Gary Forename
323rd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,929,334 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norfolk Island
Gary Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 1,351,582 | 1:268 | 29 |
| England | 100% | 220,900 | 1:252 | 42 |
| Canada | 100% | 102,136 | 1:324 | 35 |
| Australia | - | 52,785 | 1:259 | 38 |
| Philippines | 99% | 32,698 | 1:3,242 | 597 |
| Scotland | 100% | 22,670 | 1:236 | 51 |
| South Africa | 100% | 21,990 | 1:2,480 | 427 |
| New Zealand | - | 13,992 | 1:324 | 52 |
| Wales | 100% | 9,037 | 1:342 | 75 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 8,262 | 1:223 | 39 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 7,693 | 1:4,005 | 645 |
| Ireland | 100% | 6,603 | 1:703 | 142 |
| Haiti | 100% | 4,882 | 1:2,197 | 352 |
| Mozambique | - | 4,320 | 1:6,306 | 1,134 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 3,866 | 1:2,742 | 537 |
| Peru | 96% | 3,600 | 1:8,831 | 1,070 |
| China | - | 3,162 | 1:432,023 | 24,503 |
| Ecuador | - | 3,148 | 1:5,631 | 595 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 2,715 | 1:11,215 | 1,245 |
| Jamaica | - | 2,574 | 1:1,120 | 281 |
| Thailand | 100% | 2,438 | 1:28,739 | 3,621 |
| Angola | 100% | 2,429 | 1:11,102 | 1,238 |
| France | 100% | 2,344 | 1:28,358 | 1,120 |
| Hong Kong | - | 1,937 | 1:4,002 | 307 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1,829 | 1:5,703 | 810 |
| DR Congo | 98% | 1,602 | 1:46,085 | 3,076 |
| Chile | 99% | 1,560 | 1:11,287 | 811 |
| Ghana | - | 1,461 | 1:18,471 | 1,437 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 1,448 | 1:940 | 162 |
| Germany | 100% | 1,393 | 1:69,403 | 1,706 |
| Singapore | 99% | 1,345 | 1:4,674 | 806 |
| Indonesia | - | 1,304 | 1:197,825 | 19,170 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 1,255 | 1:24,065 | 1,902 |
| Mexico | 95% | 1,188 | 1:104,499 | 2,615 |
| Poland | 100% | 1,084 | 1:35,080 | 1,050 |
| India | 64% | 1,074 | 1:1,131,171 | 71,119 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1,068 | 1:3,324 | 358 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 1,040 | 1:93,808 | 6,821 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1,008 | 1:158,196 | 9,003 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 971 | 1:17,407 | 1,762 |
| Brazil | 100% | 863 | 1:248,246 | 10,300 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 761 | 1:21,167 | 1,215 |
| Belgium | 100% | 742 | 1:15,485 | 1,361 |
| Zimbabwe | 95% | 707 | 1:21,816 | 2,350 |
| Japan | - | 678 | 1:188,770 | 6,620 |
| Bahamas | - | 639 | 1:625 | 153 |
| Spain | 100% | 618 | 1:75,291 | 2,519 |
| Colombia | 100% | 560 | 1:85,320 | 2,977 |
| Guyana | 100% | 559 | 1:1,365 | 243 |
| Kuwait | - | 551 | 1:6,870 | 854 |
| Costa Rica | 99% | 536 | 1:8,895 | 857 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 501 | 1:41,515 | 4,680 |
| Egypt | 80% | 499 | 1:184,170 | 7,018 |
| Sweden | 100% | 487 | 1:20,242 | 1,414 |
| Qatar | 100% | 483 | 1:4,906 | 792 |
| Papua New Guinea | 91% | 433 | 1:18,828 | 1,870 |
| Nicaragua | 99% | 401 | 1:15,008 | 1,297 |
| Jersey | 100% | 382 | 1:262 | 48 |
| Honduras | 100% | 379 | 1:23,265 | 1,559 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 379 | 1:21,671 | 1,475 |
| Taiwan | 58% | 377 | 1:63,050 | 8,839 |
| Panama | 100% | 376 | 1:10,390 | 1,369 |
| Bahrain | - | 370 | 1:3,645 | 583 |
| Portugal | - | 369 | 1:28,214 | 1,185 |
| Oman | - | 362 | 1:11,350 | 1,278 |
| Malawi | 100% | 338 | 1:50,628 | 3,385 |
| Fiji | - | 317 | 1:2,815 | 794 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 273 | 1:12,555 | 857 |
| Iraq | - | 237 | 1:147,755 | 2,950 |
| Samoa | - | 228 | 1:856 | 261 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 224 | 1:283 | 71 |
| Malta | - | 222 | 1:1,934 | 369 |
| Suriname | - | 214 | 1:2,583 | 601 |
| Vanuatu | - | 212 | 1:1,235 | 346 |
| Norway | 100% | 207 | 1:24,794 | 1,373 |
| Israel | 99% | 206 | 1:40,791 | 2,796 |
| Morocco | - | 191 | 1:179,836 | 4,854 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 186 | 1:954,647 | 24,264 |
| Guam | - | 175 | 1:918 | 202 |
| Russia | 99% | 175 | 1:824,193 | 7,584 |
| Zambia | - | 175 | 1:90,599 | 4,482 |
| Afghanistan | 84% | 168 | 1:194,188 | 5,036 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 165 | 1:665 | 115 |
| Italy | 92% | 164 | 1:372,330 | 4,374 |
| Gabon | - | 160 | 1:11,771 | 1,796 |
| Denmark | - | 158 | 1:35,756 | 1,573 |
| Bermuda | - | 154 | 1:421 | 52 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 147 | 1:417 | 52 |
| Swaziland | - | 128 | 1:10,158 | 1,360 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 116 | 1:265,400 | 5,580 |
| Belize | 100% | 109 | 1:3,251 | 726 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 108 | 1:66,222 | 5,812 |
| Barbados | - | 104 | 1:2,786 | 555 |
| South Korea | - | 101 | 1:54,895 | 3,573 |
| Kenya | - | 88 | 1:526,217 | 14,369 |
| Estonia | 100% | 86 | 1:15,295 | 1,466 |
| Liberia | 100% | 80 | 1:55,151 | 2,841 |
| Botswana | 100% | 79 | 1:27,651 | 3,112 |
| Gibraltar | - | 77 | 1:443 | 90 |
| Grenada | 100% | 74 | 1:1,461 | 303 |
| Vietnam | - | 68 | 1:1,362,105 | 2,912 |
| Namibia | - | 67 | 1:35,883 | 2,569 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 61 | 1:14,280 | 1,084 |
| Greece | 100% | 61 | 1:179,255 | 3,836 |
| Macau | - | 60 | 1:10,137 | 278 |
| El Salvador | - | 59 | 1:107,488 | 2,183 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 58 | 1:1,714 | 364 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 58 | 1:1,598 | 376 |
| Mongolia | - | 55 | 1:53,360 | 4,341 |
| Uganda | 100% | 55 | 1:744,671 | 14,611 |
| Austria | 100% | 54 | 1:157,670 | 2,668 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 51 | 1:2,188 | 410 |
| French Polynesia | - | 49 | 1:5,671 | 903 |
| Laos | - | 49 | 1:134,426 | 189 |
| Myanmar | - | 49 | 1:1,060,169 | 627 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 49 | 1:1,116 | 229 |
| Sudan | 100% | 49 | 1:771,571 | 2,562 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 45 | 1:1,219 | 275 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 44 | 1:13,204 | 1,194 |
| Finland | 100% | 43 | 1:127,516 | 2,682 |
| Argentina | 100% | 42 | 1:1,018,411 | 5,265 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 38 | 1:822 | 162 |
| Micronesia | - | 38 | 1:2,803 | 374 |
| Brunei | - | 35 | 1:11,988 | 816 |
| Hungary | 99% | 34 | 1:287,993 | 1,329 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 34 | 1:16,590 | 1,110 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 34 | 1:5,230 | 859 |
| Aruba | - | 33 | 1:3,145 | 634 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 31 | 1:2,743 | 154 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 31 | 1:1,120 | 274 |
| Czechia | 100% | 30 | 1:355,205 | 2,142 |
| Cameroon | 54% | 25 | 1:864,420 | 23,819 |
| Madagascar | - | 25 | 1:945,176 | 2,170 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 25 | 1:283,547 | 466 |
| Cambodia | - | 24 | 1:678,055 | 12,684 |
| Tanzania | - | 24 | 1:2,199,513 | 22,190 |
| Marshall Islands | 93% | 23 | 1:2,227 | 336 |
| Paraguay | 93% | 23 | 1:314,644 | 4,015 |
| Belarus | 100% | 22 | 1:431,017 | 2,916 |
| Monaco | 100% | 19 | 1:2,025 | 405 |
| New Caledonia | - | 17 | 1:15,892 | 1,309 |
| Libya | - | 16 | 1:388,832 | 1,019 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 15 | 1:389 | 108 |
| Senegal | 100% | 15 | 1:972,090 | 9,181 |
| Kazakhstan | 83% | 12 | 1:1,478,904 | 13,216 |
| Ukraine | - | 12 | 1:3,791,659 | 7,438 |
| American Samoa | - | 11 | 1:5,077 | 963 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 11 | 1:286 | 37 |
| Georgia | 100% | 11 | 1:339,861 | 7,323 |
| Nauru | 100% | 11 | 1:1,084 | 171 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 11 | 1:211 | 26 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 10 | 1:1,326 | 247 |
| Croatia | - | 10 | 1:421,708 | 5,130 |
| Iceland | - | 10 | 1:36,602 | 2,190 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 10 | 1:19,435,768 | 100,312 |
| Turkey | 100% | 10 | 1:7,780,171 | 28,511 |
| Ivory Coast | 67% | 9 | 1:2,563,993 | 53,027 |
| Mali | - | 9 | 1:1,886,417 | 3,997 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 9 | 1:590,007 | 2,547 |
| Togo | - | 9 | 1:804,360 | 4,738 |
| Tonga | - | 9 | 1:11,937 | 236 |
| Congo | 100% | 8 | 1:626,151 | 12,913 |
| Algeria | - | 7 | 1:5,453,817 | 10,071 |
| Armenia | 100% | 7 | 1:416,965 | 5,243 |
| Cuba | - | 7 | 1:1,643,793 | 4,685 |
| Lithuania | - | 6 | 1:491,980 | 2,375 |
| Mauritania | 75% | 6 | 1:682,540 | 11,802 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 6 | 1:216,297 | 4,288 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 5 | 1:1,928,589 | 20,785 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 5 | 1:704,892 | 5,284 |
| Bulgaria | - | 5 | 1:1,398,078 | 12,856 |
| Curaçao | - | 5 | 1:31,161 | 859 |
| Guinea | 100% | 5 | 1:2,371,729 | 4,683 |
| Moldova | - | 5 | 1:712,228 | 3,885 |
| Albania | 100% | 4 | 1:761,642 | 22,793 |
| Chad | - | 4 | 1:3,399,600 | 8,891 |
| Djibouti | - | 4 | 1:228,916 | 1,301 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 4 | 1:284,422 | 684 |
| Gambia | - | 4 | 1:481,649 | 818 |
| Iran | - | 4 | 1:19,624,217 | 40,893 |
| Palau | - | 4 | 1:5,428 | 88 |
| Rwanda | - | 4 | 1:2,842,858 | 2,668 |
| Serbia | - | 4 | 1:1,786,430 | 6,903 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 4 | 1:1,368,218 | 2,487 |
| Benin | - | 3 | 1:3,525,281 | 51,145 |
| North Macedonia | - | 3 | 1:696,919 | 10,674 |
| Maldives | - | 3 | 1:144,634 | 3,056 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 3 | 1:2,105 | 306 |
| Syria | - | 3 | 1:6,435,358 | 7,086 |
| Yemen | - | 3 | 1:8,765,584 | 9,038 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 2 | 1:9,189,734 | 69,235 |
| Cape Verde | - | 2 | 1:264,576 | 4,841 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:24,564 | 1,836 |
| Latvia | - | 2 | 1:1,007,822 | 4,547 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 2 | 1:18,928 | 806 |
| Montserrat | - | 2 | 1:2,438 | 412 |
| Niger | 100% | 2 | 1:9,591,997 | 55,581 |
| San Marino | - | 2 | 1:16,460 | 588 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Tajikistan | - | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
The alternate forms: Gàry (1) are calculated separately.
Gary (42,073) may also be a surname.
Gary Forename Popularity
Gary Demographics
Average Male Gary Height
176.4 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 30,952 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Phonetically Similar Names
Gary Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gary in the Russian language | ||
| Гарй | garj | - |
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Footnotes
- First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Gary