Gareth
Last seen for girls in 1956 at #5,952 · #2,765 for boys in 2025, 46 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1970 · 57 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,389since 1916
Gareth over time
Rank among boys' names. Gareth has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #2,765 | 46 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,637 | 50 | |
| 2023 | — | #2,737 | 47 | |
| 2022 | — | #2,493 | 55 | |
| 2021 | — | #2,819 | 44 | |
| 2020 | — | #2,658 | 47 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,339 | 58 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,101 | 67 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,746 | 88 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,575 | 104 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,581 | 102 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,559 | 102 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,364 | 53 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,678 | 45 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,403 | 52 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,511 | 49 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,753 | 44 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,432 | 52 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,372 | 54 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,248 | 56 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,752 | 75 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,857 | 66 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,561 | 81 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,543 | 80 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,648 | 71 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,514 | 79 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,421 | 82 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,502 | 73 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,456 | 74 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,375 | 77 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,359 | 75 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,716 | 52 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,340 | 72 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,281 | 78 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,502 | 58 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,395 | 64 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,537 | 53 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,223 | 69 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,272 | 59 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,174 | 65 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,389 | 49 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,174 | 60 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,265 | 53 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,096 | 69 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,334 | 49 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,313 | 51 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,390 | 45 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,537 | 37 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,546 | 36 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,677 | 31 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,658 | 30 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,692 | 28 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,871 | 23 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,771 | 25 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,637 | 29 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,080 | 57 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,463 | 30 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,574 | 25 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,449 | 28 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,043 | 15 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,595 | 24 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,729 | 21 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,455 | 29 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,669 | 23 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,496 | 29 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,973 | 17 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,916 | 18 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,557 | 25 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,274 | 13 | |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | #1,945 | 17 |
| 1955 | — | #1,725 | 20 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,706 | 20 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,765 | 19 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,430 | 28 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,519 | 24 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,364 | 28 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,322 | 30 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,460 | 25 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,271 | 33 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,409 | 25 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,296 | 26 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,255 | 28 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,088 | 39 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,316 | 28 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,333 | 25 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,156 | 33 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,458 | 21 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,199 | 30 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,444 | 22 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,463 | 21 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,354 | 25 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,658 | 18 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,093 | 12 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,995 | 14 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,003 | 14 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,781 | 9 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,589 | 10 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,960 | 16 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,121 | 15 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,981 | 16 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,193 | 14 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,023 | 9 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,941 | 17 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,695 | 21 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,267 | 33 | |
| 1920 | — | #4,286 | 5 | |
| 1919 | — | #3,391 | 7 | |
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| 1916 | — | #3,897 | 5 | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Gareth! It came in at #3,897, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1916–1918, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Gareth
- 128 spots since 2024 (#2,637 → #2,765)
- 107 spots since 2020 (#2,658 → #2,765)
- 1,184 spots since 2015 (#1,581 → #2,765)
- Debuted 1916
- Peaked 1970 at #1,080 (57 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 18,247 boys born in 2016 were named Gareth (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 37,132 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,080 in 1970, was only 1 in 32,601 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 16.4% of all boys named Gareth (720) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 12 | #3,391 (1919) | #3,644 |
| 1920s | 156 | #1,267 (1921) | #2,306 |
| 1930s | 186 | #1,199 (1938) | #1,745 |
| 1940s | 292 | #1,088 (1943) | #1,291 |
| 1950s | 212 | #1,364 (1950) | #1,720 |
| 1960s | 241 | #1,449 (1967) | #1,645 |
| 1970s | 341 | #1,080 (1970) | #1,586 |
| 1980s | 577 | #1,096 (1982) | #1,278 |
| 1990s | 705 | #1,281 (1992) | #1,435 |
| 2000s | 658 | #1,514 (2000) | #1,968 |
| 2010s | 720 | #1,559 (2014) | #2,086 |
| 2020s | 289 | #2,493 (2022) | #2,685 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Gareth in 1986
Top boys' names in 1986
More about 1986
boys
1,841,515 boys got a published name in 1986; 1 in 28,331 of them was named Gareth, which outranked 85.0% of the 7,830 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,161Rashard66
- #1,161Raymon66
- #1,161Wilfred66
- #1,174Gareth65
- #1,174Alfonzo65
- #1,174Hal65
- #1,174Harlan65
- #1,188Anson64
- #1,188Aurelio64
- #1,188Bruno64
Tied with 13 names at #1,174; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.