Garrison

Where Garrison comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Garrison.

Garrison through the years
  1. 1912
    First appearance
    #2,269 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1942
    Garrison Keillor born
    American author, storyteller, humorist, voice actor, and radio personality
  3. 1996
    Garrison Mathews born
    American basketball player
  4. 1999
    Peak, #565
    353 babies named Garrison, the most in any year.
  5. 2011
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,173.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Garrison Keillor · American author, storyteller, humorist, voice actor, and radio personality, born 1942
  • Garrison Mathews · American basketball player, born 1996
  • Garrison Starr · American musician, born 1975
  • Garrison H. Davidson · United States Army officer, American football player and coach, 1904–1992
  • Garrison Brooks · American basketball player, born 1999

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.