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2 Person Name

Place Name

Several places in the United States of America are called Gary (in decreasing population order): There are other similarly-named towns: GNIS also lists the following tiny (or uninhabited) towns:
  • Gary, Colorado
  • Gary, Florida
  • Gary, Georgia
  • Gary, Illinois
  • Gary, Maryland
  • Gary, New Mexico
  • Gary, South Carolina
  • Gary, Texas
  • Gary, Virginia
  • Gary Springs, Alabama
  • Garywood, Alabama
  • Gary Estates, Mississippi
  • Gary Corner, New Jersey
  • Gary Creek, South Carolina
  • Garysville, Virginia

Person Name

The usage of Gary as a male
given name in America is interestingly intertwined with the success of the actor Gary Cooper. According to the Social Security Administration, Gary was relatively rare as a given name in the 1900-1920s period (e.g., in the 1910s it was the 677th most frequent name, given to less than 0.01% of the babies born in that decade). However, when the actor's Gary, Indiana born agent Nan Collins got him to change his name (then Frank Cooper) to Gary, this name's popularity soared. In the 1930s, 0.38% of the male babies in America were named Gary, and in the 1950s as many as 1.54% of the male babies were given this name, making it the 12th most popular given name of that decade. The name Gary reached its record popularity (9th place) in 1953, the same year that Gary Cooper recieved his Best Actor Academy Award for his leading role in High Noon. Since then, the popularity of Gary as a given name in America has been on a very slow, but steady decline. In the 1990s, this name is the 170th most popular, given to around 0.1% of the newborn males.

Articles on some of the people named Gary:

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