Garey
Last seen for boys in 2013 at #10,728
- Peak · boys
- 1952 · 61 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,457since 1931
Garey over time
Rank among boys' names. Garey has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
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| 2013 | #10,728 | 6 |
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| 2003 | #8,643 | 7 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | #7,139 | 8 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #5,452 | 10 |
| 1993 | #5,002 | 11 |
| 1992 | #5,236 | 10 |
| 1991 | #5,521 | 9 |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #4,811 | 10 |
| 1988 | #5,200 | 8 |
| 1987 | #3,521 | 13 |
| 1986 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | #4,333 | 9 |
| 1984 | #4,552 | 8 |
| 1983 | #3,071 | 14 |
| 1982 | #3,108 | 14 |
| 1981 | #3,221 | 13 |
| 1980 | #2,536 | 19 |
| 1979 | #2,236 | 22 |
| 1978 | #3,215 | 12 |
| 1977 | #3,203 | 12 |
| 1976 | #2,177 | 21 |
| 1975 | #2,902 | 13 |
| 1974 | #2,358 | 17 |
| 1973 | #1,817 | 24 |
| 1972 | #2,243 | 17 |
| 1971 | #2,464 | 15 |
| 1970 | #1,546 | 30 |
| 1969 | #1,767 | 22 |
| 1968 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1967 | #1,906 | 17 |
| 1966 | #1,891 | 17 |
| 1965 | #1,774 | 20 |
| 1964 | #1,793 | 20 |
| 1963 | #1,957 | 17 |
| 1962 | #1,479 | 28 |
| 1961 | #1,635 | 24 |
| 1960 | #1,692 | 23 |
| 1959 | #1,588 | 25 |
| 1958 | #1,534 | 26 |
| 1957 | #1,130 | 46 |
| 1956 | #1,193 | 41 |
| 1955 | #1,313 | 33 |
| 1954 | #1,268 | 35 |
| 1953 | #966 | 55 |
| 1952 | #907 | 61 |
| 1951 | #1,005 | 49 |
| 1950 | #1,434 | 26 |
| 1949 | #1,128 | 39 |
| 1948 | #963 | 52 |
| 1947 | #938 | 56 |
| 1946 | #1,217 | 33 |
| 1945 | #943 | 47 |
| 1944 | #1,004 | 42 |
| 1943 | #1,214 | 32 |
| 1942 | #1,214 | 33 |
| 1941 | #1,300 | 26 |
| 1940 | #1,471 | 21 |
| 1939 | #1,238 | 28 |
| 1938 | #1,741 | 16 |
| 1937 | #2,332 | 10 |
| 1936 | #1,964 | 13 |
| 1935 | #2,029 | 13 |
| 1934 | #2,121 | 12 |
| 1933 | #3,642 | 5 |
| 1932 | — | |
| 1931 | #3,390 | 6 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Garey! It came in at #3,390, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1932–1933, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Garey is popular in 1954
No state had 5 or more boys named Garey in 1954, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Garey
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2013
- Biggest jump: 279 spots in 1947 (#1,217 → #938)
- Biggest drop: 302 spots in 1954 (#966 → #1,268)
- Debuted 1931
- Peaked 1952 at #907 (61 births)
- Births halved by 1958, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1947–1948
- Highest: 1 in 28,635 boys born in 1945 were named Garey (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 315,264 boys born in 2013 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #907 in 1952, was only 1 in 31,863 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 27.2% of all boys named Garey (397) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 103 | #1,238 (1939) | #2,307 |
| 1940s | 381 | #938 (1947) | #1,139 |
| 1950s | 397 | #907 (1952) | #1,234 |
| 1960s | 202 | #1,479 (1962) | #1,809 |
| 1970s | 183 | #1,546 (1970) | #2,416 |
| 1980s | 115 | #2,536 (1980) | #3,969 |
| 1990s | 53 | #5,002 (1993) | #6,228 |
| 2000s | 17 | #8,643 (2003) | #9,849 |
| 2010s | 6 | #10,728 (2013) | #10,728 |
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.
Garey in 1954
Top boys' names in 1954
More about 1954
boys
2,038,751 boys got a published name in 1954; 1 in 58,250 of them was named Garey, which outranked 70.9% 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).
- #1,242Rudolf36
- #1,242Sammuel36
- #1,242Zack36
- #1,268Garey35
- #1,268Arlyn35
- #1,268Armond35
- #1,268Audrey35
- #1,292Brenton34
- #1,292Clem34
- #1,292Cynthia34
Tied with 23 names at #1,268; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 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.