Garcia comes from the Portuguese / Spanish tradition, meaning Bear.
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How popular is Garcia?
1958peak year
Today, Garcia is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #12708), with only about 5 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1958, 14 babies were given the name (ranked #2208 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1950s. In all, around 459 babies have been registered as Garcia since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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