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Garrison

Boy's name · #1757 in the US (2025) · 2000s wave

Popularity over time

Garrison reached its best rank, #566, in 1999 and ranked #1757 in 2025. Roughly 8,500 boys have been named Garrison since 1912.

Across the states

See where Garrison is more common.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 11 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Garrisons

• Garrison Keillor — American author, storyteller, humorist, voice actor, and radio personality
• Garrison Mathews — American basketball player
• Garrison H. Davidson — United States Army officer, American football player and coach (1904–1992)
• Garrison Brooks — American basketball player
• Garrison Hearst — American football player (born 1971)

As a surname

It is also an American family name — about 51,000 people carried it as a surname in the 2010 census.

• William Lloyd Garrison — American journalist and abolitionist (1805–1879)
• Zina Garrison — American tennis player
• Jim Garrison — American district attorney (1921–1992)

In stories & tradition

• Garrison Kane — Marvel Comics
• Garrison Cootes — How I Met Your Mother (TV series)

What Garrisons become

Among 27 notable people named Garrison:

Sports figures appear 2.32× more often than among typical names — e.g. Garrison Mathews, American basketball player.

Similar names: Maximillian · Gatlin · Savion · Payton · Jaylon · Addison

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