Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Gary

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

Endangered Down 99.5% from peak

Peak era

1952

Peak rank proxy

38,753

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19522024

Peak year

1952

Decline from peak

99.5%

2024

187

All-time

901,938

Gary 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 1952, when 38,753 boys were named Gary.

In 2024, only 187 boys were given the name.

Down 99.5% from its peak.

All told, about 901,938 Americans have been named Gary and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 99.5% from peak

195238,753 boys named Gary

2024187 boys named Gary

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