girls:
17 births since 2008
#5699 (0th percentile)
boys:
1.8k births since 1938
#2907 (37th percentile)
overall:
1.9k births since 1938
#5894 (24th percentile)
The name Garren is the #5,894 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,866 recorded births since 1938. This represents the 23.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 23.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,907 (36.6% percentile) for all time with 1,849 births since 1938. For girls, it ranks #5,699 (0.3% percentile) for all time with 17 births since 2008.
Garren first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1938 (1938 for boys and 2008 for girls). Birth data for Garren is available in 68 out of the 86 years between 1938 and 2023 (68 years for boys and 2 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Garren has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.1% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Garren reached its peak popularity in 2000, achieving the 7.7% percentile (ranked #751) with 33 births per million. The name was most common in 2000, with 33 births per million (ranked 7.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2003, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Garren ranks #908 for boys (0.3% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 13.4% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Garren reached its peak popularity in 2009, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #952) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2009, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2009.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Garren".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Garren. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 42.9% confident that Garren is pronounced as GA-ruhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is GEH-ruhn, at 35.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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