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Gary
Pronounced /ˈɡæɹ.ɪ/
Rank in 2024
#1,131
Born in 2024
187
Peak year
1952 · #10
Origin
Germanic
Also recorded for girls:0 in 2024
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 187 boys were named Gary, about 1 in every 9,173.
- It peaked in 1952 with 38,753 babies, ranked #10.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 901,938 boys 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
- 7.2Silent1928–45
- 14.5Boomers1946–64
- 5.1Gen X1965–80
- 1.7Millennials1981–96
- 0.5Gen Z1997–12
- 0.2Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 1,446 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Silent: 147,837 babies, 7.16 per 1,000. Boomers: 545,098 babies, 14.52 per 1,000. Gen X: 138,445 babies, 5.09 per 1,000. Millennials: 50,464 babies, 1.66 per 1,000. Gen Z: 14,369 babies, 0.46 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 4,114 babies, 0.19 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/
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