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Baby Boy Names - Gary
The name Gary is of English origin, and means spear.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Gary has been given to baby boys in recent years. The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to
2004. The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social
Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular
names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Gary
| Use of the Name Gary for Boys During the Last ... |
| 125 Years |
50 Years |
25 Years |
10 Years |
5 Years |
2 Years |
1 Year |
| 891,205 |
442,767 |
64,404 |
12,116 |
5,034 |
1,816 |
912 |
The table below indicates the number of times the name Gary has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Gary
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Used as a Boy Name |
Used as a Girl Name |
| Year |
Rank | Count |
Rank | Count |
| 1880 | 771 | 7 | | |
| 1881 | 813 | 6 | | |
| 1882 | 620 | 10 | | |
| 1883 | | | | |
| 1884 | | | | |
| 1885 | 728 | 8 | | |
| 1886 | 793 | 7 | | |
| 1887 | 707 | 8 | | |
| 1888 | 966 | 6 | | |
| 1889 | | | | |
| 1890 | 613 | 11 | | |
| 1891 | 887 | 6 | | |
| 1892 | 529 | 15 | | |
| 1893 | 864 | 7 | | |
| 1894 | 691 | 10 | | |
| 1895 | 618 | 12 | | |
| 1896 | 566 | 14 | | |
| 1897 | 563 | 14 | | |
| 1898 | 921 | 7 | | |
| 1899 | 812 | 8 | | |
| 1900 | 710 | 13 | | |
| 1901 | 699 | 10 | | |
| 1902 | 494 | 19 | | |
| 1903 | 868 | 8 | | |
| 1904 | 703 | 12 | | |
| 1905 | 601 | 16 | | |
| 1906 | 572 | 17 | | |
| 1907 | 646 | 16 | | |
| 1908 | 479 | 27 | | |
| 1909 | 863 | 12 | | |
| 1910 | 766 | 16 | | |
| 1911 | 600 | 26 | | |
| 1912 | 630 | 44 | | |
| 1913 | 749 | 39 | | |
| 1914 | 648 | 61 | | |
| 1915 | 649 | 80 | | |
| 1916 | 697 | 73 | | |
| 1917 | 718 | 73 | | |
| 1918 | 741 | 76 | | |
| 1919 | 689 | 82 | | |
| 1920 | 764 | 75 | | |
| 1921 | 712 | 85 | | |
| 1922 | 770 | 74 | | |
| 1923 | 694 | 87 | | |
| 1924 | 729 | 83 | | |
| 1925 | 585 | 115 | | |
| 1926 | 606 | 107 | | |
| 1927 | 537 | 131 | | |
| 1928 | 396 | 228 | | |
| 1929 | 233 | 539 | | |
| 1930 | 193 | 716 | | |
| 1931 | 151 | 1,000 | | |
| 1932 | 136 | 1,294 | | |
| 1933 | 80 | 2,254 | | |
| 1934 | 60 | 3,352 | | |
| 1935 | 44 | 4,492 | | |
| 1936 | 38 | 5,185 | | |
| 1937 | 29 | 6,767 | | |
| 1938 | 22 | 8,852 | | |
| 1939 | 21 | 9,692 | | |
| 1940 | 19 | 12,569 | | |
| 1941 | 19 | 14,535 | | |
| 1942 | 18 | 17,084 | | |
| 1943 | 16 | 17,788 | | |
| 1944 | 15 | 20,015 | 962 | 65 |
| 1945 | 13 | 21,313 | | |
| 1946 | 12 | 26,834 | 946 | 77 |
| 1947 | 12 | 29,944 | 928 | 92 |
| 1948 | 12 | 28,301 | | |
| 1949 | 12 | 28,885 | | |
| 1950 | 10 | 33,699 | | |
| 1951 | 10 | 38,001 | | |
| 1952 | 10 | 38,723 | | |
| 1953 | 10 | 36,890 | | |
| 1954 | 9 | 37,853 | | |
| 1955 | 12 | 34,311 | | |
| 1956 | 13 | 31,779 | | |
| 1957 | 13 | 29,484 | | |
| 1958 | 17 | 25,264 | | |
| 1959 | 20 | 23,296 | | |
| 1960 | 22 | 21,685 | | |
| 1961 | 21 | 22,109 | | |
| 1962 | 22 | 20,892 | | |
| 1963 | 24 | 18,928 | | |
| 1964 | 26 | 17,199 | | |
| 1965 | 27 | 15,292 | | |
| 1966 | 28 | 14,150 | | |
| 1967 | 32 | 12,617 | | |
| 1968 | 32 | 11,963 | | |
| 1969 | 35 | 11,151 | | |
| 1970 | 35 | 10,713 | | |
| 1971 | 38 | 9,187 | | |
| 1972 | 41 | 7,752 | | |
| 1973 | 44 | 6,866 | | |
| 1974 | 48 | 6,440 | | |
| 1975 | 50 | 6,115 | | |
| 1976 | 52 | 5,587 | | |
| 1977 | 58 | 5,441 | | |
| 1978 | 60 | 5,110 | | |
| 1979 | 59 | 5,032 | | |
| 1980 | 63 | 5,024 | | |
| 1981 | 62 | 4,947 | | |
| 1982 | 64 | 4,635 | | |
| 1983 | 68 | 4,259 | | |
| 1984 | 75 | 3,947 | | |
| 1985 | 82 | 3,809 | | |
| 1986 | 84 | 3,722 | | |
| 1987 | 87 | 3,477 | | |
| 1988 | 100 | 3,240 | | |
| 1989 | 106 | 3,130 | | |
| 1990 | 114 | 3,069 | | |
| 1991 | 124 | 2,673 | | |
| 1992 | 139 | 2,391 | | |
| 1993 | 156 | 2,065 | | |
| 1994 | 167 | 1,900 | | |
| 1995 | 190 | 1,623 | | |
| 1996 | 202 | 1,541 | | |
| 1997 | 232 | 1,326 | | |
| 1998 | 235 | 1,342 | | |
| 1999 | 251 | 1,250 | | |
| 2000 | 275 | 1,166 | | |
| 2001 | 294 | 1,013 | | |
| 2002 | 285 | 1,039 | | |
| 2003 | 324 | 904 | | |
| 2004 | 327 | 912 | | |
| Totals: | | 891,205 | | 234 |
During the last 125 years, parents have used Gary as a boy's name about 99% of the time and less frequently (about 0% of the time) as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are slightly lower than actual counts because the name Gary appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 122 times during the last 125 years.
See the Social Security card applications information for qualifiers about the data shown on this page.
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