Garen — #7818 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Garen

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,190 babies named Garen between 1941 and 2024, spanning 84 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Garen currently holds the #7818 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 30 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Garen performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 245 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Garen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 95 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Garen in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Garen 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 1,190 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.