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Boy's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: hardly given today

GaryIn Hebrew: גארי · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Gary (Hebrew: גארי) is a boy's name of international origin. 208 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1961, with 10 babies.

People in Israel
208
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
1961
10 babies
USA, 2025
201
rank #1,073

Writing and saying Gary

In Hebrew letters the name is גארי, read right to left. Gary is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Gary by year: Israel and abroad

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Gary: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Gary in English-speaking countries

Gary in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States2025201#1,0731952 (38,754)
United Kingdom20259#2,5121997 (350)
England and Wales20256#3,2391996 (235)
Scotland20253#7621981 (617)
Alberta20253#1,2051983 (58)

Counts for boys. The Hebrew page for Gary has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Gary

How do you write Gary in Hebrew?

Gary is written גארי in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Gary?

208 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name גארי: 0 women and 208 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Gary a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 100.0% of the people named גארי are men.

Is Gary used outside Israel?

The name Gary appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 201 boys were given it in 2025 (#1,073), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 9 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.