| 1968 | — | #378 | 422 | |
| 1967 | — | #341 | 485 | |
| 1966 | — | #314 | 558 | |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 | #324 | 549 |
| 1964 | — | #287 | 740 | |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | #256 | 896 |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | #247 | 990 |
| 1961 | — | #238 | 1,116 | |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | #225 | 1,235 |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 | #195 | 1,475 |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 | #172 | 1,762 |
| 1957 | #3,489 | 12 | #158 | 2,042 |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 | #153 | 2,043 |
| 1955 | #4,376 | 8 | #139 | 2,193 |
| 1954 | #3,490 | 11 | #138 | 2,218 |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 | #142 | 2,047 |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 | #155 | 1,808 |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 | #154 | 1,670 |
| 1950 | #3,962 | 8 | #164 | 1,534 |
| 1949 | #3,612 | 9 | #165 | 1,418 |
| 1948 | — | #167 | 1,399 | |
| 1947 | — | #164 | 1,449 | |
| 1946 | — | #162 | 1,313 | |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | #165 | 1,050 |
| 1944 | #3,378 | 8 | #176 | 929 |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | #194 | 830 |
| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 | #203 | 760 |
| 1941 | — | #217 | 613 | |
| 1940 | #2,963 | 9 | #222 | 557 |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | #270 | 406 |
| 1938 | — | #288 | 368 | |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 | #315 | 292 |
| 1936 | — | #335 | 269 | |
| 1935 | — | #341 | 259 | |
| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 | #441 | 164 |
| 1933 | — | #524 | 117 | |
| 1932 | — | #607 | 95 | |
| 1931 | — | #659 | 82 | |
| 1930 | — | #815 | 63 | |
| 1929 | — | #940 | 51 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,019 | 46 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,293 | 32 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,331 | 30 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,425 | 27 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,577 | 24 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,385 | 28 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,695 | 21 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,648 | 22 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,382 | 28 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,449 | 25 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,404 | 26 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,280 | 12 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,459 | 23 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,707 | 17 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,687 | 14 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,365 | 15 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,527 | 11 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,740 | 5 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,589 | 5 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | #1,373 | 5 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | #1,205 | 5 | |
| 1903 | — | #1,009 | 6 | |
| 1902 | — | #1,013 | 6 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #1,121 | 5 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | #861 | 7 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #974 | 5 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #959 | 5 | |
| 1885 | — | #936 | 5 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | #837 | 6 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | #809 | 6 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1954 at #138 (2,218 births)
- Births halved by 1962, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 71 yrs · run 1929–1992
- Highest: 1 in 919 boys born in 1954 were named Garry (0.11%)
- Latest: 1 in 113,872 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 39.4% of all boys named Garry (18,792) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 27 | #809 (1880) | #903 |
| 1890s | 12 | #861 (1892) | #991 |
| 1900s | 22 | #1,009 (1903) | #1,150 |
| 1910s | 153 | #1,365 (1913) | #1,621 |
| 1920s | 309 | #940 (1929) | #1,370 |
| 1930s | 2,115 | #270 (1939) | #460 |
| 1940s | 10,318 | #162 (1946) | #184 |
| 1950s | 18,792 | #138 (1954) | #157 |
| 1960s | 7,404 | #225 (1960) | #300 |
| 1970s | 3,647 | #377 (1970) | #416 |
| 1980s | 2,544 | #471 (1981) | #561 |
| 1990s | 1,237 | #768 (1990) | #1,047 |
| 2000s | 649 | #1,420 (2000) | #1,998 |
| 2010s | 330 | #2,869 (2012) | #3,376 |
| 2020s | 111 | #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 1954
Top girls' names in 1954
Top boys' names in 1954
More about 1954
girls
1,941,915 girls got a published name in 1954; 1 in 176,538 of them was named Garry, which outranked 47.3% of the 6,625 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,325Wenonah12
- #3,325Willow12
- #3,325Zettie12
- #3,490Garry11
- #3,490Alesa11
- #3,490Aloha11
- #3,490Alys11
- #3,718Adalia10
- #3,718Adrianna10
- #3,718Alean10
Tied with 227 names at #3,490; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,038,751 boys got a published name in 1954; 1 in 919 of them was named Garry, which outranked 96.8% of the 4,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- ↓ 504Arlin#878 → #1,382
- ↓ 347Adan#895 → #1,242
- ↓ 345Dayton#966 → #1,311
- ↓ 302Garey#966 → #1,268
- ↓ 293Bartholomew#975 → #1,268
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.