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.

Garrison

#1,293 most common boys' name of all time · #3,099 across all names · >99% boys / <1% girls · used 1912–2025

Rank among boys
#1,293
Rank overall
#3,099 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
111 of 146
All-time
8,514
Since 2016
1,375
Peak year
1999 #567
Best rank
#567 1999
📖The word “garrison” appears in the Bible↗
Girls Boys peak 353/yr
192019401960198020002020

Garrison first appears in 1912. 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 — 92 92 #1,757
2024 — 92 92 #1,782
2023 — 107 107 #1,625
2022 — 135 135 #1,381
2021 — 149 149 #1,275
2020 — 139 139 #1,300
2019 — 173 173 #1,129
2018 — 149 149 #1,240
2017 — 169 169 #1,130
2016 — 170 170 #1,135
2015 — 193 193 #1,040
2014 — 206 206 #1,001
2013 — 210 210 #950
2012 — 201 201 #990
2011 — 151 151 #1,174
2010 — 185 185 #1,046
2009 — 210 210 #960
2008 — 187 187 #1,024
2007 — 225 225 #894
2006 — 217 217 #898
2005 — 229 229 #823
2004 — 253 253 #739
2003 — 286 286 #679
2002 — 283 283 #662
2001 — 254 254 #703
2000 — 268 268 #668
1999 — 353 353 #567
1998 — 268 268 #652
1997 — 192 192 #777
1996 — 199 199 #753
1995 — 172 172 #817
1994 — 186 186 #775
1993 5 229 234 #678
1992 — 140 140 #893
1991 — 147 147 #869
1990 — 117 117 #968
1989 — 109 109 #978
1988 — 113 113 #901
1987 — 77 77 #1,098
1986 — 95 95 #940
1985 — 53 53 #1,329
1984 — 51 51 #1,303
1983 — 34 34 #1,697
1982 — 39 39 #1,578
1981 — 34 34 #1,709
1980 — 33 33 #1,738
1979 — 34 34 #1,691
1978 — 26 26 #1,933
1977 — 24 24 #2,030
1976 — 23 23 #2,076
1975 — 17 17 #2,483
1974 — 17 17 #2,393
1973 — 27 27 #1,711
1972 — 27 27 #1,696
1971 — 23 23 #1,883
1970 — 26 26 #1,721
1969 — 37 37 #1,318
1968 — 26 26 #1,564
1967 — 21 21 #1,732
1966 — 5 5 #4,111
1965 — 9 9 #2,868
1964 — 19 19 #1,876
1963 — 15 15 #2,158
1962 — 16 16 #2,075
1961 — 11 11 #2,609
1960 — 9 9 #2,959
1959 — 12 12 #2,471
1958 — 11 11 #2,568
1957 — 21 21 #1,776
1956 — 17 17 #1,985
1955 — 17 17 #1,955
1954 — 29 29 #1,428
1953 — 23 23 #1,616
1952 — 26 26 #1,510
1951 — 12 12 #2,315
1950 — 12 12 #2,278
1949 — 14 14 #2,089
1948 — 17 17 #1,862
1947 — 9 9 #2,770
1946 — 8 8 #2,790
1945 — 11 11 #2,204
1944 — 19 19 #1,615
1943 — 12 12 #2,245
1942 — 13 13 #2,109
1940 — 6 6 #3,278
1939 — 8 8 #2,729
1938 — 6 6 #3,344
1937 — 9 9 #2,606
1936 — 13 13 #2,037
1935 — 10 10 #2,471
1934 — 11 11 #2,352
1932 — 11 11 #2,413
1931 — 5 5 #3,943
1930 — 10 10 #2,711
1929 — 10 10 #2,701
1928 — 11 11 #2,599
1926 — 9 9 #3,026
1925 — 12 12 #2,533
1924 — 7 7 #3,636
1923 — 12 12 #2,545
1922 — 7 7 #3,650
1921 — 10 10 #2,913
1920 — 10 10 #2,875
1919 — 10 10 #2,778
1918 — 12 12 #2,488
1917 — 10 10 #2,675
1916 — 5 5 #4,072
1915 — 5 5 #3,969
1914 — 7 7 #2,794
1913 — 8 8 #2,238
1912 — 6 6 #2,474