Gary is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #2201 for boy births in the United States, given to 201 babies. Gary first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 1952 (38,839 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 201 | #2,201 |
| 2024 | 187 | #2,341 |
| 2023 | 203 | #2,222 |
| 2022 | 237 | #2,002 |
| 2021 | 253 | #1,901 |
| 2020 | 288 | #1,693 |
| 2019 | 303 | #1,648 |
| 2018 | 374 | #1,403 |
| 2017 | 407 | #1,327 |
| 2016 | 444 | #1,263 |
| 2015 | 479 | #1,185 |
| 2014 | 493 | #1,163 |
| 2013 | 446 | #1,209 |
| 2012 | 492 | #1,125 |
| 2011 | 527 | #1,047 |
| 2010 | 547 | #1,020 |
| 2009 | 611 | #952 |
| 2008 | 679 | #898 |
| 2007 | 779 | #816 |
| 2006 | 870 | #728 |
| 2005 | 879 | #699 |
| 2004 | 925 | #672 |
| 2003 | 912 | #662 |
| 2002 | 1,043 | #588 |
| 2001 | 1,013 | #602 |
| 2000 | 1,168 | #545 |
| 1999 | 1,253 | #499 |
| 1998 | 1,345 | #466 |
| 1997 | 1,333 | #461 |
| 1996 | 1,551 | #399 |
| 1995 | 1,633 | #376 |
| 1994 | 1,903 | #335 |
| 1993 | 2,073 | #309 |
| 1992 | 2,407 | #273 |
| 1991 | 2,684 | #243 |
| 1990 | 3,084 | #223 |
| 1989 | 3,143 | #209 |
| 1988 | 3,270 | #195 |
| 1987 | 3,516 | #171 |
| 1986 | 3,752 | #158 |
| 1985 | 3,847 | #157 |
| 1984 | 3,977 | #151 |
| 1983 | 4,313 | #137 |
| 1982 | 4,685 | #128 |
| 1981 | 4,982 | #119 |
| 1980 | 5,079 | #120 |
| 1979 | 5,090 | #113 |
| 1978 | 5,149 | #115 |
| 1977 | 5,498 | #109 |
| 1976 | 5,630 | #102 |
| 1975 | 6,161 | #95 |
| 1974 | 6,490 | #90 |
| 1973 | 6,898 | #80 |
| 1972 | 7,807 | #73 |
| 1971 | 9,244 | #70 |
| 1970 | 10,780 | #64 |
| 1969 | 11,210 | #63 |
| 1968 | 12,045 | #59 |
| 1967 | 12,679 | #60 |
| 1966 | 14,209 | #52 |
| 1965 | 15,311 | #46 |
| 1964 | 17,267 | #43 |
| 1963 | 19,005 | #39 |
| 1962 | 20,961 | #35 |
| 1961 | 22,268 | #33 |
| 1960 | 21,772 | #37 |
| 1959 | 23,378 | #33 |
| 1958 | 25,351 | #27 |
| 1957 | 29,617 | #22 |
| 1956 | 31,909 | #22 |
| 1955 | 34,520 | #18 |
| 1954 | 38,008 | #15 |
| 1953 | 37,034 | #16 |
| 1952 | 38,839 | #16 |
| 1951 | 38,229 | #16 |
| 1950 | 33,805 | #15 |
| 1949 | 28,990 | #19 |
| 1948 | 28,471 | #20 |
| 1947 | 30,119 | #20 |
| 1946 | 27,010 | #21 |
| 1945 | 21,405 | #20 |
| 1944 | 20,125 | #24 |
| 1943 | 17,926 | #29 |
| 1942 | 17,128 | #30 |
| 1941 | 14,618 | #33 |
| 1940 | 12,617 | #34 |
| 1939 | 9,711 | #39 |
| 1938 | 8,896 | #45 |
| 1937 | 6,801 | #59 |
| 1936 | 5,219 | #77 |
| 1935 | 4,506 | #89 |
| 1934 | 3,369 | #135 |
| 1933 | 2,274 | #184 |
| 1932 | 1,308 | #288 |
| 1931 | 1,004 | #334 |
| 1930 | 728 | #422 |
| 1929 | 542 | #509 |
| 1928 | 239 | #809 |
| 1927 | 130 | #1,151 |
| 1926 | 114 | #1,241 |
| 1925 | 120 | #1,220 |
| 1924 | 90 | #1,445 |
| 1923 | 85 | #1,463 |
| 1922 | 78 | #1,548 |
| 1921 | 95 | #1,389 |
| 1920 | 81 | #1,505 |
| 1919 | 89 | #1,382 |
| 1918 | 79 | #1,498 |
| 1917 | 79 | #1,433 |
| 1916 | 72 | #1,479 |
| 1915 | 84 | #1,335 |
| 1914 | 59 | #1,399 |
| 1913 | 40 | #1,552 |
| 1912 | 44 | #1,365 |
| 1911 | 25 | #1,443 |
| 1910 | 16 | #1,820 |
| 1909 | 12 | #1,998 |
| 1908 | 26 | #1,246 |
| 1907 | 16 | #1,565 |
| 1906 | 16 | #1,494 |
| 1905 | 16 | #1,500 |
| 1904 | 11 | #1,765 |
| 1903 | 8 | #2,064 |
| 1902 | 18 | #1,309 |
| 1901 | 10 | #1,713 |
| 1900 | 9 | #2,108 |
| 1899 | 8 | #1,906 |
| 1898 | 7 | #2,163 |
| 1897 | 13 | #1,480 |
| 1896 | 13 | #1,499 |
| 1895 | 12 | #1,521 |
| 1894 | 10 | #1,655 |
| 1893 | 7 | #1,928 |
| 1892 | 15 | #1,292 |
| 1891 | 6 | #1,982 |
| 1890 | 11 | #1,418 |
| 1888 | 6 | #1,972 |
| 1887 | 7 | #1,668 |
| 1886 | 7 | #1,639 |
| 1885 | 7 | #1,592 |
| 1884 | 5 | #1,932 |
| 1882 | 10 | #1,228 |
| 1881 | 6 | #1,538 |
| 1880 | 6 | #1,613 |