Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Garen

#4,256 most common boys' name of all time · #10,419 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1941–2025

Rank among boys
#4,256
Rank overall
#10,419 of 105,966
First appeared
1941
Years on the list
81 of 146
All-time
1,220
Since 2016
201
Peak year
2014 #3,550
Best rank
#2,407 1988
Girls Boys peak 30/yr
1960198020002020

Garen first appears in 1941. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 18 18 #5,246
2024 — 10 10 #7,859
2023 — 18 18 #5,288
2022 — 14 14 #6,207
2021 — 15 15 #5,822
2020 — 18 18 #5,089
2019 — 30 30 #3,655
2018 — 23 23 #4,386
2017 — 29 29 #3,696
2016 — 26 26 #4,021
2015 — 28 28 #3,800
2014 — 30 30 #3,550
2013 — 14 14 #5,986
2012 — 25 25 #4,034
2011 — 17 17 #5,264
2010 — 23 23 #4,269
2009 — 16 16 #5,594
2008 — 18 18 #5,096
2007 — 22 22 #4,408
2006 — 28 28 #3,624
2005 — 21 21 #4,229
2004 — 18 18 #4,657
2003 — 19 19 #4,309
2002 — 23 23 #3,702
2001 — 17 17 #4,527
2000 — 20 20 #3,965
1999 — 18 18 #4,033
1998 — 19 19 #3,755
1997 — 20 20 #3,503
1996 — 15 15 #4,255
1995 — 18 18 #3,595
1994 — 18 18 #3,657
1993 — 26 26 #2,729
1992 — 14 14 #4,188
1991 — 26 26 #2,639
1990 — 22 22 #2,904
1989 — 20 20 #3,041
1988 — 25 25 #2,407
1987 — 23 23 #2,431
1986 — 18 18 #2,826
1985 — 18 18 #2,766
1984 — 13 13 #3,347
1983 — 17 17 #2,725
1982 7 13 20 #3,368
1981 — 18 18 #2,623
1980 — 15 15 #3,025
1979 — 17 17 #2,733
1978 — 9 9 #3,980
1977 — 7 7 #4,808
1976 — 8 8 #4,205
1975 — 6 6 #5,076
1974 — 8 8 #4,005
1973 — 8 8 #3,867
1972 — 6 6 #4,720
1971 — 10 10 #3,279
1970 — 10 10 #3,209
1969 — 12 12 #2,646
1968 — 10 10 #2,866
1967 — 7 7 #3,448
1966 — 11 11 #2,597
1965 — 6 6 #3,776
1964 — 8 8 #3,226
1963 — 7 7 #3,541
1962 — 7 7 #3,551
1961 — 11 11 #2,669
1960 — 5 5 #4,436
1959 — 9 9 #2,987
1958 — 5 5 #4,328
1957 — 5 5 #4,396
1955 — 10 10 #2,729
1954 — 6 6 #3,752
1953 — 6 6 #3,725
1952 — 10 10 #2,665
1951 — 11 11 #2,491
1950 — 9 9 #2,756
1949 — 6 6 #3,651
1948 — 11 11 #2,438
1947 5 10 15 #2,667
1946 — 5 5 #3,965
1944 — 10 10 #2,466
1941 — 6 6 #3,497