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Baby name
Gary
Boy
Origin of the name
Gary is an English name of uncertain origin, possibly from a surname linked to the Germanic gar, “spear.”
Short-lived name
902,152births since 1880
1950sgeneration
No. 10rank at its peak, in 1952
Where babies named Gary are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Gary is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Gary is most common in Montana (1.7 times), Iowa (1.7) and West Virginia (1.7), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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