Garyn — #12690 US boys' name
239 babies named Garyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 11% of names given to boys today.
44% of everyone ever named Garyn was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Garyn in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Garyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 239 babies named Garyn between 1977 and 2024, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Garyn currently holds the #12690 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 18 babies received it in a single year. Garyn is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 73 additional births since 1997.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Garyn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 104 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Garyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Garyn in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Garyn 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 239 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.
Garyn at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Garyn popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1977
- Peak year (2003)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 48 years of records
Currently ranks #12690 among boys.
239 total births across 48 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 18 births in a single year.
Garyn popularity over time — girls
73 total births recorded since 1997 (Garyn as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Garyn accounts for 23% of total recorded use across both genders.
Garyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 104 births that decade — 44% of Garyn's all-time total
Garyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 104 births
- Runner-up 74 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Garyn's strongest decade
104 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
Garyn by state
Where Garyn concentrates geographically — total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 2.1% |
5 of 239 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 2.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 2.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1977–2024 (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.