Gar
#11,224 most common boys' name of all time · #28,651 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1920–1991
Rank among boys
#11,224
Rank overall
#28,651 of 105,966
First appeared
1920
Years on the list
29 of 146
All-time
219
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1958 #2,078
Best rank
#2,078 1958
Girls
Boys
peak 16/yr
Gar first appears in 1920. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,504 |
| 1989 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,160 |
| 1975 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,021 |
| 1972 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,261 |
| 1969 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,774 |
| 1967 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,257 |
| 1966 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,248 |
| 1965 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,186 |
| 1963 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,228 |
| 1962 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,211 |
| 1961 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,838 |
| 1960 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,394 |
| 1959 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,384 |
| 1958 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,078 |
| 1957 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,188 |
| 1955 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,707 |
| 1954 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,120 |
| 1953 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,860 |
| 1952 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,294 |
| 1951 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,618 |
| 1950 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,258 |
| 1947 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,839 |
| 1945 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,723 |
| 1941 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,444 |
| 1936 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,497 |
| 1933 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,067 |
| 1932 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,337 |
| 1930 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,553 |
| 1920 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,887 |