Garin — boys' name

What the Data Says About Garin

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,125 babies named Garin between 1961 and 2021, spanning 61 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Garin currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 53 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Garin performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 373 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Garin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 57 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Garin in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Garin 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 1,125 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.