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Gary

in the US

There are 851,378 people with the first name "Gary" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Gary 30
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  1. is 26th most common Brian
  2. is 27th most common Elizabeth
  3. is 28th most common Karen
  4. is 29th most common Lisa
  5. is 30th most common Gary
  6. is 31st most common Edward
  7. is 32nd most common Nancy
  8. is 33rd most common Christopher
  9. is 34th most common Scott

Similar Names and Nicknames

Garry, Gari, Garrie, Garre, Gare

Most Common Last Names for Gary

Smith, Johnson, Miller, Brown, Williams, Jones, Davis, Anderson, Moore, Wilson

Meaning & History

(male) Transferred use of a surname, which is probably derived from a Norman personal name of Continental Germanic origin, a short form of any of the various compound names beginning with gar ‘spear’. One bearer of this surname was the American industrialist Elbert Henry Gary (1846–1927), who gave his name to the steel town of Gary, Indiana (chartered in 1906). In this town was born the theatrical agent Nan Collins, who suggested Gary as a stage name for her client Frank J. Cooper, who thus became Gary Cooper (1901–61). His film career caused the name to become enormously popular from the 1930s to the present day. Its popularity has been maintained by the cricketer Gary Sobers (b. 1936; in his case it is in fact a pet form of Garfield) and the footballer Gary Lineker (b. 1960). It is now often taken as a pet form of Gareth.

Variant: Garry.

Pet form: Gaz (informal).

Recent Searches for "Gary" in the US

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Gary Smith (8,351 searches)
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