Boys' name · since 1981
Garan
107 babies named Garan in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,970 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 107
- born since 1981
- 1980s
- peak decade
Garan sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 107 recorded since 1981.
Garan has 107 recorded births among boys since 1981, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 2009.
- #16,970 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 107 born since 1981
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Garan ranks #16,970 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 107 born since 1981, peaking in the 1980s.
- #16,970 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 107
- born since 1981
- 1980s
- peak decade
Garan's 107 recorded births place it above 62.62% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Garan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Garan's SSA record in two at 1994 and the more recent half accounts for 38% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 62%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1987, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1982 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Garan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2009
- Peak year (1982)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Garan by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (66 births, 62% of the file).
1980s was Garan's strongest decade.
66 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Garan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
66 births
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 66 births (62% of all-time use).
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- Garan's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (66 total births) through the 2000s (30) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Garan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1982)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1981–2009 (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 Garan 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.