Boys' name · peaked in 1954
Garry name popularity since 1925
47,512 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Garry. Half of them were born in 1955 or earlier, so the typical Garry is about 71 years old in 2026. Garry peaked in 1954 as the #138 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 47,512
- Named Garry, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #5,949 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.6% boys
- 179 girls · 47,333 boys
- Most popular in
- Kentucky
- 2.86× its national share
Peak year is the year Garry made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Garry births per year, 1925–2025
1954 was the biggest year for Garry both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1933 and 1938, Garry became 2.8× more common.
- Steepest fall: Between 1957 and 1962, its share of baby boys fell by 49%, from 1 in 1,060 to 1 in 2,090.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Garry's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Garry.
Decade by decade
Babies named Garry in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 186 | – |
| 1930s | 18 | 2,115 | #343 |
| 1940s | 45 | 10,318 | #165 |
| 1950s | 76 | 18,792 | #140 |
| 1960s | 24 | 7,404 | #325 |
| 1970s | 10 | 3,647 | #427 |
| 1980s | 6 | 2,544 | #556 |
| 1990s | 0 | 1,237 | #1,098 |
| 2000s | 0 | 649 | #2,017 |
| 2010s | 0 | 330 | #4,014 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 111 | #5,949 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
62.0% of babies named Garry from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Garry is most popular
The index compares Garry's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Garry.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | 2.86× | 2,123 |
| Arkansas | 2.27× | 1,035 |
| Indiana | 1.90× | 1,999 |
| West Virginia | 1.90× | 740 |
| Missouri | 1.78× | 1,724 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Garry and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Garry (this page) | 47,333 | 1954 |
| Gary | 900,890 | 1951 |
| Garey | 1,457 | 1945 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Garry's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Garry.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Garry (1954).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data