# Garry (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/garry/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 47,849 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 47,670 / 179 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 243, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1952 | 6 | 5,117 |
| 1953 | 6 | 5,254 |
| 1954 | 11 | 3,566 |
| 1955 | 8 | 4,511 |
| 1956 | 6 | 5,508 |
| 1957 | 12 | 3,542 |
| 1958 | 7 | 5,063 |
| 1959 | 6 | 5,790 |
| 1960 | 5 | 6,673 |
| 1962 | 5 | 6,903 |
| 1963 | 7 | 5,499 |
| 1965 | 7 | 5,465 |
| 1972 | 5 | 8,695 |
| 1978 | 5 | 10,263 |
| 1984 | 6 | 9,509 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 36 | 3,130 |
| 2012 | 41 | 2,880 |
| 2013 | 34 | 3,216 |
| 2014 | 36 | 3,109 |
| 2015 | 26 | 4,014 |
| 2016 | 37 | 3,130 |
| 2017 | 29 | 3,706 |
| 2018 | 34 | 3,324 |
| 2019 | 27 | 3,932 |
| 2020 | 20 | 4,756 |
| 2021 | 24 | 4,288 |
| 2022 | 19 | 5,096 |
| 2023 | 14 | 6,310 |
| 2024 | 19 | 5,126 |
| 2025 | 15 | 5,949 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 8 | 2,276 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,227 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2011 | 7 | 2,613 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,039 |
| 2013 | 9 | 2,216 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3,373 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,079 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3,937 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3,848 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,048 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## People named Garry

- Garry Shandling, American comedian (1949–2016)
- Garry Marshall, American actor and filmmaker (1934–2016)
- Garry Mendes Rodrigues, Dutch-born Cape Verdean footballer
- Garry Monk, English footballer
- Garry Birtles, English football player and manager (born 1956)
- Garry Winogrand, American street photographer (1928–1984)
- Garry Trudeau, American cartoonist (born 1948)
- Garry Tallent, American rock musician
- Garry Chalk, Canadian actor
- Garry Bocaly, French association football player
- Garry Cook, British athlete
- Garry Davis, American actor turned peace activist (1921-2013)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.