Gar

Boy · recorded 1920–1991

  • 1991last recorded
  • 1958best year

Most popular in 1958.

Last recorded in 1991. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Gar.

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Its story

Popularity since 1920

04819201938195619731991

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 29 recorded years as a table
Gar, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19205
19306
19327
19335
19366
19415
19456
19475
19504
19513
19524
19535
19544
19555
19574
19588
19596
19606
19615
19624
19634
19653
19663
19673
19694
19723
19754
19892
19912

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Gar isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1991
5
Rank in 1991
#8,236
How rare
1 in 404,065 boys
Since 1920
219

Gar was last recorded in 1991. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1958, at 8 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Gar doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.