first name
GARRY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 33,439 people named Garry, 78.6% reported their origin as White, 14.3% as Black and 2.8% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Garry peaked in 1954, when 2,229 babies got the name.
At least 47,849 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.
Garry by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #338. The largest share of babies named Garry, 61.5%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
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 Garry is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Garry has been most common in Kentucky (2.8×), Arkansas (2.2×), and Indiana (1.9×), and least common in New Hampshire (0.24×).
43,908 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 Garry
Spelled almost the same
5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Garry, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Garry ranks #9,578 of 156,621, with 3,246 people. See Garry as a last name
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