Unisex name · since 1943
Garlyn
Garlyn has 11 recorded births since 1943 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1952 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #33,491 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 11
- born since 1943
- 1950s
- peak decade
Garlyn sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 11 recorded since 1943.
Garlyn has 11 recorded births among boys since 1943, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1943 to 1952.
- #33,491 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 11 born since 1943
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Garlyn ranks #33,491 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 11 born since 1943, peaking in the 1950s.
- #33,491 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 11
- born since 1943
- 1950s
- peak decade
Garlyn's 11 recorded births place it above 24.53% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Garlyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Garlyn splits its recorded history at 1952: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1943 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1952 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Garlyn popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1943–1952
- Peak year (1952)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Garlyn popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 1942 (Garlyn as girls' name)
Garlyn by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (6 births, 55% of the file).
1950s was Garlyn's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Garlyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 6 births (55% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Garlyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1952)
Similar record span (~9 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, 1943–1952 (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 Garlyn 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.