Gari is a rare variant of Gary that was most common in the 1960s and has all but disappeared.
Gari is predominantly a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2007. Gari was first reported in SSA data in 1938 and peaked in 1967 (24 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 5 | 5 | #18,563 | — |
| 1999 | 5 | 5 | #15,200 | — |
| 1993 | 5 | — | — | #9,212 |
| 1991 | 6 | — | #12,009 | — |
| 1989 | 8 | — | #9,016 | — |
| 1985 | 5 | — | — | #6,901 |
| 1984 | 5 | — | #10,948 | — |
| 1982 | 7 | — | #8,519 | — |
| 1981 | 10 | — | #6,477 | — |
| 1980 | 9 | — | #6,969 | — |
| 1979 | 15 | — | #6,345 | #6,393 |
| 1978 | 17 | — | #4,129 | — |
| 1977 | 17 | — | #5,619 | #5,366 |
| 1976 | 5 | — | — | #5,901 |
| 1975 | 6 | — | #8,324 | — |
| 1974 | 17 | — | #3,747 | — |
| 1973 | 11 | — | #4,989 | — |
| 1972 | 17 | — | #3,607 | — |
| 1971 | 16 | — | #5,242 | #4,594 |
| 1970 | 13 | — | #4,321 | — |
| 1969 | 15 | — | #3,674 | — |
| 1968 | 14 | — | #3,669 | — |
| 1967 | 24 | — | #2,513 | — |
| 1966 | 13 | — | #3,619 | — |
| 1965 | 16 | — | #4,607 | #3,351 |
| 1964 | 19 | — | #3,947 | #3,393 |
| 1963 | 31 | — | #2,994 | #2,354 |
| 1962 | 26 | — | #2,761 | #3,778 |
| 1961 | 23 | — | #3,235 | #3,470 |
| 1960 | 22 | — | #3,133 | #3,801 |
| 1959 | 15 | — | #4,119 | #4,206 |
| 1958 | 18 | — | #3,429 | #4,151 |
| 1957 | 8 | — | — | #3,104 |
| 1956 | 15 | — | #4,000 | #4,134 |
| 1955 | 10 | — | #3,876 | — |
| 1954 | 8 | — | #4,402 | — |
| 1953 | 15 | — | #5,253 | #2,782 |
| 1952 | 13 | — | #4,243 | #3,934 |
| 1951 | 22 | — | #2,994 | #2,735 |
| 1950 | 16 | — | #5,573 | #2,365 |
| 1949 | 13 | — | #4,000 | #3,883 |
| 1948 | 8 | — | — | #2,867 |
| 1947 | 12 | — | #3,119 | — |
| 1946 | 9 | — | #3,491 | — |
| 1945 | 9 | — | #3,217 | — |
| 1944 | 6 | — | #4,230 | — |
| 1943 | 6 | — | #4,364 | — |
| 1942 | 13 | — | #3,538 | #3,763 |
| 1941 | 8 | — | #3,356 | — |
| 1938 | 17 | — | #2,485 | #3,717 |