Gared — boys' name
227 babies named Gared in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
37% of everyone ever named Gared was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Gared in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Gared
The Social Security Administration has registered 227 babies named Gared between 1969 and 2022, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gared currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Gared performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 83 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Gared shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Gared in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Gared in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 227 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Gared at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Gared popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1969
- Peak year (1989)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 54 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
227 total births across 54 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 14 births in a single year.
Gared by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 83 births that decade — 37% of Gared's all-time total
Gared decade highlights
- Peak decade 83 births
- Runner-up 74 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Gared's strongest decade
83 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% of all-time use.
Gared by state
Where Gared concentrates geographically — total births since 1969
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 2.2% |
5 of 227 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1969–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.