Garey — boys' name

What the Data Says About Garey

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,457 babies named Garey between 1931 and 2013, spanning 83 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Garey currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 1952, when 61 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Garey performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 397 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Garey shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 49 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Garey in 15 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Garey 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 1,457 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.