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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Garold

Garold was not among the names given to 5 or more boys in 2025. Its best year was 1946, when it ranked 656th with 97 babies. More babies were named Garold in the 1940s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedboys
Babies in 2025
0boys
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
194697 babies
Total since 1880
3,051babies recorded

Garold popularity since 1880

0255075100 1900192019401960198020002020
Boys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (boys)Babies (boys)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000——
1990——
1980#3,70011
1970#2,23317
1960#1,27738
1950#90957
1940#74568
1930#1,22234
1920#1,05544
1910#1,4796
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Garold, counting every spelling?

Garold has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Garold?

About 1,200 people born in the US named Garold are alive today, with a median age of 71; half are between 61 and 79. That makes Garold a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Garold by state

How common Garold was among boys born in each state in 1944–1948, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Kansas (8.0×), Iowa (3.5×), Ohio (1.6×). In 41 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesWI0.03Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesIL0.03Michigan: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesMI0.07New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesIA0.16Indiana: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesIN0.07Ohio: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesOH0.08Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesCA0.02Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: 0.28 per 1,000 babiesNE0.28Missouri: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesMO0.03Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: 0.37 per 1,000 babiesKS0.37Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: fewer than 5 a yearTX–Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Garold, boys, 1944–1948. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Garold: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Garold, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Garold

How popular is the name Garold?

Garold was not among the names given to 5 or more boys in 2025. Its best year was 1946, when it ranked 656th with 97 babies. More babies were named Garold in the 1940s than in any other decade.

Is Garold a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 0 girls and 3,051 boys.

Where was Garold most popular?

In 1944–1948, Garold was most common in Kansas (0.37 per 1,000 boys), followed by Nebraska and Iowa.