Unisex name · since 1939
Garie
34 babies named Garie in U.S. Social Security records since 1939, with the highest year being 1941. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #39,474 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 34
- born since 1939
- 1940s
- peak decade
34 girls have been named Garie since 1939, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Garie has 34 recorded births among girls since 1939, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1939 to 1964.
- #39,474 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 34 born since 1939
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Garie ranks #39,474 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 34 born since 1939, peaking in the 1940s.
- #39,474 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 34
- born since 1939
- 1940s
- peak decade
Garie's 34 recorded births place it above 45.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Garie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Garie's SSA record in two at 1945 and the more recent half accounts for 44% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 56%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1939, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1941 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Garie popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1939–1964
- Peak year (1941)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Garie popularity over time - boys
10 total births recorded since 1949 (Garie as boys' name)
Garie by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (24 births, 71% of the file).
1940s was Garie's strongest decade.
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.
Garie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s
1940s
24 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 24 births (71% of all-time use).
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What to do with Garie's data
- Garie's decade-level peak was the 1940s (24 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Garie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1941)
Similar record span (~25 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, 1939–1964 (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 Garie 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.