Garen
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- GAIR-en
- US rank, 2025
- #5,207 for boys
Garen is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 5,207th for boys in the US (18 babies).
What does Garen mean?
Armenian, Western Armenian form of Karen
Western Armenian pronunciation of Karen, a common Armenian men's name.
Is Garen a girl's or a boy's name?
Garen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Garen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,207th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 95,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the US were named Garen, making it the 5,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,037th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 30 boys. It first appears in the records in 1941.
Half of all the boys named Garen in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Garen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #5,207 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 18 | #5,250 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 18 | #5,037 |
| 2019 | 30 | #3,633 |
| 2018 | 23 | #4,350 |
| 2017 | 29 | #3,674 |
| 2016 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2015 | 28 | #3,774 |
| 2014 | 30 | #3,530 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 25 | #4,000 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,196 |
| 2010 | 23 | #4,240 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 18 | #5,063 |
| 2007 | 22 | #4,373 |
| 2006 | 28 | #3,600 |
| 2005 | 21 | #4,193 |
| 2004 | 18 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 19 | #4,271 |
| 2002 | 23 | #3,665 |
| 2001 | 17 | #4,470 |
| 2000 | 20 | #3,916 |
| 1999 | 18 | #3,981 |
| 1998 | 19 | #3,704 |
| 1997 | 20 | #3,450 |
| 1996 | 15 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 18 | #3,553 |
| 1994 | 18 | #3,590 |
| 1993 | 26 | #2,691 |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,106 |
| 1991 | 26 | #2,600 |
| 1990 | 22 | #2,859 |
| 1989 | 20 | #2,983 |
| 1988 | 25 | #2,362 |
| 1987 | 23 | #2,396 |
| 1986 | 18 | #2,776 |
| 1985 | 18 | #2,708 |
| 1984 | 13 | #3,268 |
| 1983 | 17 | #2,675 |
| 1982 | 13 | #3,281 |
| 1981 | 18 | #2,568 |
| 1980 | 15 | #2,964 |
| 1979 | 17 | #2,668 |
| 1978 | 9 | #3,855 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 8 | #3,835 |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 10 | #3,144 |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,069 |
| 1969 | 12 | #2,548 |
| 1968 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,229 |
| 1966 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 1965 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1964 | 8 | #3,049 |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,317 |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,303 |
| 1961 | 11 | #2,536 |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
| 1959 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 10 | #2,557 |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,450 |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,423 |
| 1952 | 10 | #2,512 |
| 1951 | 11 | #2,366 |
| 1950 | 9 | #2,579 |
| 1949 | 6 | #3,296 |
| 1948 | 11 | #2,325 |
| 1947 | 10 | #2,497 |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,308 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,132 |
Names like Garen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brayden, Aiden, Kayden, Keegan, Devin, Eden, Dylan, Declan, Camden, Braden, Ryan, Logan
Names related to Garen
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Garen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/garen, updated 20 October 2026.