Garian — boys' name
16 babies named Garian in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
63% of everyone ever named Garian was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Garian in 1996 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Garian
The Social Security Administration has registered 16 babies named Garian between 1980 and 1996, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Garian currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Garian performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Garian shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Garian 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 16 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.
Garian at a glance
Last recorded 1996Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Garian popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–1980
- Peak year (1996)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1996.
16 total births across 17 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1996 with 6 births in a single year.
Garian by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 10 births that decade — 63% of Garian's all-time total
Garian decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Garian's strongest decade
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 63% of all-time use.
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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, 1980–1996 (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.