How rare is the name Garrison?

7,072 people in the United States have the first name Garrison, about 1 in 42,708. It ranks #3,108 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

GARRISON

#3,108

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,072
About
1 in 42,708
This common or more
81.7%
Who bears it

Of the 7,072 people named Garrison, 76% reported their origin as White, 9.4% as Black and 5.5% as two or more races. 99% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Garrison peaked in 1999, when 353 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19122025
Peak year
1999
Births that year
353
In 2025*
92 ▼74%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 8,514 babies have been given the name since 1912. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Garrison by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #1,696. The largest share of babies named Garrison, 44.2%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1910s#5,26063
1920s#5,72888
1930s#5,19283
1940s#4,821109
1950s#4,179180
1960s#4,813168
1970s#4,695244
1980s#2,907638
1990s#1,6962,008
2000s#1,7912,412
2010s#2,3621,807
2020s#3,165714
Greatest Generation 1901–271.5%
Silent Generation 1928–451.9%
Baby boom 1946–643.5%
Generation X 1965–804.4%
Millennials 1981–9621.1%
Generation Z 1997–1244.2%
2013 and later23.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Garrison is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Garrison has been most common in Georgia (3.4×), Tennessee (2.7×), and North Carolina (2.3×), and least common in Illinois (0.26×).

5,167 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Garrison

#3,106 Jacky · 7,083#3,107 Ramesh · 7,076#3,109 Xiao · 7,066#3,110 Sunil · 7,064

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Garrison, most common first.

#38,781 Garson · 197#39,517 Garison · 191#45,829 Garyson · 147

Also a last name

As a last name, Garrison ranks #689 of 156,621, with 48,292 people. See Garrison as a last name

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