Garrison
Last seen for girls in 1993 at #13,442 · #1,753 for boys in 2025, 92 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1999 · 353 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 8,509since 1912
Garrison over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Garrison has never cracked the top 500 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | |
| 2025 | — | #1,753 | 92 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,776 | 92 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,623 | 107 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,379 | 135 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,273 | 149 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,297 | 139 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,127 | 173 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,238 | 149 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,129 | 169 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,134 | 170 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,039 | 193 | |
| 2014 | — | #999 | 206 | |
| 2013 | — | #948 | 210 | |
| 2012 | — | #989 | 201 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,173 | 151 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,044 | 185 | |
| 2009 | — | #958 | 210 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,024 | 187 | |
| 2007 | — | #892 | 225 | |
| 2006 | — | #896 | 217 | |
| 2005 | — | #822 | 229 | |
| 2004 | — | #739 | 253 | |
| 2003 | — | #679 | 286 | |
| 2002 | — | #661 | 283 | |
| 2001 | — | #703 | 254 | |
| 2000 | — | #667 | 268 | |
| 1999 | — | #565 | 353 | |
| 1998 | — | #651 | 268 | |
| 1997 | — | #776 | 192 | |
| 1996 | — | #752 | 199 | |
| 1995 | — | #816 | 172 | |
| 1994 | — | #772 | 186 | |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | #677 | 229 |
| 1992 | — | #892 | 140 | |
| 1991 | — | #867 | 147 | |
| 1990 | — | #963 | 117 | |
| 1989 | — | #978 | 109 | |
| 1988 | — | #901 | 113 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,096 | 77 | |
| 1986 | — | #937 | 95 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,321 | 53 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,294 | 51 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,687 | 34 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,563 | 39 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,695 | 34 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,726 | 33 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,670 | 34 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,913 | 26 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,008 | 24 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,054 | 23 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,450 | 17 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,358 | 17 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,696 | 27 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,680 | 27 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,862 | 23 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,699 | 26 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,302 | 37 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,544 | 26 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,711 | 21 | |
| 1966 | — | #3,948 | 5 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,780 | 9 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,850 | 19 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,115 | 15 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,035 | 16 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,538 | 11 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,871 | 9 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,414 | 12 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,506 | 11 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,751 | 21 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,945 | 17 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,902 | 17 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,408 | 29 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,592 | 23 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,485 | 26 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,246 | 12 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,207 | 12 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,022 | 14 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,817 | 17 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,671 | 9 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,690 | 8 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,131 | 11 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,574 | 19 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,182 | 12 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,042 | 13 | |
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | #3,130 | 6 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,609 | 8 | |
| 1938 | — | #3,175 | 6 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,479 | 9 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,964 | 13 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,396 | 10 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,266 | 11 | |
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | #2,313 | 11 | |
| 1931 | — | #3,763 | 5 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,609 | 10 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,589 | 10 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,522 | 11 | |
| 1927 | — | — | ||
| 1926 | — | #2,904 | 9 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,435 | 12 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,505 | 7 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,446 | 12 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,532 | 7 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,804 | 10 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,765 | 10 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,665 | 10 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,398 | 12 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,562 | 10 | |
| 1916 | — | #3,897 | 5 | |
| 1915 | — | #3,825 | 5 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,651 | 7 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,092 | 8 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,269 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1912
The first year at least five boys were named Garrison! It came in at #2,269, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1927, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Garrison is popular in 1999
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Oklahoma#213 · 1 in 1,065
- Tennessee#320 · 1 in 2,260
- Kansas#324 · 1 in 2,027
- Georgia#349 · 1 in 2,152
- South Carolina#362 · 1 in 2,285
Best ever in a state: #213 in Oklahoma, 1999.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | #213 | 19 | 1 in 1,065 |
| Tennessee | #320 | 16 | 1 in 2,260 |
| Kansas | #324 | 8 | 1 in 2,027 |
| Georgia | #349 | 25 | 1 in 2,152 |
| South Carolina | #362 | 9 | 1 in 2,285 |
| Mississippi | #373 | 7 | 1 in 2,173 |
| Oregon | #399 | 7 | 1 in 2,829 |
| Louisiana | #402 | 12 | 1 in 2,277 |
| Kentucky | #405 | 6 | 1 in 3,909 |
| Arkansas | #423 | 5 | 1 in 2,872 |
| Washington | #451 | 10 | 1 in 3,455 |
| North Carolina | #454 | 14 | 1 in 3,516 |
| Alabama | #469 | 7 | 1 in 3,563 |
| Utah | #480 | 6 | 1 in 3,435 |
| Texas | #497 | 40 | 1 in 4,116 |
| Michigan | #505 | 13 | 1 in 4,527 |
| Virginia | #518 | 9 | 1 in 4,427 |
| Wisconsin | #559 | 5 | 1 in 5,857 |
| Indiana | #562 | 7 | 1 in 5,489 |
| Missouri | #571 | 6 | 1 in 5,690 |
| Ohio | #635 | 9 | 1 in 7,708 |
| Pennsylvania | #640 | 9 | 1 in 7,339 |
| Florida | #656 | 14 | 1 in 6,203 |
| Arizona | #680 | 5 | 1 in 7,237 |
| California | #684 | 29 | 1 in 8,338 |
| New York | #1,366 | 6 | 1 in 18,956 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · boys
Falling
- 23 spots since 2024 (#1,776 → #1,753)
- 456 spots since 2020 (#1,297 → #1,753)
- 714 spots since 2015 (#1,039 → #1,753)
- Biggest jump: 384 spots in 1986 (#1,321 → #937)
- Biggest drop: 159 spots in 1987 (#937 → #1,096)
Rise & fade · boys
87 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1999 at #565 (353 births)
- Births halved by 2011, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 25 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 25 yrs · run 1988–2007
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,440
- Highest: 1 in 5,440 boys born in 1999 were named Garrison (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 18,566 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 28.3% of all boys named Garrison (2,412) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 63 | #2,092 (1913) | #2,795 |
| 1920s | 88 | #2,435 (1925) | #2,834 |
| 1930s | 83 | #1,964 (1936) | #2,619 |
| 1940s | 109 | #1,574 (1944) | #2,251 |
| 1950s | 180 | #1,408 (1954) | #1,946 |
| 1960s | 168 | #1,302 (1969) | #2,269 |
| 1970s | 244 | #1,670 (1979) | #1,939 |
| 1980s | 638 | #901 (1988) | #1,320 |
| 1990s | 2,003 | #565 (1999) | #773 |
| 2000s | 2,412 | #661 (2002) | #804 |
| 2010s | 1,807 | #948 (2013) | #1,082 |
| 2020s | 714 | #1,273 (2021) | #1,517 |
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.
Garrison in 1999
boys
#565
353 births · 1 in 5,440 boys
Top boys' names in 1999
More about 1999
boys
1,920,150 boys got a published name in 1999; 1 in 5,440 of them was named Garrison, which outranked 95.1% of the 11,614 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).