Garrison

Where Garrison comes from

Garrison hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1912
    First appearance
    #2,269 among boys, 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 — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2011
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,173.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

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.