Boys' name · since 1969
Gared
Gared has 227 recorded births since 1969 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1989 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,202 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 227
- born since 1969
- 1980s
- peak decade
Gared sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 227 recorded since 1969.
Gared has 227 recorded births among boys since 1969, 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 1969 to 2022.
- #12,202 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 227 born since 1969
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gared ranks #12,202 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 227 born since 1969, peaking in the 1980s.
- #12,202 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 227
- born since 1969
- 1980s
- peak decade
Gared's 227 recorded births place it above 73.12% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Gared's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Gared's full recorded timeline at 1992, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1969, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1989 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Gared popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–2022
- Peak year (1989)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 54 years of records
Gared by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (83 births, 37% of the file).
1980s was Gared's strongest decade.
83 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Gared births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s
1980s
83 births
- 1990s
1990s
74 births
- 2000s
2000s
45 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 83 births (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.
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What to do with Gared's data
- Gared's decade-level peak was the 1980s (83 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Gareds (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Gared: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1989)
Similar record span (~53 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, 1969–2022 (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 Gared 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.