Garfield

#12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births

Peak · boys
#88
1881 · 147 births
Debut · boys
1880
122 births
In top 100 · boys
1 yr
of 146 years
Total births · boys
5,566
since 1880

Garfield over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201894peak #88, 1881boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#12,0085
2024—
2023—
2022—
2021#12,1465
2020—
2019#8,8898
2018—
2017—
2016—
2015#8,7448
2014—
2013#8,7898
2012—
2011—
2010#12,2315
2009#7,23611
2008#7,69810
2007#9,7887
2006#12,0555
2005#6,63411
2004#6,52011
2003#5,55813
2002#6,08811
2001#6,01311
2000#5,58812
1999#4,76214
1998#4,87313
1997#4,45114
1996#5,18711
1995#4,79112
1994#2,76626
1993#5,36010
1992#3,22020
1991#3,46217
1990#2,55326
1989#3,20518
1988#3,91512
1987#2,64120
1986#4,4579
1985#4,3339
1984#2,52919
1983#2,57718
1982#3,10814
1981#2,20423
1980#2,72917
1979#2,89715
1978#2,01224
1977#2,27020
1976#2,60116
1975#2,00123
1974#1,69228
1973#2,31117
1972#1,72126
1971#1,98721
1970#1,61528
1969#1,35135
1968#1,50627
1967#1,31233
1966#1,54025
1965#1,42929
1964#1,35034
1963#1,12147
1962#1,54626
1961#1,15646
1960#1,43431
1959#1,41631
1958#1,23739
1957#1,13046
1956#1,08349
1955#1,13843
1954#1,05250
1953#86369
1952#84069
1951#1,09743
1950#81470
1949#83467
1948#86862
1947#1,03648
1946#84261
1945#80959
1944#76966
1943#1,03742
1942#82162
1941#73970
1940#68179
1939#73367
1938#77063
1937#83054
1936#88248
1935#85054
1934#79860
1933#84354
1932#75669
1931#73370
1930#74972
1929#70577
1928#74374
1927#64397
1926#68386
1925#65495
1924#66794
1923#64499
1922#633104
1921#630102
1920#619104
1919#568111
1918#549119
1917#591101
1916#58598
1915#562101
1914#54681
1913#51370
1912#52157
1911#47138
1910#40743
1909#41935
1908#45229
1907#36637
1906#38731
1905#46323
1904#36031
1903#48719
1902#38826
1901#38324
1900#39332
1899#42419
1898#41822
1897#45918
1896#43820
1895#52915
1894#41920
1893#57212
1892#37526
1891#35923
1890#32828
1889#32229
1888#32431
1887#32526
1886#27538
1885#28434
1884#31830
1883#22149
1882#19069
1881#88147
1880#110122
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Garfield was already there! It came in at #110, and was given to 122 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 2010–2012, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Garfield is popular in 1894

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Garfield
Momentum · boys
Brand new
  • 3,264 spots since 2015 (#8,744 → #12,008)
  • Biggest jump: 268 spots in 1944 (#1,037 → #769)
  • Biggest drop: 283 spots in 1951 (#814 → #1,097)
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #88 (147 births)
  • Births halved by 1882, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 1 yr · 1881
  • Top 1,000: 71 yrs · run 1880–1942
Share of babies · boys
1 in 685
  • Highest: 1 in 685 boys born in 1881 were named Garfield (0.15%)
  • Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 16.7% of all boys named Garfield (932) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s575#88 (1881)#246
1890s203#328 (1890)#432
1900s287#360 (1904)#410
1910s819#407 (1910)#531
1920s932#619 (1920)#662
1930s611#733 (1931)#794
1940s616#681 (1940)#844
1950s509#814 (1950)#1,067
1960s333#1,121 (1963)#1,375
1970s218#1,615 (1970)#2,111
1980s159#2,204 (1981)#3,170
1990s163#2,553 (1990)#4,143
2000s102#5,558 (2003)#7,318
2010s29#8,744 (2015)#9,663
2020s10#12,008 (2025)#12,077

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.

Garfield in 1894

boys
#419
20 births · 1 in 5,788 boys

Top boys' names in 1894

  1. #1John8,237
  2. #2William7,274
  3. #3James5,110
  4. #4George4,365
  5. #5Charles3,788
  6. #6Joseph2,977
  7. #7Frank2,863
  8. #8Robert2,497
  9. #9Henry2,278
  10. #10Harry2,189
  11. #419Garfield20
More about 1894

boys

115,768 boys got a published name in 1894; 1 in 5,788 of them was named Garfield, which outranked 66.2% of the 1,239 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Garfield
  1. #412Sydney21
  2. #412Turner21
  3. #412Wendell21
  4. #419Garfield20
  5. #419Addison20
  6. #419Alvie20
  7. #419Anna20
  8. #439Abram19
  9. #439Aloysius19
  10. #439Alphonse19

Tied with 19 names at #419; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1893
Risers
  1. ↑ 514Levy#1,035 → #521
  2. ↑ 514Orrin#1,035 → #521
  3. ↑ 488Alvie#907 → #419
  4. ↑ 468Jonnie#1,035 → #567
  5. ↑ 441Carson#1,035 → #594
Fallers
  1. ↓ 683Lindsay#391 → #1,074
  2. ↓ 519Minnie#435 → #954
  3. ↓ 475Ludwig#479 → #954
  4. ↓ 459Alice#615 → #1,074
  5. ↓ 459Julia#615 → #1,074

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1894 →