Garfield
#12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
- Peak · boys
- 1881 · 147 births
- Debut · boys
- 122 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 1 yrof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,566since 1880
Garfield over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #12,008 | 5 |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #12,146 | 5 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #8,889 | 8 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #8,744 | 8 |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #8,789 | 8 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #12,231 | 5 |
| 2009 | #7,236 | 11 |
| 2008 | #7,698 | 10 |
| 2007 | #9,788 | 7 |
| 2006 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | #6,634 | 11 |
| 2004 | #6,520 | 11 |
| 2003 | #5,558 | 13 |
| 2002 | #6,088 | 11 |
| 2001 | #6,013 | 11 |
| 2000 | #5,588 | 12 |
| 1999 | #4,762 | 14 |
| 1998 | #4,873 | 13 |
| 1997 | #4,451 | 14 |
| 1996 | #5,187 | 11 |
| 1995 | #4,791 | 12 |
| 1994 | #2,766 | 26 |
| 1993 | #5,360 | 10 |
| 1992 | #3,220 | 20 |
| 1991 | #3,462 | 17 |
| 1990 | #2,553 | 26 |
| 1989 | #3,205 | 18 |
| 1988 | #3,915 | 12 |
| 1987 | #2,641 | 20 |
| 1986 | #4,457 | 9 |
| 1985 | #4,333 | 9 |
| 1984 | #2,529 | 19 |
| 1983 | #2,577 | 18 |
| 1982 | #3,108 | 14 |
| 1981 | #2,204 | 23 |
| 1980 | #2,729 | 17 |
| 1979 | #2,897 | 15 |
| 1978 | #2,012 | 24 |
| 1977 | #2,270 | 20 |
| 1976 | #2,601 | 16 |
| 1975 | #2,001 | 23 |
| 1974 | #1,692 | 28 |
| 1973 | #2,311 | 17 |
| 1972 | #1,721 | 26 |
| 1971 | #1,987 | 21 |
| 1970 | #1,615 | 28 |
| 1969 | #1,351 | 35 |
| 1968 | #1,506 | 27 |
| 1967 | #1,312 | 33 |
| 1966 | #1,540 | 25 |
| 1965 | #1,429 | 29 |
| 1964 | #1,350 | 34 |
| 1963 | #1,121 | 47 |
| 1962 | #1,546 | 26 |
| 1961 | #1,156 | 46 |
| 1960 | #1,434 | 31 |
| 1959 | #1,416 | 31 |
| 1958 | #1,237 | 39 |
| 1957 | #1,130 | 46 |
| 1956 | #1,083 | 49 |
| 1955 | #1,138 | 43 |
| 1954 | #1,052 | 50 |
| 1953 | #863 | 69 |
| 1952 | #840 | 69 |
| 1951 | #1,097 | 43 |
| 1950 | #814 | 70 |
| 1949 | #834 | 67 |
| 1948 | #868 | 62 |
| 1947 | #1,036 | 48 |
| 1946 | #842 | 61 |
| 1945 | #809 | 59 |
| 1944 | #769 | 66 |
| 1943 | #1,037 | 42 |
| 1942 | #821 | 62 |
| 1941 | #739 | 70 |
| 1940 | #681 | 79 |
| 1939 | #733 | 67 |
| 1938 | #770 | 63 |
| 1937 | #830 | 54 |
| 1936 | #882 | 48 |
| 1935 | #850 | 54 |
| 1934 | #798 | 60 |
| 1933 | #843 | 54 |
| 1932 | #756 | 69 |
| 1931 | #733 | 70 |
| 1930 | #749 | 72 |
| 1929 | #705 | 77 |
| 1928 | #743 | 74 |
| 1927 | #643 | 97 |
| 1926 | #683 | 86 |
| 1925 | #654 | 95 |
| 1924 | #667 | 94 |
| 1923 | #644 | 99 |
| 1922 | #633 | 104 |
| 1921 | #630 | 102 |
| 1920 | #619 | 104 |
| 1919 | #568 | 111 |
| 1918 | #549 | 119 |
| 1917 | #591 | 101 |
| 1916 | #585 | 98 |
| 1915 | #562 | 101 |
| 1914 | #546 | 81 |
| 1913 | #513 | 70 |
| 1912 | #521 | 57 |
| 1911 | #471 | 38 |
| 1910 | #407 | 43 |
| 1909 | #419 | 35 |
| 1908 | #452 | 29 |
| 1907 | #366 | 37 |
| 1906 | #387 | 31 |
| 1905 | #463 | 23 |
| 1904 | #360 | 31 |
| 1903 | #487 | 19 |
| 1902 | #388 | 26 |
| 1901 | #383 | 24 |
| 1900 | #393 | 32 |
| 1899 | #424 | 19 |
| 1898 | #418 | 22 |
| 1897 | #459 | 18 |
| 1896 | #438 | 20 |
| 1895 | #529 | 15 |
| 1894 | #419 | 20 |
| 1893 | #572 | 12 |
| 1892 | #375 | 26 |
| 1891 | #359 | 23 |
| 1890 | #328 | 28 |
| 1889 | #322 | 29 |
| 1888 | #324 | 31 |
| 1887 | #325 | 26 |
| 1886 | #275 | 38 |
| 1885 | #284 | 34 |
| 1884 | #318 | 30 |
| 1883 | #221 | 49 |
| 1882 | #190 | 69 |
| 1881 | #88 | 147 |
| 1880 | #110 | 122 |
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 1920
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Maine#164 · 1 in 982
- North Dakota#210 · 1 in 1,323
- Minnesota#266 · 1 in 2,633
- Virginia#299 · 1 in 2,993
- North Carolina#307 · 1 in 2,985
Best ever in a state: #142 in North Carolina, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maine | #164 | 6 | 1 in 982 |
| North Dakota | #210 | 5 | 1 in 1,323 |
| Minnesota | #266 | 8 | 1 in 2,633 |
| Virginia | #299 | 8 | 1 in 2,993 |
| North Carolina | #307 | 11 | 1 in 2,985 |
| Alabama | #334 | 9 | 1 in 2,845 |
| Georgia | #414 | 7 | 1 in 4,578 |
| Pennsylvania | #492 | 6 | 1 in 14,144 |
| Texas | #862 | 5 | 1 in 10,160 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Garfield
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #88 (147 births)
- Births halved by 1882, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 1 yr · 1881
- Top 1,000: 71 yrs · run 1880–1942
- Highest: 1 in 685 boys born in 1881 were named Garfield (0.15%)
- Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 16.7% of all boys named Garfield (932) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 575 | #88 (1881) | #246 |
| 1890s | 203 | #328 (1890) | #432 |
| 1900s | 287 | #360 (1904) | #410 |
| 1910s | 819 | #407 (1910) | #531 |
| 1920s | 932 | #619 (1920) | #662 |
| 1930s | 611 | #733 (1931) | #794 |
| 1940s | 616 | #681 (1940) | #844 |
| 1950s | 509 | #814 (1950) | #1,067 |
| 1960s | 333 | #1,121 (1963) | #1,375 |
| 1970s | 218 | #1,615 (1970) | #2,111 |
| 1980s | 159 | #2,204 (1981) | #3,170 |
| 1990s | 163 | #2,553 (1990) | #4,143 |
| 2000s | 102 | #5,558 (2003) | #7,318 |
| 2010s | 29 | #8,744 (2015) | #9,663 |
| 2020s | 10 | #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 1920
Top boys' names in 1920
More about 1920
boys
1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 10,234 of them was named Garfield, which outranked 87.6% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).