Boys' name · since 1913
Garald
Since 1913, U.S. Social Security records show 480 babies named Garald, peaking in 1949. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #8,100 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 480
- born since 1913
- 1940s
- peak decade
480 boys have been named Garald since 1913, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Garald has 480 recorded births among boys since 1913, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1913 to 1982.
- #8,100 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 480 born since 1913
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Garald ranks #8,100 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 480 born since 1913, peaking in the 1940s.
- #8,100 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 480
- born since 1913
- 1940s
- peak decade
Garald's 480 recorded births place it above 82.17% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Garald's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Garald splits its recorded history at 1944: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1921 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1949 peak of 25 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Garald popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1913–1982
- Peak year (1949)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 70 years of records
Garald by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (138 births, 29% of the file).
1940s was Garald's strongest decade.
138 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Garald births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 28
1910s
28 births
- 1920s
1920s
62 births
- 1930s
1930s
78 births
- 1940s
1940s
138 births
- 1950s
1950s
113 births
- 1960s 37
1960s
37 births
- 1970s 12
1970s
12 births
- 1980s 12
1980s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 138 births (29% of all-time use).
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What to do with Garald's data
- Garald's decade-level peak was the 1940s (138 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 1980s -- 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 Garald: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1949)
Similar record span (~69 yrs)
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, 1913–1982 (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 Garald 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.