Recorded 1965–2017 Boys' name Peak 2000 418 births

Garrin — boys' name

418 babies named Garrin in U.S. Social Security records since 1965, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1960s71970s441980s531990s992000s1602010s55
2000s
Peak decade

38% of everyone ever named Garrin was born in this single decade.

2000
Single peak year

22 babies were named Garrin in 2000 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Garrin

The Social Security Administration has registered 418 babies named Garrin between 1965 and 2017, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Garrin currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Garrin performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 160 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Garrin shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Garrin in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Garrin 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 418 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.

Garrin at a glance

Last recorded 2017

Total births

418

Since 1965

53 years of records

Peak year

2000

22 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2017

Active since

1965

Recorded for 53 years

Last year on file: 2017

Garrin popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1965

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (2000)
22
Annual births at peak — across 53 years of records
0510152025 20172010200419981992198619741965 7

Garrin by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
160 births that decade — 38% of Garrin's all-time total
1960s71970s441980s531990s992000s1602010s55

Garrin by state

Where Garrin concentrates geographically — total births since 1965

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Garrin
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
5 1.2%
California share of Garrin's total US births 1.2%

5 of 418 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Garrin?
418 babies have been named Garrin since 1965. It was last recorded in 2017. The peak year was 2000 with 22 births.
When was Garrin most popular?
Garrin was most popular in the 2000s decade with 160 total births. The single peak year was 2000.
Where is Garrin most popular?
The top states for the name Garrin are California (5 births).
How long has the name Garrin been used?
Garrin has been recorded in Social Security data since 1965, spanning 53 years of data through 2017.
What names are similar to Garrin?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Gary, Garrett, Garry, Garland, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1965–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.