Girls' name · since 1916
Gara
339 babies named Gara in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1972. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,908 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 339
- born since 1916
- 1970s
- peak decade
Gara is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 339 have been recorded since 1916.
Gara has 339 recorded births among girls since 1916, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 2000.
- #14,908 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 339 born since 1916
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gara ranks #14,908 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 339 born since 1916, peaking in the 1970s.
- #14,908 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 339
- born since 1916
- 1970s
- peak decade
Gara's 339 recorded births place it above 79.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Gara's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Gara splits its recorded history at 1964: 59% of all births land in the more recent half, 41% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1916 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1972 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Gara popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–2000
- Peak year (1972)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 85 years of records
Gara by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (90 births, 27% of the file).
1970s was Gara's strongest decade.
90 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Gara births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s 11
1920s
11 births
- 1930s 16
1930s
16 births
- 1940s 32
1940s
32 births
- 1950s
1950s
53 births
- 1960s
1960s
57 births
- 1970s
1970s
90 births
- 1980s
1980s
51 births
- 1990s 17
1990s
17 births
- 2000s 7
2000s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 90 births (27% of all-time use).
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- Gara's decade-level peak was the 1970s (90 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Gara: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1916–2000 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Gara draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.