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Garison

Gender
Boy
Say it
GAIR-ih-sun
Origin
English

Garison is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “son of Garret”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Garison mean?

English: spelling of Garrison; patronymic surname

“son of Garret”

From an English surname meaning 'son of Garret', which is identical to the word for troops stationed in a fort.

Meaning borrowed from Garrison.

Is Garison a girl's or a boy's name?

Garison is a boys' name.

How popular is Garison in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2001, with 10 boys. It first appears in the records in 1993.

Half of all the boys named Garison in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.

1993Busiest: 10 in 20012019
Garison in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20196#10,797
20180–
20170–
20160–
20150–
20140–
20135#12,129
20120–
20110–
20100–
20096#10,989
20088#9,013
200710#7,586
20066#10,655
20057#9,108
20046#9,941
200310#6,708
20029#7,048
200110#6,438
20000–
19995#9,905
19986#8,472
19979#6,094
19968#6,489
19956#7,785
19947#6,962
19936#7,631

Names like Garison

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Names related to Garison

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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, “Garison: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/garison, updated 20 October 2026.