Gary was a hugely popular boys' name that peaked at #9 in 1954 but is far less common today.
Gary is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,073 for boy births in the United States (and #2,202 across all names), given to 201 babies. Gary first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1952 (38,754 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 201 | 201 | — | #1,073 |
| 2024 | 187 | 187 | — | #1,133 |
| 2023 | 203 | 203 | — | #1,067 |
| 2022 | 237 | 237 | — | #956 |
| 2021 | 253 | 253 | — | #908 |
| 2020 | 288 | 288 | — | #807 |
| 2019 | 303 | 303 | — | #774 |
| 2018 | 374 | 374 | — | #671 |
| 2017 | 407 | 407 | — | #637 |
| 2016 | 444 | 444 | — | #606 |
| 2015 | 479 | 479 | — | #581 |
| 2014 | 493 | 493 | — | #561 |
| 2013 | 446 | 446 | — | #580 |
| 2012 | 492 | 492 | — | #532 |
| 2011 | 527 | 527 | — | #495 |
| 2010 | 547 | 547 | — | #475 |
| 2009 | 611 | 611 | — | #452 |
| 2008 | 679 | 679 | — | #427 |
| 2007 | 779 | 779 | — | #388 |
| 2006 | 870 | 870 | — | #349 |
| 2005 | 879 | 879 | — | #338 |
| 2004 | 925 | 925 | — | #326 |
| 2003 | 912 | 912 | — | #324 |
| 2002 | 1,043 | 1,048 | — | #285 |
| 2001 | 1,013 | 1,013 | — | #294 |
| 2000 | 1,168 | 1,168 | — | #275 |
| 1999 | 1,253 | 1,253 | — | #251 |
| 1998 | 1,345 | 1,345 | — | #234 |
| 1997 | 1,333 | — | #12,623 | #232 |
| 1996 | 1,551 | — | #9,880 | #201 |
| 1995 | 1,633 | — | #9,883 | #190 |
| 1994 | 1,903 | — | #14,173 | #167 |
| 1993 | 2,073 | — | #8,968 | #156 |
| 1992 | 2,407 | — | #6,417 | #139 |
| 1991 | 2,684 | — | #10,648 | #124 |
| 1990 | 3,084 | — | #5,918 | #114 |
| 1989 | 3,143 | — | #5,374 | #106 |
| 1988 | 3,270 | — | #3,623 | #100 |
| 1987 | 3,516 | — | #3,123 | #87 |
| 1986 | 3,752 | — | #2,869 | #84 |
| 1985 | 3,847 | — | #2,719 | #82 |
| 1984 | 3,977 | — | #3,260 | #76 |
| 1983 | 4,313 | — | #2,107 | #68 |
| 1982 | 4,685 | — | #2,297 | #64 |
| 1981 | 4,982 | — | #2,576 | #62 |
| 1980 | 5,079 | — | #2,319 | #63 |
| 1979 | 5,090 | — | #1,983 | #59 |
| 1978 | 5,149 | — | #2,359 | #60 |
| 1977 | 5,498 | — | #1,930 | #58 |
| 1976 | 5,630 | — | #2,217 | #52 |
| 1975 | 6,161 | — | #1,919 | #50 |
| 1974 | 6,490 | — | #1,886 | #48 |
| 1973 | 6,898 | — | #1,809 | #44 |
| 1972 | 7,807 | — | #1,775 | #41 |
| 1971 | 9,244 | — | #1,694 | #38 |
| 1970 | 10,780 | — | #1,532 | #35 |
| 1969 | 11,210 | — | #1,405 | #35 |
| 1968 | 12,045 | — | #1,303 | #32 |
| 1967 | 12,679 | — | #1,386 | #32 |
| 1966 | 14,209 | — | #1,519 | #28 |
| 1965 | 15,311 | — | #1,550 | #27 |
| 1964 | 17,267 | — | #1,452 | #26 |
| 1963 | 19,005 | — | #1,267 | #24 |
| 1962 | 20,961 | — | #1,261 | #22 |
| 1961 | 22,268 | — | #1,133 | #21 |
| 1960 | 21,772 | — | #1,229 | #22 |
| 1959 | 23,378 | — | #1,236 | #20 |
| 1958 | 25,351 | — | #1,323 | #17 |
| 1957 | 29,617 | — | #1,126 | #13 |
| 1956 | 31,909 | — | #1,274 | #13 |
| 1955 | 34,520 | — | #1,084 | #12 |
| 1954 | 38,008 | — | #1,048 | #9 |
| 1953 | 37,034 | — | #1,181 | #10 |
| 1952 | 38,839 | — | #1,019 | #10 |
| 1951 | 38,229 | — | #1,120 | #10 |
| 1950 | 33,805 | — | #1,117 | #10 |
| 1949 | 28,990 | — | #1,224 | #12 |
| 1948 | 28,471 | — | #1,017 | #12 |
| 1947 | 30,119 | — | #936 | #12 |
| 1946 | 27,010 | — | #941 | #12 |
| 1945 | 21,405 | — | #996 | #13 |
| 1944 | 20,125 | — | #949 | #15 |
| 1943 | 17,926 | — | #1,051 | #16 |
| 1942 | 17,128 | — | #1,010 | #18 |
| 1941 | 14,618 | — | #1,036 | #19 |
| 1940 | 12,617 | — | #1,089 | #19 |
| 1939 | 9,711 | — | #1,440 | #21 |
| 1938 | 8,896 | — | #1,238 | #22 |
| 1937 | 6,801 | — | #1,164 | #29 |
| 1936 | 5,219 | — | #1,424 | #38 |
| 1935 | 4,506 | — | #2,035 | #44 |
| 1934 | 3,369 | — | #2,120 | #60 |
| 1933 | 2,274 | — | #1,748 | #80 |
| 1932 | 1,308 | — | #2,411 | #136 |
| 1931 | 1,004 | — | #2,241 | #153 |
| 1930 | 728 | — | #2,238 | #194 |
| 1929 | 542 | — | #4,847 | #234 |
| 1928 | 239 | — | #2,673 | #395 |
| 1927 | 130 | — | — | #542 |
| 1926 | 114 | — | #3,132 | #615 |
| 1925 | 120 | — | #5,283 | #587 |
| 1924 | 90 | — | #4,678 | #723 |
| 1923 | 85 | — | — | #703 |
| 1922 | 78 | — | #5,292 | #783 |
| 1921 | 95 | — | #3,514 | #699 |
| 1920 | 81 | — | #4,139 | #770 |
| 1919 | 89 | — | #3,999 | #686 |
| 1918 | 79 | — | #5,106 | #749 |
| 1917 | 79 | — | #3,866 | #735 |
| 1916 | 72 | — | — | #704 |
| 1915 | 84 | — | #3,959 | #660 |
| 1914 | 59 | — | — | #660 |
| 1913 | 40 | — | — | #738 |
| 1912 | 44 | — | — | #629 |
| 1911 | 25 | — | — | #616 |
| 1910 | 16 | — | — | #766 |
| 1909 | 12 | — | — | #865 |
| 1908 | 26 | — | — | #491 |
| 1907 | 16 | — | — | #645 |
| 1906 | 16 | — | — | #599 |
| 1905 | 16 | — | — | #601 |
| 1904 | 11 | — | — | #738 |
| 1903 | 8 | — | — | #867 |
| 1902 | 18 | — | — | #514 |
| 1901 | 10 | — | — | #699 |
| 1900 | 9 | — | — | #934 |
| 1899 | 8 | — | — | #812 |
| 1898 | 7 | — | — | #921 |
| 1897 | 13 | — | — | #592 |
| 1896 | 13 | — | — | #606 |
| 1895 | 12 | — | — | #617 |
| 1894 | 10 | — | — | #691 |
| 1893 | 7 | — | — | #864 |
| 1892 | 15 | — | — | #530 |
| 1891 | 6 | — | — | #886 |
| 1890 | 11 | — | — | #613 |
| 1888 | 6 | — | — | #965 |
| 1887 | 7 | — | — | #778 |
| 1886 | 7 | — | — | #792 |
| 1885 | 7 | — | — | #794 |
| 1884 | 5 | — | — | #1,030 |
| 1882 | 10 | — | — | #620 |
| 1881 | 6 | — | — | #813 |
| 1880 | 6 | — | — | #857 |