Garold — boys' name

What the Data Says About Garold

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,051 babies named Garold between 1901 and 2004, spanning 104 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Garold currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 1946, when 97 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Garold performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 699 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Garold shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 151 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Iowa and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Garold in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Garold 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 3,051 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.