Gary

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: English

Meaning

Gary and Garry are English language masculine given names.

From Wikipedia

Gary first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1996 with 235 babies (rank #147 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Gary

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Gary yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

1,456
Total babies (all years)
21
Years in the data
235
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1996235#147
1997169#193
1998152#208
1999108#263
200082#322
200177#337
200260#393
200370#379
200471#396
200546#576
200649#594
200743#672
200839#747
200957#577
201032#905
201126#1,033
201229#986
201328#1,012
201433#900
201523#1,168
201627#1,057