Gary
#34 most common boys' name of all time · #51 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#34
Rank overall
#51 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
144 of 146
All-time
905,438
Since 2016
2,897
Peak year
1952 #10
Best rank
#9 1954
Girls
Boys
peak 38,839/yr
Gary 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 201 | 201 | #1,073 |
| 2024 | — | 187 | 187 | #1,133 |
| 2023 | — | 203 | 203 | #1,067 |
| 2022 | — | 237 | 237 | #956 |
| 2021 | — | 253 | 253 | #907 |
| 2020 | — | 288 | 288 | #806 |
| 2019 | — | 303 | 303 | #774 |
| 2018 | — | 374 | 374 | #672 |
| 2017 | — | 407 | 407 | #637 |
| 2016 | — | 444 | 444 | #606 |
| 2015 | — | 479 | 479 | #581 |
| 2014 | — | 493 | 493 | #562 |
| 2013 | — | 446 | 446 | #579 |
| 2012 | — | 492 | 492 | #531 |
| 2011 | — | 527 | 527 | #495 |
| 2010 | — | 547 | 547 | #476 |
| 2009 | — | 611 | 611 | #452 |
| 2008 | — | 679 | 679 | #427 |
| 2007 | — | 779 | 779 | #388 |
| 2006 | — | 870 | 870 | #349 |
| 2005 | — | 879 | 879 | #338 |
| 2004 | — | 925 | 925 | #326 |
| 2003 | — | 912 | 912 | #324 |
| 2002 | — | 1,043 | 1,043 | #285 |
| 2001 | — | 1,013 | 1,013 | #294 |
| 2000 | — | 1,168 | 1,168 | #275 |
| 1999 | — | 1,253 | 1,253 | #251 |
| 1998 | — | 1,345 | 1,345 | #234 |
| 1997 | 6 | 1,327 | 1,333 | #232 |
| 1996 | 8 | 1,543 | 1,551 | #201 |
| 1995 | 8 | 1,625 | 1,633 | #190 |
| 1994 | 5 | 1,898 | 1,903 | #167 |
| 1993 | 9 | 2,064 | 2,073 | #156 |
| 1992 | 14 | 2,393 | 2,407 | #139 |
| 1991 | 7 | 2,677 | 2,684 | #124 |
| 1990 | 15 | 3,069 | 3,084 | #114 |
| 1989 | 16 | 3,127 | 3,143 | #106 |
| 1988 | 26 | 3,244 | 3,270 | #100 |
| 1987 | 30 | 3,486 | 3,516 | #87 |
| 1986 | 33 | 3,719 | 3,752 | #84 |
| 1985 | 35 | 3,812 | 3,847 | #82 |
| 1984 | 26 | 3,951 | 3,977 | #76 |
| 1983 | 47 | 4,266 | 4,313 | #68 |
| 1982 | 43 | 4,642 | 4,685 | #64 |
| 1981 | 36 | 4,946 | 4,982 | #62 |
| 1980 | 42 | 5,037 | 5,079 | #63 |
| 1979 | 52 | 5,038 | 5,090 | #59 |
| 1978 | 38 | 5,111 | 5,149 | #60 |
| 1977 | 51 | 5,447 | 5,498 | #58 |
| 1976 | 38 | 5,592 | 5,630 | #52 |
| 1975 | 47 | 6,114 | 6,161 | #50 |
| 1974 | 46 | 6,444 | 6,490 | #48 |
| 1973 | 47 | 6,851 | 6,898 | #44 |
| 1972 | 49 | 7,758 | 7,807 | #41 |
| 1971 | 54 | 9,190 | 9,244 | #38 |
| 1970 | 64 | 10,716 | 10,780 | #35 |
| 1969 | 68 | 11,142 | 11,210 | #35 |
| 1968 | 72 | 11,973 | 12,045 | #32 |
| 1967 | 63 | 12,616 | 12,679 | #32 |
| 1966 | 54 | 14,155 | 14,209 | #28 |
| 1965 | 52 | 15,259 | 15,311 | #27 |
| 1964 | 61 | 17,206 | 17,267 | #26 |
| 1963 | 76 | 18,929 | 19,005 | #24 |
| 1962 | 77 | 20,884 | 20,961 | #22 |
| 1961 | 94 | 22,174 | 22,268 | #21 |
| 1960 | 79 | 21,693 | 21,772 | #22 |
| 1959 | 75 | 23,303 | 23,378 | #20 |
| 1958 | 64 | 25,287 | 25,351 | #17 |
| 1957 | 87 | 29,530 | 29,617 | #13 |
| 1956 | 67 | 31,842 | 31,909 | #13 |
| 1955 | 87 | 34,433 | 34,520 | #12 |
| 1954 | 88 | 37,920 | 38,008 | #9 |
| 1953 | 67 | 36,967 | 37,034 | #10 |
| 1952 | 85 | 38,754 | 38,839 | #10 |
| 1951 | 69 | 38,160 | 38,229 | #10 |
| 1950 | 68 | 33,737 | 33,805 | #10 |
| 1949 | 55 | 28,935 | 28,990 | #12 |
| 1948 | 74 | 28,397 | 28,471 | #12 |
| 1947 | 90 | 30,029 | 30,119 | #12 |
| 1946 | 79 | 26,931 | 27,010 | #12 |
| 1945 | 60 | 21,345 | 21,405 | #13 |
| 1944 | 67 | 20,058 | 20,125 | #15 |
| 1943 | 58 | 17,868 | 17,926 | #16 |
| 1942 | 60 | 17,068 | 17,128 | #18 |
| 1941 | 50 | 14,568 | 14,618 | #19 |
| 1940 | 44 | 12,573 | 12,617 | #19 |
| 1939 | 27 | 9,684 | 9,711 | #21 |
| 1938 | 35 | 8,861 | 8,896 | #22 |
| 1937 | 38 | 6,763 | 6,801 | #29 |
| 1936 | 27 | 5,192 | 5,219 | #38 |
| 1935 | 16 | 4,490 | 4,506 | #44 |
| 1934 | 15 | 3,354 | 3,369 | #60 |
| 1933 | 20 | 2,254 | 2,274 | #80 |
| 1932 | 13 | 1,295 | 1,308 | #136 |
| 1931 | 14 | 990 | 1,004 | #154 |
| 1930 | 15 | 713 | 728 | #195 |
| 1929 | 5 | 537 | 542 | #234 |
| 1928 | 12 | 227 | 239 | #395 |
| 1927 | — | 130 | 130 | #542 |
| 1926 | 10 | 104 | 114 | #617 |
| 1925 | 5 | 115 | 120 | #587 |
| 1924 | 6 | 84 | 90 | #724 |
| 1923 | — | 85 | 85 | #704 |
| 1922 | 5 | 73 | 78 | #785 |
| 1921 | 9 | 86 | 95 | #703 |
| 1920 | 7 | 74 | 81 | #768 |
| 1919 | 7 | 82 | 89 | #688 |
| 1918 | 5 | 74 | 79 | #749 |
| 1917 | 7 | 72 | 79 | #730 |
| 1916 | — | 72 | 72 | #702 |
| 1915 | 6 | 78 | 84 | #660 |
| 1914 | — | 59 | 59 | #664 |
| 1913 | — | 40 | 40 | #740 |
| 1912 | — | 44 | 44 | #631 |
| 1911 | — | 25 | 25 | #617 |
| 1910 | — | 16 | 16 | #772 |
| 1909 | — | 12 | 12 | #864 |
| 1908 | — | 26 | 26 | #497 |
| 1907 | — | 16 | 16 | #652 |
| 1906 | — | 16 | 16 | #605 |
| 1905 | — | 16 | 16 | #611 |
| 1904 | — | 11 | 11 | #742 |
| 1903 | — | 8 | 8 | #868 |
| 1902 | — | 18 | 18 | #517 |
| 1901 | — | 10 | 10 | #713 |
| 1900 | — | 9 | 9 | #927 |
| 1899 | — | 8 | 8 | #826 |
| 1898 | — | 7 | 7 | #924 |
| 1897 | — | 13 | 13 | #607 |
| 1896 | — | 13 | 13 | #626 |
| 1895 | — | 12 | 12 | #630 |
| 1894 | — | 10 | 10 | #708 |
| 1893 | — | 7 | 7 | #862 |
| 1892 | — | 15 | 15 | #542 |
| 1891 | — | 6 | 6 | #897 |
| 1890 | — | 11 | 11 | #624 |
| 1888 | — | 6 | 6 | #957 |
| 1887 | — | 7 | 7 | #783 |
| 1886 | — | 7 | 7 | #801 |
| 1885 | — | 7 | 7 | #804 |
| 1884 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,008 |
| 1882 | — | 10 | 10 | #642 |
| 1881 | — | 6 | 6 | #827 |
| 1880 | — | 6 | 6 | #866 |