Garry
Last seen for girls in 1984 at #9,144 · #5,861 for boys in 2025, 15 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1954 · 2,218 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 47,670since 1880
Garry over time
Rank among boys' names. Garry has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #5,861 | 15 | |
| 2024 | — | #5,067 | 19 | |
| 2023 | — | #6,220 | 14 | |
| 2022 | — | #5,019 | 19 | |
| 2021 | — | #4,247 | 24 | |
| 2020 | — | #4,698 | 20 | |
| 2019 | — | #3,899 | 27 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,301 | 34 | |
| 2017 | — | #3,678 | 29 | |
| 2016 | — | #3,111 | 37 | |
| 2015 | — | #3,982 | 26 | |
| 2014 | — | #3,090 | 36 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,189 | 34 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,869 | 41 | |
| 2011 | — | #3,114 | 36 | |
| 2010 | — | #3,531 | 30 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,162 | 36 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,405 | 53 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,951 | 72 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,967 | 68 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,008 | 62 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,857 | 66 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,906 | 61 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,589 | 77 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,710 | 67 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,420 | 87 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,408 | 83 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,237 | 98 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,190 | 100 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,127 | 105 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,097 | 107 | |
| 1994 | — | #972 | 129 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,047 | 111 | |
| 1992 | — | #811 | 167 | |
| 1991 | — | #809 | 163 | |
| 1990 | — | #768 | 174 | |
| 1989 | — | #722 | 188 | |
| 1988 | — | #649 | 213 | |
| 1987 | — | #629 | 211 | |
| 1986 | — | #575 | 240 | |
| 1985 | — | #556 | 251 | |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | #502 | 286 |
| 1983 | — | #516 | 262 | |
| 1982 | — | #514 | 273 | |
| 1981 | — | #471 | 311 | |
| 1980 | — | #478 | 309 | |
| 1979 | — | #449 | 323 | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #441 | 322 |
| 1977 | — | #416 | 360 | |
| 1976 | — | #408 | 362 | |
| 1975 | — | #427 | 336 | |
| 1974 | — | #402 | 372 | |
| 1973 | — | #429 | 331 | |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #413 | 366 |
| 1971 | — | #400 | 412 | |
| 1970 | — | #377 | 463 | |
| 1969 | — | #386 | 413 | |
| 1968 | — | #378 | 422 | |
| 1967 | — | #341 | 485 | |
| 1966 | — | #314 | 558 | |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 | #324 | 549 |
| 1964 | — | #287 | 740 | |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | #256 | 896 |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | #247 | 990 |
| 1961 | — | #238 | 1,116 | |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | #225 | 1,235 |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 | #195 | 1,475 |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 | #172 | 1,762 |
| 1957 | #3,489 | 12 | #158 | 2,042 |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 | #153 | 2,043 |
| 1955 | #4,376 | 8 | #139 | 2,193 |
| 1954 | #3,490 | 11 | #138 | 2,218 |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 | #142 | 2,047 |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 | #155 | 1,808 |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 | #154 | 1,670 |
| 1950 | #3,962 | 8 | #164 | 1,534 |
| 1949 | #3,612 | 9 | #165 | 1,418 |
| 1948 | — | #167 | 1,399 | |
| 1947 | — | #164 | 1,449 | |
| 1946 | — | #162 | 1,313 | |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | #165 | 1,050 |
| 1944 | #3,378 | 8 | #176 | 929 |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | #194 | 830 |
| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 | #203 | 760 |
| 1941 | — | #217 | 613 | |
| 1940 | #2,963 | 9 | #222 | 557 |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | #270 | 406 |
| 1938 | — | #288 | 368 | |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 | #315 | 292 |
| 1936 | — | #335 | 269 | |
| 1935 | — | #341 | 259 | |
| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 | #441 | 164 |
| 1933 | — | #524 | 117 | |
| 1932 | — | #607 | 95 | |
| 1931 | — | #659 | 82 | |
| 1930 | — | #815 | 63 | |
| 1929 | — | #940 | 51 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,019 | 46 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,293 | 32 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,331 | 30 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,425 | 27 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,577 | 24 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,385 | 28 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,695 | 21 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,648 | 22 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,382 | 28 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,449 | 25 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,404 | 26 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,280 | 12 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,459 | 23 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,707 | 17 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,687 | 14 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,365 | 15 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,527 | 11 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,740 | 5 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,589 | 5 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | #1,373 | 5 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | #1,205 | 5 | |
| 1903 | — | #1,009 | 6 | |
| 1902 | — | #1,013 | 6 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #1,121 | 5 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | #861 | 7 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #974 | 5 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #959 | 5 | |
| 1885 | — | #936 | 5 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | #837 | 6 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | #809 | 6 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Garry was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Garry is popular in 1945
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Nebraska#87 · 1 in 442
- West Virginia#92 · 1 in 554
- North Dakota#96 · 1 in 463
- Missouri#97 · 1 in 536
- Colorado#115 · 1 in 616
Best ever in a state: #55 in Kentucky, 1953.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | #87 | 25 | 1 in 442 |
| West Virginia | #92 | 33 | 1 in 554 |
| North Dakota | #96 | 12 | 1 in 463 |
| Missouri | #97 | 59 | 1 in 536 |
| Colorado | #115 | 18 | 1 in 616 |
| New Hampshire | #115 | 5 | 1 in 739 |
| Kansas | #116 | 25 | 1 in 609 |
| Indiana | #117 | 44 | 1 in 724 |
| Washington | #117 | 29 | 1 in 705 |
| Kentucky | #119 | 41 | 1 in 672 |
| Ohio | #119 | 77 | 1 in 818 |
| Arkansas | #124 | 27 | 1 in 695 |
| Iowa | #131 | 25 | 1 in 830 |
| Michigan | #131 | 53 | 1 in 993 |
| Tennessee | #133 | 36 | 1 in 848 |
| Montana | #136 | 6 | 1 in 741 |
| South Dakota | #137 | 7 | 1 in 744 |
| Pennsylvania | #139 | 59 | 1 in 1,392 |
| Wisconsin | #141 | 23 | 1 in 1,235 |
| Oklahoma | #144 | 24 | 1 in 842 |
| Minnesota | #153 | 19 | 1 in 1,307 |
| Oregon | #165 | 9 | 1 in 1,236 |
| Illinois | #168 | 43 | 1 in 1,519 |
| Alabama | #169 | 28 | 1 in 1,117 |
| North Carolina | #175 | 36 | 1 in 1,147 |
| California | #179 | 66 | 1 in 1,337 |
| Maryland | #180 | 10 | 1 in 1,854 |
| Utah | #189 | 6 | 1 in 1,184 |
| New Jersey | #195 | 12 | 1 in 2,926 |
| New York | #201 | 44 | 1 in 2,592 |
| Virginia | #211 | 17 | 1 in 1,709 |
| New Mexico | #230 | 5 | 1 in 1,315 |
| Texas | #242 | 52 | 1 in 1,480 |
| Mississippi | #249 | 11 | 1 in 2,077 |
| Georgia | #273 | 13 | 1 in 2,678 |
| South Carolina | #306 | 7 | 1 in 3,304 |
| Louisiana | #324 | 9 | 1 in 2,841 |
| Florida | #327 | 6 | 1 in 3,915 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Massachusetts | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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.
See more about Garry
- 794 spots since 2024 (#5,067 → #5,861)
- 1,163 spots since 2020 (#4,698 → #5,861)
- 1,879 spots since 2015 (#3,982 → #5,861)
- Biggest jump: 156 spots in 1931 (#815 → #659)
- Biggest drop: 236 spots in 1993 (#811 → #1,047)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1954 at #138 (2,218 births)
- Births halved by 1962, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 71 yrs · run 1929–1992
- Highest: 1 in 919 boys born in 1954 were named Garry (0.11%)
- Latest: 1 in 113,872 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 39.4% of all boys named Garry (18,792) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 27 | #809 (1880) | #903 |
| 1890s | 12 | #861 (1892) | #991 |
| 1900s | 22 | #1,009 (1903) | #1,150 |
| 1910s | 153 | #1,365 (1913) | #1,621 |
| 1920s | 309 | #940 (1929) | #1,370 |
| 1930s | 2,115 | #270 (1939) | #460 |
| 1940s | 10,318 | #162 (1946) | #184 |
| 1950s | 18,792 | #138 (1954) | #157 |
| 1960s | 7,404 | #225 (1960) | #300 |
| 1970s | 3,647 | #377 (1970) | #416 |
| 1980s | 2,544 | #471 (1981) | #561 |
| 1990s | 1,237 | #768 (1990) | #1,047 |
| 2000s | 649 | #1,420 (2000) | #1,998 |
| 2010s | 330 | #2,869 (2012) | #3,376 |
| 2020s | 111 | #4,247 (2021) | #5,185 |
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.
Garry in 1945
Top girls' names in 1945
Top boys' names in 1945
More about 1945
girls
1,307,090 girls got a published name in 1945; 1 in 261,418 of them was named Garry, which outranked 13.1% of the 5,242 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 686 names at #4,556; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 395Bernardine#937 → #1,332
- ↓ 386Joella#988 → #1,374
- ↓ 342Venita#937 → #1,279
- ↓ 275Magdalene#867 → #1,142
- ↓ 249Alpha#964 → #1,213
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,345,855 boys got a published name in 1945; 1 in 1,282 of them was named Garry, which outranked 95.6% of the 3,783 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.