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.

Garry

#521 most common boys' name of all time · #1,131 across all names · >99% boys / <1% girls · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#521
Rank overall
#1,131 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
127 of 146
All-time
47,849
Since 2016
238
Peak year
1954 #138
Best rank
#138 1954
Girls Boys peak 2,229/yr
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Garry is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 15 15 #5,872
2024 — 19 19 #5,071
2023 — 14 14 #6,228
2022 — 19 19 #5,027
2021 — 24 24 #4,250
2020 — 20 20 #4,702
2019 — 27 27 #3,904
2018 — 34 34 #3,304
2017 — 29 29 #3,680
2016 — 37 37 #3,112
2015 — 26 26 #3,986
2014 — 36 36 #3,094
2013 — 34 34 #3,189
2012 — 41 41 #2,871
2011 — 36 36 #3,117
2010 — 30 30 #3,537
2009 — 36 36 #3,163
2008 — 53 53 #2,408
2007 — 72 72 #1,951
2006 — 68 68 #1,969
2005 — 62 62 #2,011
2004 — 66 66 #1,859
2003 — 61 61 #1,908
2002 — 77 77 #1,589
2001 — 67 67 #1,710
2000 — 87 87 #1,420
1999 — 83 83 #1,408
1998 — 98 98 #1,238
1997 — 100 100 #1,190
1996 — 105 105 #1,128
1995 — 107 107 #1,098
1994 — 129 129 #972
1993 — 111 111 #1,048
1992 — 167 167 #811
1991 — 163 163 #811
1990 — 174 174 #768
1989 — 188 188 #723
1988 — 213 213 #649
1987 — 211 211 #629
1986 — 240 240 #576
1985 — 251 251 #556
1984 6 286 292 #502
1983 — 262 262 #517
1982 — 273 273 #514
1981 — 311 311 #471
1980 — 309 309 #479
1979 — 323 323 #449
1978 5 322 327 #441
1977 — 360 360 #417
1976 — 362 362 #408
1975 — 336 336 #427
1974 — 372 372 #402
1973 — 331 331 #429
1972 5 366 371 #414
1971 — 412 412 #400
1970 — 463 463 #377
1969 — 413 413 #386
1968 — 422 422 #378
1967 — 485 485 #341
1966 — 558 558 #315
1965 7 549 556 #325
1964 — 740 740 #287
1963 7 896 903 #256
1962 5 990 995 #247
1961 — 1,116 1,116 #238
1960 5 1,235 1,240 #225
1959 6 1,475 1,481 #195
1958 7 1,762 1,769 #172
1957 12 2,042 2,054 #158
1956 6 2,043 2,049 #154
1955 8 2,193 2,201 #140
1954 11 2,218 2,229 #138
1953 6 2,047 2,053 #142
1952 6 1,808 1,814 #155
1951 6 1,670 1,676 #154
1950 8 1,534 1,542 #164
1949 9 1,418 1,427 #165
1948 — 1,399 1,399 #167
1947 — 1,449 1,449 #164
1946 — 1,313 1,313 #162
1945 5 1,050 1,055 #165
1944 8 929 937 #176
1943 5 830 835 #194
1942 9 760 769 #205
1941 — 613 613 #217
1940 9 557 566 #223
1939 5 406 411 #270
1938 — 368 368 #288
1937 6 292 298 #315
1936 — 269 269 #335
1935 — 259 259 #343
1934 7 164 171 #441
1933 — 117 117 #525
1932 — 95 95 #611
1931 — 82 82 #662
1930 — 63 63 #819
1929 — 51 51 #945
1928 — 46 46 #1,022
1927 — 32 32 #1,297
1926 — 30 30 #1,338
1925 — 27 27 #1,433
1924 — 24 24 #1,586
1923 — 28 28 #1,389
1922 — 21 21 #1,708
1921 — 22 22 #1,656
1920 — 28 28 #1,388
1919 — 25 25 #1,454
1918 — 26 26 #1,410
1917 — 12 12 #2,292
1916 — 23 23 #1,466
1915 — 17 17 #1,718
1914 — 14 14 #1,703
1913 — 15 15 #1,377
1912 — 11 11 #1,543
1911 — 5 5 #1,777
1910 — 5 5 #1,622
1908 — 5 5 #1,421
1904 — 5 5 #1,254
1903 — 6 6 #1,055
1902 — 6 6 #1,053
1898 — 5 5 #1,171
1892 — 7 7 #910
1889 — 5 5 #1,012
1886 — 5 5 #1,010
1885 — 5 5 #988
1882 — 6 6 #878
1880 — 6 6 #865