Recorded 1940–2020 Boys' name Peak 2004 835 births

Garron — boys' name

835 babies named Garron in U.S. Social Security records since 1940, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1940s101950s111960s771970s1021980s1521990s1702000s2092010s952020s9
2000s
Peak decade

25% of everyone ever named Garron was born in this single decade.

2004
Single peak year

36 babies were named Garron in 2004 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Garron

The Social Security Administration has registered 835 babies named Garron between 1940 and 2020, spanning 81 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Garron currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 36 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Garron performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 209 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Garron shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 31 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Garron in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Garron 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 835 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.

Garron at a glance

Last recorded 2020

Total births

835

Since 1940

81 years of records

Peak year

2004

36 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2020

Active since

1940

Recorded for 81 years

Last year on file: 2020

Garron popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1940

Last recorded 2020
Peak year (2004)
36
Annual births at peak — across 81 years of records
010203040 202020112003199519871979197119631940 5

Garron by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
209 births that decade — 25% of Garron's all-time total
1940s101950s111960s771970s1021980s1521990s1702000s2092010s952020s9

Garron by state

Where Garron concentrates geographically — total births since 1940

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Garron
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
31 3.7%
Texas share of Garron's total US births 3.7%

31 of 835 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Garron?
835 babies have been named Garron since 1940. It was last recorded in 2020. The peak year was 2004 with 36 births.
When was Garron most popular?
Garron was most popular in the 2000s decade with 209 total births. The single peak year was 2004.
Where is Garron most popular?
The top states for the name Garron are Texas (31 births).
How long has the name Garron been used?
Garron has been recorded in Social Security data since 1940, spanning 81 years of data through 2020.
What names are similar to Garron?
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, 1940–2020 (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.