Boys' name · since 1914
Garlan
Garlan has 416 recorded births since 1914 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1930 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,818 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 416
- born since 1914
- 1920s
- peak decade
Garlan sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 416 recorded since 1914.
Garlan has 416 recorded births among boys since 1914, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 1972.
- #8,818 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 416 born since 1914
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Garlan ranks #8,818 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 416 born since 1914, peaking in the 1920s.
- #8,818 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 416
- born since 1914
- 1920s
- peak decade
Garlan's 416 recorded births place it above 80.6% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Garlan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Garlan splits its recorded history at 1939: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1916 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1930 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Garlan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–1972
- Peak year (1930)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 59 years of records
Garlan by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (98 births, 24% of the file).
1920s was Garlan's strongest decade.
98 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Garlan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
41 births
- 1920s
1920s
98 births
- 1930s
1930s
73 births
- 1940s
1940s
93 births
- 1950s
1950s
40 births
- 1960s
1960s
58 births
- 1970s 13
1970s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 98 births (24% of all-time use).
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- Garlan's decade-level peak was the 1920s (98 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 1970s -- 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 Garlan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1914–1972 (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 Garlan 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.