Boys' name · since 1947
Gard
15 babies named Gard in U.S. Social Security records since 1947, with the highest year being 1947. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #31,350 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 15
- born since 1947
- 1950s
- peak decade
Gard is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 15 have been recorded since 1947.
Social Security Administration records show Gard recorded 15 times among boys since 1947, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 1950s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1947 to 1959.
- #31,350 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 15 born since 1947
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gard ranks #31,350 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 15 born since 1947, peaking in the 1950s.
- #31,350 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 15
- born since 1947
- 1950s
- peak decade
Gard's 15 recorded births place it above 30.23% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Gard's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Gard's full recorded timeline at 1958, 67% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 33% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1947, with just 5 recorded births.
Gard popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1947–1959
- Peak year (1947)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Gard by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (10 births, 67% of the file).
1950s was Gard's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Gard births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 10 births (67% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Gard: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1947)
Similar record span (~12 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, 1947–1959 (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 Gard 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.