Garry
Garry was given to 15 boys in 2025, #5,946 among boys’ names; 47,849 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 31,300 Americans named Garry and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (66% of everyone recorded); the median is 68 years old and half are between 56 and 74.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Garry by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Garry mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Garry is “a male given name transferred from the surname, a mostly British variant of Gary.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Garry?
#5,946 among boys’ names, 2025
Garry fell from #4,012 in 2015 to #5,946 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 13.6 to 8.8 per million.
2,229 babies in 1954, the peak
Garry peaked in 1954, when 2,229 babies were given it (2,218 boys, #138 among boys’ names). The 15 births of 2025 are under 1% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,946 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 19 | #5,122 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,305 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,092 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 24 | #4,284 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 20 | #4,752 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 27 | #3,929 | 0.02 |
| 2018 | 34 | #3,320 | 0.02 |
| 2017 | 29 | #3,702 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 37 | #3,129 | 0.02 |
Every recorded year (127)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 26 | #4,012 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 36 | #3,107 | 0.02 |
| 2013 | 34 | #3,214 | 0.02 |
| 2012 | 41 | #2,878 | 0.02 |
| 2011 | 36 | #3,129 | 0.02 |
| 2010 | 30 | #3,562 | 0.02 |
| 2009 | 36 | #3,181 | 0.02 |
| 2008 | 53 | #2,413 | 0.03 |
| 2007 | 72 | #1,963 | 0.03 |
| 2006 | 68 | #1,978 | 0.03 |
| 2005 | 62 | #2,013 | 0.03 |
| 2004 | 66 | #1,859 | 0.03 |
| 2003 | 61 | #1,912 | 0.03 |
| 2002 | 77 | #1,588 | 0.04 |
| 2001 | 67 | #1,717 | 0.03 |
| 2000 | 87 | #1,417 | 0.04 |
| 1999 | 83 | #1,406 | 0.04 |
| 1998 | 98 | #1,237 | 0.05 |
| 1997 | 100 | #1,190 | 0.05 |
| 1996 | 105 | #1,131 | 0.06 |
| 1995 | 107 | #1,095 | 0.06 |
| 1994 | 129 | #971 | 0.07 |
| 1993 | 111 | #1,048 | 0.06 |
| 1992 | 167 | #809 | 0.08 |
| 1991 | 163 | #807 | 0.08 |
| 1990 | 174 | #766 | 0.08 |
| 1989 | 188 | #720 | 0.09 |
| 1988 | 213 | #649 | 0.11 |
| 1987 | 211 | #631 | 0.11 |
| 1986 | 240 | #576 | 0.13 |
| 1985 | 251 | #556 | 0.14 |
| 1984 | 286 | #502 | 0.16 |
| 1983 | 262 | #516 | 0.15 |
| 1982 | 273 | #514 | 0.15 |
| 1981 | 311 | #471 | 0.17 |
| 1980 | 309 | #478 | 0.17 |
| 1979 | 323 | #450 | 0.19 |
| 1978 | 322 | #441 | 0.20 |
| 1977 | 360 | #417 | 0.22 |
| 1976 | 362 | #408 | 0.23 |
| 1975 | 336 | #427 | 0.22 |
| 1974 | 372 | #402 | 0.24 |
| 1973 | 331 | #429 | 0.21 |
| 1972 | 366 | #413 | 0.23 |
| 1971 | 412 | #400 | 0.23 |
| 1970 | 463 | #377 | 0.25 |
| 1969 | 413 | #386 | 0.23 |
| 1968 | 422 | #378 | 0.24 |
| 1967 | 485 | #341 | 0.28 |
| 1966 | 558 | #315 | 0.31 |
| 1965 | 549 | #325 | 0.30 |
| 1964 | 740 | #287 | 0.37 |
| 1963 | 896 | #256 | 0.44 |
| 1962 | 990 | #247 | 0.48 |
| 1961 | 1,116 | #238 | 0.53 |
| 1960 | 1,235 | #225 | 0.58 |
| 1959 | 1,475 | #195 | 0.69 |
| 1958 | 1,762 | #172 | 0.83 |
| 1957 | 2,042 | #158 | 0.95 |
| 1956 | 2,043 | #153 | 1.0 |
| 1955 | 2,193 | #140 | 1.1 |
| 1954 | 2,218 | #138 | 1.1 |
| 1953 | 2,047 | #142 | 1.0 |
| 1952 | 1,808 | #155 | 0.93 |
| 1951 | 1,670 | #154 | 0.89 |
| 1950 | 1,534 | #164 | 0.86 |
| 1949 | 1,418 | #165 | 0.80 |
| 1948 | 1,399 | #167 | 0.80 |
| 1947 | 1,449 | #164 | 0.79 |
| 1946 | 1,313 | #162 | 0.81 |
| 1945 | 1,050 | #165 | 0.78 |
| 1944 | 929 | #176 | 0.68 |
| 1943 | 830 | #194 | 0.58 |
| 1942 | 760 | #203 | 0.55 |
| 1941 | 613 | #217 | 0.50 |
| 1940 | 557 | #222 | 0.48 |
| 1939 | 406 | #270 | 0.37 |
| 1938 | 368 | #288 | 0.33 |
| 1937 | 292 | #315 | 0.27 |
| 1936 | 269 | #335 | 0.26 |
| 1935 | 259 | #343 | 0.25 |
| 1934 | 164 | #442 | 0.16 |
| 1933 | 117 | #526 | 0.12 |
| 1932 | 95 | #609 | 0.09 |
| 1931 | 82 | #662 | 0.08 |
| 1930 | 63 | #817 | 0.06 |
| 1929 | 51 | #947 | 0.05 |
| 1928 | 46 | #1,022 | 0.04 |
| 1927 | 32 | #1,305 | 0.03 |
| 1926 | 30 | #1,340 | 0.03 |
| 1925 | 27 | #1,434 | 0.02 |
| 1924 | 24 | #1,594 | 0.02 |
| 1923 | 28 | #1,394 | 0.03 |
| 1922 | 21 | #1,722 | 0.02 |
| 1921 | 22 | #1,670 | 0.02 |
| 1920 | 28 | #1,398 | 0.03 |
| 1919 | 25 | #1,459 | 0.03 |
| 1918 | 26 | #1,417 | 0.03 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,338 | 0.01 |
| 1916 | 23 | #1,478 | 0.03 |
| 1915 | 17 | #1,730 | 0.02 |
| 1914 | 14 | #1,719 | 0.02 |
| 1913 | 15 | #1,391 | 0.03 |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,564 | 0.03 |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,833 | 0.02 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,680 | 0.03 |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,463 | 0.03 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,276 | 0.04 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,061 | 0.05 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,059 | 0.05 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,196 | 0.04 |
| 1892 | 7 | #890 | 0.06 |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,026 | 0.05 |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,019 | 0.05 |
| 1885 | 5 | #993 | 0.05 |
| 1882 | 6 | #875 | 0.05 |
| 1880 | 6 | #856 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Garry a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Garry has been given almost only to boys: 179 girls in 127 years of records.
Girls and boys named Garry: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Garry, and how old are they?
31,300 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 66% of the 47,849 Americans ever recorded as Garry. The median Garry alive today is 68 years old; half are between 56 and 74.
The 2020 Census counted 33,439 people named Garry (102 women and girls, 33,337 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 35,402 born in the U.S. The Census count is 6% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 2,140 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 19,200 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 5,610 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 3,020 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,020 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 331 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Garry born?
The states with the most babies named Garry are Ohio, Texas and California, with 19% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | 2,921 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Texas | 2,792 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| California | 2,728 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| New York | 2,664 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Michigan | 2,159 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Pennsylvania | 2,140 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Kentucky | 2,123 | not ranked | 2.2× |
| North Carolina | 2,104 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Indiana | 1,999 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Illinois | 1,942 | not ranked | 0.8× |
Where Garry is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Garry is most over-represented in Kentucky: since 1910 it was given 2.2 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Garry with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 6 names spelled alike, given to 961,159 babies since 1880, Garry is the second most given (5.0% of them). In 2025 it was given to 15 of their 366 babies (4.1%), the third most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Garry
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Garry and names like it
- Compare Garry and GaryBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sGarry peaked in 1954.
- Ohio’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Garry since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Garry: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1954The year the most babies were named Garry.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Garry alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with GMost given first.