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.

Garey

#3,823 most common boys' name of all time · #9,318 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1931–2013

Rank among boys
#3,823
Rank overall
#9,318 of 105,966
First appeared
1931
Years on the list
68 of 146
All-time
1,457
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1952 #914
Best rank
#914 1952
Girls Boys peak 61/yr
1940196019802000

Garey first appears in 1931. 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
2013 — 6 6 #10,899
2003 — 7 7 #8,792
2001 — 5 5 #10,825
2000 — 5 5 #10,591
1999 — 8 8 #7,288
1996 — 5 5 #9,265
1994 — 10 10 #5,572
1993 — 11 11 #5,104
1992 — 10 10 #5,344
1991 — 9 9 #5,622
1989 — 10 10 #4,914
1988 — 8 8 #5,384
1987 — 13 13 #3,596
1986 — 7 7 #5,516
1985 — 9 9 #4,480
1984 — 8 8 #4,697
1983 — 14 14 #3,139
1982 — 14 14 #3,194
1981 — 13 13 #3,301
1980 — 19 19 #2,579
1979 — 22 22 #2,266
1978 — 12 12 #3,307
1977 — 12 12 #3,298
1976 — 21 21 #2,214
1975 — 13 13 #2,987
1974 — 17 17 #2,420
1973 — 24 24 #1,852
1972 — 17 17 #2,296
1971 — 15 15 #2,519
1970 — 30 30 #1,574
1969 — 22 22 #1,795
1968 — 14 14 #2,282
1967 — 17 17 #1,960
1966 — 17 17 #1,949
1965 — 20 20 #1,798
1964 — 20 20 #1,844
1963 — 17 17 #2,029
1962 — 28 28 #1,512
1961 — 24 24 #1,677
1960 — 23 23 #1,720
1959 — 25 25 #1,616
1958 — 26 26 #1,555
1957 — 46 46 #1,149
1956 — 41 41 #1,202
1955 — 33 33 #1,337
1954 — 35 35 #1,290
1953 — 55 55 #974
1952 — 61 61 #914
1951 — 49 49 #1,016
1950 — 26 26 #1,462
1949 — 39 39 #1,143
1948 — 52 52 #971
1947 — 56 56 #955
1946 — 33 33 #1,235
1945 — 47 47 #953
1944 — 42 42 #1,017
1943 — 32 32 #1,239
1942 — 33 33 #1,227
1941 — 26 26 #1,332
1940 — 21 21 #1,518
1939 — 28 28 #1,271
1938 — 16 16 #1,817
1937 — 10 10 #2,476
1936 — 13 13 #2,061
1935 — 13 13 #2,126
1934 — 12 12 #2,265
1933 — 5 5 #4,121
1931 — 6 6 #3,753