Gary Name Popularity

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How popular is Gary?

In 2018 the less frequently given name Gary, ranked the 674th Most Popular Boys Name in the United States.

Presently one of the top 1000 most popular, Gary has been less popular than the top 1000 in the past.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #9 in 1954.

Nonetheless, the name was given to the greatest number of children in 1952 with 38,756 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Gary was less than 5, most recently in 1889.

Approximately during the years 1903-1908, 1909-1915, and 1922-1951, the name Gary took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas 1954-1976, 1980-1984, 1985-1997, 1998-2001, and 2005-2010 were years of successive downward movement.

Gary's popularity has been spiralling downward for some time. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Gary lately has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Gary?

Currently, the name is at an extremely low point when compared to its most popular year.

The name Gary still has a solid footing but will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Gary is very rarely used as a given name.

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		Gary (Girl)		Gary (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		< 5	--	367	674
2017		< 5	--	406	637
2016		< 5	--	442	607
2015		< 5	--	477	581
2014		< 5	--	492	560
2013		< 5	--	445	579
2012		< 5	--	491	532
2011		< 5	--	527	495
2010		< 5	--	546	475
2009		< 5	--	611	452
2008		< 5	--	679	425
2007		< 5	--	779	388
2006		< 5	--	869	349
2005		< 5	--	877	338
2004		< 5	--	925	326
2003		< 5	--	911	324
2002		< 5	--	1,043	284
2001		< 5	--	1,013	294
2000		< 5	--	1,168	275
1999		< 5	--	1,252	251
1998		< 5	--	1,345	234
1997		6	12,622	1,326	232
1996		8	9,880	1,542	202
1995		8	9,883	1,625	190
1994		5	14,171	1,897	167
1993		9	8,964	2,064	156
1992		14	6,415	2,391	139
1991		7	10,649	2,677	124
1990		15	5,919	3,069	114
1989		16	5,373	3,126	107
1988		26	3,623	3,245	100
1987		30	3,122	3,486	87
1986		33	2,869	3,719	84
1985		35	2,714	3,812	82
1984		26	3,258	3,952	76
1983		47	2,108	4,271	68
1982		43	2,296	4,639	64
1981		36	2,574	4,945	62
1980		41	2,358	5,041	63
1979		52	1,984	5,038	59
1978		38	2,360	5,114	60
1977		51	1,930	5,446	58
1976		38	2,216	5,594	52
1975		46	1,939	6,118	50
1974		46	1,885	6,447	48
1973		47	1,810	6,850	44
1972		49	1,775	7,766	41
1971		54	1,694	9,191	38
1970		64	1,531	10,722	35
1969		68	1,404	11,150	35
1968		72	1,303	11,982	32
1967		63	1,385	12,614	32
1966		54	1,519	14,157	28
1965		52	1,549	15,268	27
1964		61	1,450	17,208	26
1963		75	1,272	18,922	24
1962		79	1,241	20,892	22
1961		93	1,138	22,152	21
1960		79	1,228	21,685	22
1959		75	1,238	23,297	20
1958		65	1,315	25,266	17
1957		87	1,127	29,503	13
1956		67	1,275	31,809	13
1955		87	1,084	34,407	12
1954		88	1,046	37,919	9
1953		67	1,182	36,972	10
1952		85	1,018	38,756	10
1951		69	1,120	38,163	10
1950		68	1,117	33,749	10
1949		55	1,224	28,925	12
1948		74	1,017	28,394	12
1947		90	936	30,030	12
1946		79	941	26,924	12
1945		60	995	21,344	13
1944		67	949	20,056	15
1943		58	1,052	17,865	16
1942		60	1,010	17,067	18
1941		50	1,037	14,566	19
1940		44	1,088	12,571	19
1939		27	1,440	9,681	21
1938		35	1,238	8,859	22
1937		38	1,164	6,767	29
1936		28	1,394	5,190	38
1935		16	2,034	4,491	44
1934		14	2,225	3,355	60
1933		20	1,748	2,255	80
1932		13	2,411	1,294	136
1931		14	2,241	989	153
1930		15	2,237	716	193
1929		5	4,844	537	234
1928		12	2,672	228	395
1927		< 5	--	130	542
1926		10	3,132	105	613
1925		5	5,283	115	586
1924		6	4,678	84	723
1923		< 5	--	85	703
1922		5	5,292	73	783
1921		9	3,514	86	699
1920		7	4,139	74	770
1919		7	4,000	82	686
1918		5	5,106	74	749
1917		7	3,866	72	735
1916		< 5	--	72	704
1915		6	3,959	79	657
1914		< 5	--	59	660
1913		< 5	--	40	738
1912		< 5	--	44	629
1911		< 5	--	25	616
1910		< 5	--	16	766
1909		< 5	--	12	865
1908		< 5	--	27	479
1907		< 5	--	16	645
1906		< 5	--	16	599
1905		< 5	--	16	601
1904		< 5	--	11	739
1903		< 5	--	8	867
1902		< 5	--	18	514
1901		< 5	--	10	699
1900		< 5	--	9	934
1899		< 5	--	8	812
1898		< 5	--	7	921
1897		< 5	--	13	592
1896		< 5	--	13	606
1895		< 5	--	12	617
1894		< 5	--	10	691
1893		< 5	--	7	864
1892		< 5	--	15	530
1891		< 5	--	6	886
1890		< 5	--	11	613
1889		< 5	--	< 5	--
1888		< 5	--	6	965
1887		< 5	--	7	778
1886		< 5	--	7	792
1885		< 5	--	7	794
1884		< 5	--	5	1,030
1883		< 5	--	< 5	--
1882		< 5	--	10	620
1881		< 5	--	6	813
1880		< 5	--	6	857

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.