Boys' name · since 1912
Garrison
8,509 babies named Garrison in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,327 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,757 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 8,509
- born since 1912
- 2000s
- peak decade
8,509 babies have been named Garrison since 1912, making it today's #1757 boys' name.
Garrison has 8,509 recorded births among boys since 1912, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1757 as of the latest data, more common than 87% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1912 to 2025.
- #1,327 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #1,757 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 8,509 born since 1912
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Garrison ranks #1,327 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,757 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 8,509 born since 1912, peaking in the 2000s.
- #1,327 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,757 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 8,509
- born since 1912
- 2000s
- peak decade
Garrison's 8,509 recorded births place it above 97.08% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
35 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Garrison compares
8,509 Top 10% higher than 90% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Garrison's all-time total is 23x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Garrison | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 8,509 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 353 | 34 | 22,252 |
Garrison's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Garrison's full recorded timeline at 1970, 92% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 8% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1915, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1999 peak of 353 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Garrison popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1912–2025
- Peak year (1999)
- 353
- Annual births at peak, across 114 years of records
Garrison popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 1993 (Garrison as girls' name)
Garrison by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (2,412 births, 28% of the file).
2000s was Garrison's strongest decade.
2,412 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Garrison births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 63
1910s
63 births
- 1920s 88
1920s
88 births
- 1930s 83
1930s
83 births
- 1940s 109
1940s
109 births
- 1950s 180
1950s
180 births
- 1960s 168
1960s
168 births
- 1970s 244
1970s
244 births
- 1980s 638
1980s
638 births
- 1990s
1990s
2,003 births
- 2000s
2000s
2,412 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,807 births
- 2020s 714
2020s
714 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 2,412 births (28% of all-time use).
How Garrison compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Garrison's total volume
Garrison by state
Where Garrison concentrates geographically, total births since 1912
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 813 | 9.6% |
| #2 | California | | 561 | 6.6% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 503 | 5.9% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 345 | 4.1% |
| #5 | Tennessee | | 305 | 3.6% |
| #6 | Florida | | 256 | 3.0% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 236 | 2.8% |
| #8 | Missouri | | 159 | 1.9% |
813 of 8,509 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 35 reporting states.
Garrison appears in 35 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Garrison's data
- Garrison's decade-level peak was the 2000s (2,412 total births); usage has since declined to 714 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Garrisons (813 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Garrison: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~113 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, 1912–2025 (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 Garrison 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.