Garrison is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 1999 and has grown less common since.
Garrison is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,757 for boy births in the United States (and #3,753 across all names), given to 92 babies. Garrison was first reported in SSA data in 1912 and peaked in 1999 (353 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 92 | 92 | — | #1,757 |
| 2024 | 92 | 92 | — | #1,782 |
| 2023 | 107 | 107 | — | #1,625 |
| 2022 | 135 | 135 | — | #1,383 |
| 2021 | 149 | 149 | — | #1,274 |
| 2020 | 139 | 139 | — | #1,299 |
| 2019 | 173 | 173 | — | #1,128 |
| 2018 | 149 | 149 | — | #1,240 |
| 2017 | 169 | 169 | — | #1,131 |
| 2016 | 170 | 170 | — | #1,140 |
| 2015 | 193 | 193 | — | #1,040 |
| 2014 | 206 | 206 | — | #999 |
| 2013 | 210 | 210 | — | #952 |
| 2012 | 201 | 201 | — | #990 |
| 2011 | 151 | 151 | — | #1,175 |
| 2010 | 185 | 185 | — | #1,045 |
| 2009 | 210 | 210 | — | #958 |
| 2008 | 187 | 187 | — | #1,025 |
| 2007 | 225 | 225 | — | #893 |
| 2006 | 217 | 217 | — | #898 |
| 2005 | 229 | 229 | — | #822 |
| 2004 | 253 | 253 | — | #739 |
| 2003 | 286 | 286 | — | #679 |
| 2002 | 283 | 283 | — | #661 |
| 2001 | 254 | 254 | — | #703 |
| 2000 | 268 | 268 | — | #668 |
| 1999 | 353 | 353 | — | #566 |
| 1998 | 268 | 268 | — | #652 |
| 1997 | 192 | — | — | #777 |
| 1996 | 199 | — | — | #753 |
| 1995 | 172 | — | — | #817 |
| 1994 | 186 | — | — | #774 |
| 1993 | 234 | — | #14,243 | #678 |
| 1992 | 140 | — | — | #893 |
| 1991 | 147 | — | — | #868 |
| 1990 | 117 | — | — | #967 |
| 1989 | 109 | — | — | #979 |
| 1988 | 113 | — | — | #901 |
| 1987 | 77 | — | — | #1,098 |
| 1986 | 95 | — | — | #941 |
| 1985 | 53 | — | — | #1,323 |
| 1984 | 51 | — | — | #1,304 |
| 1983 | 34 | — | — | #1,697 |
| 1982 | 39 | — | — | #1,575 |
| 1981 | 34 | — | — | #1,709 |
| 1980 | 33 | — | — | #1,742 |
| 1979 | 34 | — | — | #1,686 |
| 1978 | 26 | — | — | #1,935 |
| 1977 | 24 | — | — | #2,030 |
| 1976 | 23 | — | — | #2,073 |
| 1975 | 17 | — | — | #2,482 |
| 1974 | 17 | — | — | #2,391 |
| 1973 | 27 | — | — | #1,711 |
| 1972 | 27 | — | — | #1,699 |
| 1971 | 23 | — | — | #1,883 |
| 1970 | 26 | — | — | #1,722 |
| 1969 | 37 | — | — | #1,308 |
| 1968 | 26 | — | — | #1,556 |
| 1967 | 21 | — | — | #1,728 |
| 1966 | 5 | — | — | #4,155 |
| 1965 | 9 | — | — | #2,867 |
| 1964 | 19 | — | — | #1,867 |
| 1963 | 15 | — | — | #2,144 |
| 1962 | 16 | — | — | #2,068 |
| 1961 | 11 | — | — | #2,602 |
| 1960 | 9 | — | — | #2,941 |
| 1959 | 12 | — | — | #2,461 |
| 1958 | 11 | — | — | #2,562 |
| 1957 | 21 | — | — | #1,766 |
| 1956 | 17 | — | — | #1,965 |
| 1955 | 17 | — | — | #1,924 |
| 1954 | 29 | — | — | #1,419 |
| 1953 | 23 | — | — | #1,607 |
| 1952 | 26 | — | — | #1,498 |
| 1951 | 12 | — | — | #2,288 |
| 1950 | 12 | — | — | #2,251 |
| 1949 | 14 | — | — | #2,058 |
| 1948 | 17 | — | — | #1,844 |
| 1947 | 9 | — | — | #2,742 |
| 1946 | 8 | — | — | #2,776 |
| 1945 | 11 | — | — | #2,169 |
| 1944 | 19 | — | — | #1,597 |
| 1943 | 12 | — | — | #2,220 |
| 1942 | 13 | — | — | #2,080 |
| 1940 | 6 | — | — | #3,249 |
| 1939 | 8 | — | — | #2,690 |
| 1938 | 6 | — | — | #3,299 |
| 1937 | 9 | — | — | #2,562 |
| 1936 | 13 | — | — | #1,991 |
| 1935 | 10 | — | — | #2,439 |
| 1934 | 11 | — | — | #2,319 |
| 1932 | 11 | — | — | #2,378 |
| 1931 | 5 | — | — | #3,986 |
| 1930 | 10 | — | — | #2,665 |
| 1929 | 10 | — | — | #2,661 |
| 1928 | 11 | — | — | #2,560 |
| 1926 | 9 | — | — | #2,994 |
| 1925 | 12 | — | — | #2,489 |
| 1924 | 7 | — | — | #3,631 |
| 1923 | 12 | — | — | #2,500 |
| 1922 | 7 | — | — | #3,651 |
| 1921 | 10 | — | — | #2,872 |
| 1920 | 10 | — | — | #2,845 |
| 1919 | 10 | — | — | #2,753 |
| 1918 | 12 | — | — | #2,447 |
| 1917 | 10 | — | — | #2,620 |
| 1916 | 5 | — | — | #4,143 |
| 1915 | 5 | — | — | #4,049 |
| 1914 | 7 | — | — | #2,755 |
| 1913 | 8 | — | — | #2,156 |
| 1912 | 6 | — | — | #2,380 |