Garrison
Boy · GAIR-ih-sun · English
Garrison is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “son of Garret”. In 2025 it ranked 1,753rd for boys in the US (92 babies).
What does Garrison mean?
English: 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.
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- GAIR-ih-sun
Is Garrison a girl's or a boy's name?
Garrison is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 92 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Garrison in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,753among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 92about 1 in 19,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 92 boys in the US were named Garrison, making it the 1,753rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,297th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 353 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.
Half of all the boys named Garrison in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Garrison in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 92 | #1,753 |
| 2024 | 92 | #1,776 |
| 2023 | 107 | #1,623 |
| 2022 | 135 | #1,379 |
| 2021 | 149 | #1,273 |
| 2020 | 139 | #1,297 |
| 2019 | 173 | #1,127 |
| 2018 | 149 | #1,238 |
| 2017 | 169 | #1,129 |
| 2016 | 170 | #1,134 |
| 2015 | 193 | #1,039 |
| 2014 | 206 | #999 |
| 2013 | 210 | #948 |
| 2012 | 201 | #989 |
| 2011 | 151 | #1,173 |
| 2010 | 185 | #1,044 |
| 2009 | 210 | #958 |
| 2008 | 187 | #1,024 |
| 2007 | 225 | #892 |
| 2006 | 217 | #896 |
| 2005 | 229 | #822 |
| 2004 | 253 | #739 |
| 2003 | 286 | #679 |
| 2002 | 283 | #661 |
| 2001 | 254 | #702 |
| 2000 | 268 | #666 |
| 1999 | 353 | #564 |
| 1998 | 268 | #651 |
| 1997 | 192 | #774 |
| 1996 | 199 | #750 |
| 1995 | 172 | #813 |
| 1994 | 186 | #770 |
| 1993 | 229 | #676 |
| 1992 | 140 | #889 |
| 1991 | 147 | #863 |
| 1990 | 117 | #959 |
| 1989 | 109 | #975 |
| 1988 | 113 | #900 |
| 1987 | 77 | #1,095 |
| 1986 | 95 | #936 |
| 1985 | 53 | #1,320 |
| 1984 | 51 | #1,293 |
| 1983 | 34 | #1,686 |
| 1982 | 39 | #1,562 |
| 1981 | 34 | #1,694 |
| 1980 | 33 | #1,726 |
| 1979 | 34 | #1,670 |
| 1978 | 26 | #1,913 |
| 1977 | 24 | #2,008 |
| 1976 | 23 | #2,053 |
| 1975 | 17 | #2,448 |
| 1974 | 17 | #2,356 |
| 1973 | 27 | #1,696 |
| 1972 | 27 | #1,680 |
| 1971 | 23 | #1,861 |
| 1970 | 26 | #1,698 |
| 1969 | 37 | #1,302 |
| 1968 | 26 | #1,543 |
| 1967 | 21 | #1,710 |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 9 | #2,778 |
| 1964 | 19 | #1,849 |
| 1963 | 15 | #2,114 |
| 1962 | 16 | #2,034 |
| 1961 | 11 | #2,536 |
| 1960 | 9 | #2,869 |
| 1959 | 12 | #2,413 |
| 1958 | 11 | #2,504 |
| 1957 | 21 | #1,750 |
| 1956 | 17 | #1,944 |
| 1955 | 17 | #1,901 |
| 1954 | 29 | #1,407 |
| 1953 | 23 | #1,591 |
| 1952 | 26 | #1,484 |
| 1951 | 12 | #2,245 |
| 1950 | 12 | #2,206 |
| 1949 | 14 | #2,021 |
| 1948 | 17 | #1,816 |
| 1947 | 9 | #2,670 |
| 1946 | 8 | #2,689 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,130 |
| 1944 | 19 | #1,573 |
| 1943 | 12 | #2,181 |
| 1942 | 13 | #2,041 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,130 |
| 1939 | 8 | #2,609 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,174 |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,479 |
| 1936 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 1935 | 10 | #2,396 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,266 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,313 |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,607 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,588 |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,522 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 9 | #2,902 |
| 1925 | 12 | #2,434 |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,504 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,445 |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,530 |
| 1921 | 10 | #2,803 |
| 1920 | 10 | #2,764 |
| 1919 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1918 | 12 | #2,397 |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,561 |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,650 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,091 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,268 |
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