Garen

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Peak · boys
#2,309
1944 · 10 births
Debut · boys
1941
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,208
since 1941

Garen over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Garen has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #2,309, 1944boys
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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—#5,20818
2024—#7,76510
2023—#5,25518
2022—#6,14714
2021—#5,77615
2020—#5,04118
2019—#3,63630
2018—#4,35423
2017—#3,67829
2016—#3,99026
2015—#3,77528
2014—#3,53230
2013—#5,92314
2012—#4,00325
2011—#5,20017
2010—#4,24123
2009—#5,55416
2008—#5,06718
2007—#4,37522
2006—#3,60228
2005—#4,19821
2004—#4,60218
2003—#4,27619
2002—#3,67023
2001—#4,47617
2000—#3,92220
1999—#3,98618
1998—#3,70819
1997—#3,45520
1996—#4,18515
1995—#3,55918
1994—#3,59618
1993—#2,69726
1992—#4,11414
1991—#2,60626
1990—#2,86522
1989—#2,98920
1988—#2,36725
1987—#2,40023
1986—#2,77918
1985—#2,71018
1984—#3,27013
1983—#2,67617
1982#8,2247#3,28213
1981—#2,56918
1980—#2,96515
1979—#2,66917
1978—#3,8579
1977—#4,5827
1976—#4,0128
1975—#4,7976
1974—#3,8378
1973—#3,6948
1972—#4,4416
1971—#3,14610
1970—#3,07110
1969—#2,54912
1968—#2,73510
1967—#3,2317
1966—#2,46511
1965—#3,5376
1964—#3,0508
1963—#3,3187
1962—#3,3057
1961—#2,53811
1960—#4,0385
1959—#2,8219
1958—#3,9445
1957—#3,9935
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1955—#2,55810
1954—#3,4526
1953—#3,4256
1952—#2,51410
1951—#2,36711
1950—#2,5809
1949—#3,2986
1948—#2,32611
1947#5,2955#2,49810
1946—#3,5255
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First appearance
1941

The first year at least five boys were named Garen! It came in at #3,133, and was given to 6 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1942–1943, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Garen is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Garen in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Garen
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 2,557 spots since 2024 (#7,765 → #5,208)
  • 167 spots since 2020 (#5,041 → #5,208)
  • 1,433 spots since 2015 (#3,775 → #5,208)
Rise & fade · boys
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1941
  • Peaked 1944 at #2,309 (10 births)
  • Births halved by 1945, 1 yr 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 59,807
  • Highest: 1 in 59,807 boys born in 2019 were named Garen (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 94,893 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #2,309 in 1944, was only 1 in 136,288 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 20.3% of all boys named Garen (245) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s48#2,309 (1944)#2,848
1950s71#2,367 (1951)#3,073
1960s84#2,465 (1966)#3,077
1970s89#2,669 (1979)#3,811
1980s180#2,367 (1988)#2,801
1990s196#2,606 (1991)#3,477
2000s202#3,602 (2006)#4,374
2010s245#3,532 (2014)#4,233
2020s93#5,041 (2020)#5,865

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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