Gareld
- Last seen for boys in 1968 at #4,136
- Peak · boys
- 1938 · 11 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 243since 1913
Gareld over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Gareld has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 1968 | #4,136 | 5 |
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| 1966 | #3,948 | 5 |
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| 1957 | #3,552 | 6 |
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| 1954 | #3,827 | 5 |
| 1953 | #3,798 | 5 |
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| 1951 | #2,662 | 9 |
| 1950 | #3,681 | 5 |
| 1949 | #2,453 | 10 |
| 1948 | #3,010 | 7 |
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| 1945 | #2,743 | 7 |
| 1944 | #2,633 | 8 |
| 1943 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1942 | #3,560 | 5 |
| 1941 | #2,872 | 7 |
| 1940 | #2,322 | 10 |
| 1939 | #2,609 | 8 |
| 1938 | #2,185 | 11 |
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| 1936 | #2,452 | 9 |
| 1935 | #2,246 | 11 |
| 1934 | #3,277 | 6 |
| 1933 | #3,642 | 5 |
| 1932 | #2,849 | 8 |
| 1931 | #2,651 | 9 |
| 1930 | #3,592 | 6 |
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| 1928 | #2,843 | 9 |
| 1927 | #2,912 | 9 |
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| 1925 | #4,197 | 5 |
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| 1922 | #3,014 | 9 |
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| 1920 | #2,967 | 9 |
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| 1916 | #2,926 | 8 |
| 1915 | #3,082 | 7 |
| 1914 | #3,264 | 5 |
| 1913 | #2,496 | 6 |
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First appearance
1913
The first year at least five boys were named Gareld! It came in at #2,496, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1917–1919, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Gareld is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Gareld in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1968
Rise & fade · boys
25 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1913
- Peaked 1938 at #2,185 (11 births)
- Births halved by 1942, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 85,428
- Highest: 1 in 85,428 boys born in 1913 were named Gareld (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 347,595 boys born in 1968 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,185 in 1938, was only 1 in 100,832 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1930s
- 30.0% of all boys named Gareld (73) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1910s | 26 | #2,496 (1913) | #2,942 |
| 1920s | 41 | #2,843 (1928) | #3,187 |
| 1930s | 73 | #2,185 (1938) | #2,834 |
| 1940s | 63 | #2,322 (1940) | #2,770 |
| 1950s | 30 | #2,662 (1951) | #3,504 |
| 1960s | 10 | #3,948 (1966) | #4,042 |
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.
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