Garry
Boy · GARR-ee · Germanic
Garry is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “spear”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Garry mean?
Germanic: spelling of Gary; English surname from Germanic names beginning with gar
“spear”
Actor Gary Cooper took his stage name from the town of Gary, Indiana.
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- GARR-ee
Meaning borrowed from Gary. More on Wiktionary.
Is Garry a girl's or a boy's name?
Garry is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Garry in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Garry, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 1996, with 67 boys.
Half of all the boys named Garry in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 12 boys in the UK were given Garry or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,763, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.
- Gary 9
- Garry 3
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1954 (#82), 1964 (#70) and 1974 (#90).
Garry in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 1 | #6,364 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,425 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,207 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,033 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,382 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,311 |
| 2010 | 12 | #1,887 |
| 2009 | 15 | #1,582 |
| 2008 | 17 | #1,436 |
| 2007 | 17 | #1,399 |
| 2006 | 13 | #1,558 |
| 2005 | 23 | #1,033 |
| 2004 | 17 | #1,183 |
| 2003 | 19 | #1,046 |
| 2002 | 31 | #692 |
| 2001 | 26 | #748 |
| 2000 | 26 | #743 |
| 1999 | 38 | #562 |
| 1998 | 37 | #557 |
| 1997 | 39 | #525 |
| 1996 | 67 | #372 |
How popular is Garry in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Garry, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,694th. Its busiest year was 1954, with 2,218 boys.
Half of all the boys named Garry in the US since 1880 were born between 1949 and 1963, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 216 boys in the US were given Garry or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #945, up from #5,859 for this spelling alone.
- Gary 201
- Garry 15
Garry in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 19 | #5,063 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,015 |
| 2021 | 24 | #4,243 |
| 2020 | 20 | #4,694 |
| 2019 | 27 | #3,896 |
| 2018 | 34 | #3,298 |
| 2017 | 29 | #3,674 |
| 2016 | 37 | #3,110 |
| 2015 | 26 | #3,980 |
| 2014 | 36 | #3,088 |
| 2013 | 34 | #3,187 |
| 2012 | 41 | #2,867 |
| 2011 | 36 | #3,113 |
| 2010 | 30 | #3,530 |
| 2009 | 36 | #3,161 |
| 2008 | 53 | #2,404 |
| 2007 | 72 | #1,951 |
| 2006 | 68 | #1,966 |
| 2005 | 62 | #2,004 |
| 2004 | 66 | #1,853 |
| 2003 | 61 | #1,903 |
| 2002 | 77 | #1,586 |
| 2001 | 67 | #1,706 |
| 2000 | 87 | #1,416 |
| 1999 | 83 | #1,405 |
| 1998 | 98 | #1,234 |
| 1997 | 100 | #1,187 |
| 1996 | 105 | #1,125 |
| 1995 | 107 | #1,094 |
| 1994 | 129 | #968 |
| 1993 | 111 | #1,043 |
| 1992 | 167 | #809 |
| 1991 | 163 | #805 |
| 1990 | 174 | #764 |
| 1989 | 188 | #719 |
| 1988 | 213 | #649 |
| 1987 | 211 | #629 |
| 1986 | 240 | #575 |
| 1985 | 251 | #556 |
| 1984 | 286 | #502 |
| 1983 | 262 | #516 |
| 1982 | 273 | #514 |
| 1981 | 311 | #471 |
| 1980 | 309 | #478 |
| 1979 | 323 | #449 |
| 1978 | 322 | #441 |
| 1977 | 360 | #416 |
| 1976 | 362 | #408 |
| 1975 | 336 | #427 |
| 1974 | 372 | #402 |
| 1973 | 331 | #429 |
| 1972 | 366 | #413 |
| 1971 | 412 | #400 |
| 1970 | 463 | #377 |
| 1969 | 413 | #386 |
| 1968 | 422 | #378 |
| 1967 | 485 | #341 |
| 1966 | 558 | #314 |
| 1965 | 549 | #324 |
| 1964 | 740 | #287 |
| 1963 | 896 | #256 |
| 1962 | 990 | #247 |
| 1961 | 1,116 | #238 |
| 1960 | 1,235 | #225 |
| 1959 | 1,475 | #195 |
| 1958 | 1,762 | #172 |
| 1957 | 2,042 | #158 |
| 1956 | 2,043 | #153 |
| 1955 | 2,193 | #139 |
| 1954 | 2,218 | #138 |
| 1953 | 2,047 | #142 |
| 1952 | 1,808 | #155 |
| 1951 | 1,670 | #154 |
| 1950 | 1,534 | #164 |
| 1949 | 1,418 | #165 |
| 1948 | 1,399 | #167 |
| 1947 | 1,449 | #164 |
| 1946 | 1,313 | #162 |
| 1945 | 1,050 | #165 |
| 1944 | 929 | #176 |
| 1943 | 830 | #194 |
| 1942 | 760 | #203 |
| 1941 | 613 | #217 |
| 1940 | 557 | #222 |
| 1939 | 406 | #270 |
| 1938 | 368 | #288 |
| 1937 | 292 | #315 |
| 1936 | 269 | #335 |
| 1935 | 259 | #341 |
| 1934 | 164 | #441 |
| 1933 | 117 | #524 |
| 1932 | 95 | #607 |
| 1931 | 82 | #659 |
| 1930 | 63 | #815 |
| 1929 | 51 | #940 |
| 1928 | 46 | #1,019 |
| 1927 | 32 | #1,293 |
| 1926 | 30 | #1,331 |
| 1925 | 27 | #1,425 |
| 1924 | 24 | #1,577 |
| 1923 | 28 | #1,385 |
| 1922 | 21 | #1,695 |
| 1921 | 22 | #1,648 |
| 1920 | 28 | #1,382 |
| 1919 | 25 | #1,448 |
| 1918 | 26 | #1,403 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,279 |
| 1916 | 23 | #1,458 |
| 1915 | 17 | #1,706 |
| 1914 | 14 | #1,686 |
| 1913 | 15 | #1,364 |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,526 |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,739 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,588 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,372 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,204 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,009 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,012 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,120 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 7 | #860 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 5 | #973 |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 5 | #959 |
| 1885 | 5 | #935 |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 6 | #836 |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 6 | #809 |
Nicknames for Garry
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