Boys' name · since 1989
Garik
90 babies named Garik in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,072 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 90
- born since 1989
- 2010s
- peak decade
90 boys have been named Garik since 1989, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Garik has 90 recorded births among boys since 1989, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2014.
- #18,072 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 90 born since 1989
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Garik ranks #18,072 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 90 born since 1989, peaking in the 2010s.
- #18,072 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 90
- born since 1989
- 2010s
- peak decade
Garik's 90 recorded births place it above 60.14% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Garik's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Garik's SSA record in two at 2004 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1989, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1995 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Garik popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2014
- Peak year (1995)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Garik by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (31 births, 34% of the file).
2010s was Garik's strongest decade.
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Garik births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
29 births
- 2000s
2000s
25 births
- 2010s
2010s
31 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 31 births (34% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Garik: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1995)
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, 1989–2014 (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 Garik 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.