Garyn
The Story of Garyn
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Garyn as a girl name dates back to 1997, when 6 babies received it. 1998 was its biggest year on record, with 9 newborns named Garyn — #9,259 in the national rankings. About 55% of every Garyn on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Garyn last appeared in the published SSA data in 2013, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 73 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Garyn on the record books as a boy name in 1977, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2003, when 18 Garyns were born — ranking #4,426 that year. About 44% of every Garyn on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Garyn last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 239 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Garyn
Garyn is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1977 and has accumulated 239 births in the dataset. Garyn's peak popularity came in 2003 when it ranked #4,426. Use the chart and map above to compare Garyn's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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