Gari
- Last seen for girls in 2007 at #17,636
- Last seen for boys in 1993 at #8,700
- Given to girls 75.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1938 · 12 births
- Debut · girls
- 12 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 485since 1938
Gari over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
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| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | — | |
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| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | — | |
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| 1993 | — | #8,700 | 5 | |
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | — | |
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 | — | |
| 1988 | — | — | ||
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| 1985 | — | #6,523 | 5 | |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | — | |
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 | — | |
| 1981 | #6,323 | 10 | — | |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 | — | |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #4,079 | 17 | — | |
| 1977 | #5,532 | 11 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | — | #5,587 | 5 | |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,695 | 17 | — | |
| 1973 | #4,871 | 11 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,543 | 17 | — | |
| 1971 | #5,136 | 10 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #4,246 | 13 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,619 | 15 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,610 | 14 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,492 | 24 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,558 | 13 | — | |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 | #3,244 | 7 |
| 1964 | #3,879 | 12 | #3,282 | 7 |
| 1963 | #2,960 | 18 | #2,300 | 13 |
| 1962 | #2,741 | 20 | #3,640 | 6 |
| 1961 | #3,189 | 16 | #3,356 | 7 |
| 1960 | #3,095 | 16 | #3,665 | 6 |
| 1959 | #4,031 | 10 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #3,379 | 13 | #3,944 | 5 |
| 1957 | — | #3,024 | 8 | |
| 1956 | #3,910 | 10 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | #3,778 | 10 | — | |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 | — | |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 | #2,709 | 9 |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | #2,937 | 13 | #2,662 | 9 |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | #2,321 | 11 |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 | #3,690 | 5 |
| 1948 | — | #2,788 | 8 | |
| 1947 | #3,061 | 12 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,430 | 9 | — | |
| 1945 | #3,132 | 9 | — | |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | — | |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 | — | |
| 1942 | #3,444 | 8 | #3,560 | 5 |
| 1941 | #3,252 | 8 | — | |
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| 1938 | #2,447 | 12 | #3,534 | 5 |
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First appearance
1938
The first year at least five girls were named Gari! It came in at #2,447, and was given to 12 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1939–1940, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Gari is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Gari in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Gari
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2007
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1938
- Peaked 1938 at #2,447 (12 births)
- Births halved by 1939, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 68,793
- Highest: 1 in 68,793 girls born in 1967 were named Gari (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 384,523 girls born in 2007 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,447 in 1938, was only 1 in 91,955 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
- 32.4% of all girls named Gari (157) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1999
- Mostly boys until 1998, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 12 | #2,447 (1938) | #2,447 |
| 1940s | 66 | #3,061 (1947) | #3,558 |
| 1950s | 83 | #2,937 (1951) | #4,086 |
| 1960s | 157 | #2,492 (1967) | #3,364 |
| 1970s | 112 | #3,543 (1972) | #5,031 |
| 1980s | 39 | #6,323 (1981) | #8,104 |
| 1990s | 11 | #11,509 (1991) | #12,960 |
| 2000s | 5 | #17,636 (2007) | #17,636 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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