GARY is ranked as the 27th most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 1,391,682.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 436.46 people named GARY for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 99% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named GARY is 721,392.
The SSA data also shows that GARY is used as a boy's name 100% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
GARY is
81.9% White,
2.7% Hispanic origin,
11.8% Black,
1.5% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.4% Two or More Races,
and 0.7% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name GARY have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name GARY is included in the following name categories:
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
Common US masculine given name - Census Bureau Data
Masculine given name
US masculine baby name - Social Security Administration
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name GARY
The state with the most people named
GARY is
California where
133,892 people have this name.
Montana is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named GARY, as
748.75 in every 100,000
Montanans
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
California.
Montana is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
District of Columbia
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name GARY
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
60,853
472.44
100.0%
Indiana
38,640
585.73
99.9%
Iowa
18,516
595.93
100.0%
Kansas
20,703
712.91
99.9%
Michigan
50,556
510.16
100.0%
Minnesota
30,477
558.47
99.9%
Missouri
11,381
380.11
99.8%
Nebraska
13,120
697.34
99.9%
North Dakota
5,171
699.22
99.8%
Ohio
70,152
605.06
100.0%
South Dakota
6,181
724.48
99.8%
Wisconsin
32,482
564.16
99.9%
West States
State stats for the first name GARY
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
4,635
629.12
99.7%
Arizona
34,258
508.92
99.9%
California
133,892
345.06
100.0%
Colorado
30,842
575.85
99.9%
Hawaii
5,491
386.79
99.9%
Idaho
11,548
706.52
99.9%
Montana
7,664
748.75
99.8%
Nevada
13,839
487.46
99.9%
New Mexico
9,072
434.97
99.8%
Oregon
26,295
662.3
99.9%
Utah
17,482
594.05
99.9%
Washington
36,611
518.45
100.0%
Wyoming
4,187
716.75
99.8%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name GARY
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have GARY as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named GARY.
The most popular full name is GARY Smith.
0.97% of all the people named GARY
have this family name.
There are 73285 last
names associated with this first name.