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Gary
Pronounced /ˈɡæɹ.ɪ/
Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1961 · #1141
Origin
Germanic
Also recorded for boys:187 in 2024 (#1,131)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- No girls were recorded as Gary in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
- It peaked in 1961 with 93 babies, ranked #1141.
- It first shows up in the records in 1915.
- 3,285 girls have been named Gary since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Gary per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- 0Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 67 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 576 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Boomers: 1,441 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen X: 837 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Millennials: 358 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 6 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Medieval short form of Germanic compound names beginning with gari or geri ("spear"), such as Gerard, Garrett, Gerald, or Gerbert. Cognate with the Scottish and Irish name Garaidh. Sometimes also a short form of Gareth. The popularity of the given name in the 20th century is due to the American actor Gary Cooper, whose stage name was invented by his agent, a native of Gary, Indiana. ==== Proper noun ==== Gary (countable and uncountable, plural Garys) A male given name from the Germanic languages, popular from the 1940s to the 1970s; variant form Garry.
- A male given name from the Germanic languages, popular from the 1940s to the 1970s; variant form Garry.
- Origin
- Germanic
- Say it
- /ˈɡæɹ.ɪ/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Gary, CC BY-SA 4.0.