Garrison — #1790 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Garrison

The Social Security Administration has registered 8,415 babies named Garrison between 1912 and 2024, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Garrison currently holds the #1790 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 353 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Garrison performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 2,412 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Garrison shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 801 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Garrison in 35 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Garrison 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 8,415 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.