Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Garland

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Garland
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 96.7% from peak

Peak era

1922

Peak rank proxy

478

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19222024

Peak year

1922

Decline from peak

96.7%

2024

All-time

23,844

Garland once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1922, when 478 boys were named Garland.

In 2024, only 16 boys were given the name.

Down 96.7% from its peak.

All told, about 23,844 Americans have been named Garland and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 96.7% from peak

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