Garland

Last seen for girls in 2023 at #15,194 · #6,803 for boys in 2025, 12 births
Given to boys 96.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
1905 · 60 births
Debut · boys
11 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
23,857
since 1880

Garland over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Garland has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201917peak #251, 1905boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#6,80312
2024#5,65916
2023#15,1945#4,45623
2022#5,44517
2021#5,77615
2020#5,45116
2019#15,5395#4,80620
2018#15,6825#4,61021
2017#10,6899#5,52616
2016#16,2155#4,47022
2015#4,54521
2014#6,63212
2013#4,98118
2012#16,8695#4,25123
2011#14,8246#4,50921
2010#6,03614
2009#4,74820
2008#17,5045#4,04425
2007#4,01125
2006#15,1526#3,78226
2005#9,45211#3,61526
2004#4,12921
2003#3,36627
2002#3,55424
2001#2,42940
2000#9,16310#2,37940
1999#2,34738
1998#11,1387#2,71130
1997#1,90848
1996#1,98644
1995#10,5147#1,75850
1994#1,40969
1993#13,4425#1,57757
1992#1,35270
1991#13,1475#1,43063
1990#7,88010#1,27076
1989#1,21977
1988#10,3866#1,04789
1987#1,13372
1986#1,32055
1985#7,5638#1,17064
1984#95186
1983#95685
1982#6,8889#89999
1981#8,1287#837110
1980#10,3925#878103
1979#855103
1978#8,5626#86998
1977#793116
1976#8,1566#820104
1975#690144
1974#712133
1973#5,5809#643153
1972#6,5587#607169
1971#5,5439#643164
1970#7,9955#630165
1969#5,9747#592173
1968#548189
1967#6,8045#583168
1966#555191
1965#6,5395#526213
1964#4,35510#516229
1963#5,2967#516240
1962#3,78212#498254
1961#3,79312#473298
1960#4,7738#490261
1959#5,5666#509236
1958#5,4086#452301
1957#5,3776#470271
1956#443289
1955#3,57111#400331
1954#4,2788#376355
1953#3,10613#379333
1952#2,92114#363342
1951#3,28411#345394
1950#3,9628#350369
1949#2,62015#335402
1948#2,70114#340388
1947#3,24011#354369
1946#3,03411#328387
1945#2,91610#337316
1944#2,09617#312378
1943#2,69512#293446
1942#3,4448#317376
1941#2,66811#298381
1940#2,73710#292367
1939#2,73610#293357
1938#3,1818#285372
1937#2,9409#282374
1936#3,7016#292342
1935#2,73110#285360
1934#2,28913#275378
1933#3,1098#271375
1932#3,5687#278383
1931#3,8486#292362
1930#3,3458#287392
1929#4,0536#284384
1928#2,02318#287387
1927#3,2849#298374
1926#3,04610#281412
1925#1,70025#284405
1924#2,66113#281413
1923#1,94420#269434
1922#1,89721#258478
1921#2,76212#264454
1920#2,35715#278403
1919#1,69823#271379
1918#2,02918#265402
1917#1,99617#254396
1916#2,24614#259365
1915#1,57122#262343
1914#3,1886#276252
1913#1,46516#285193
1912#2,1448#300145
1911#1,7928#28187
1910#1,6349#28274
1909#1,9576#30257
1908#30751
1907#27856
1906#30445
1905#25160
1904#30641
1903#37027
1902#1,7935#30839
1901#1,6795#32530
1900#36536
1899#25144
1898#1,3797#32934
1897#1,3856#36027
1896#40723
1895#33730
1894#33229
1893#35925
1892#45818
1891#41118
1890#43417
1889#6739
1888#44218
1887#40917
1886#40319
1885#54712
1884#54712
1883#55611
1882#43717
1881#7067
1880#57111
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Garland was already there! It came in at #571, and was given to 11 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.

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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 1,144 spots since 2024 (#5,659#6,803)
  • 1,352 spots since 2020 (#5,451#6,803)
  • 2,258 spots since 2015 (#4,545#6,803)
  • Biggest jump: 269 spots in 1882 (#706#437)
  • Biggest drop: 231 spots in 1889 (#442#673)
Rise & fade · boys
25 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1905 at #251 (60 births)
  • Births halved by 1998, 93 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 105 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 105 yrs · run 1880–1984
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,205
  • Highest: 1 in 2,205 boys born in 1905 were named Garland (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 142,340 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 17.4% of all boys named Garland (4,144) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s133#403 (1886)#529
1890s265#251 (1899)#368
1900s442#251 (1905)#312
1910s2,636#254 (1917)#274
1920s4,144#258 (1922)#278
1930s3,695#271 (1933)#284
1940s3,810#292 (1940)#321
1950s3,221#345 (1951)#409
1960s2,216#473 (1961)#530
1970s1,349#607 (1972)#726
1980s840#837 (1981)#1,041
1990s545#1,270 (1990)#1,775
2000s274#2,379 (2000)#3,606
2010s188#4,251 (2012)#5,037
2020s99#4,456 (2023)#5,598

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.

Garland in 1917

girls
#1,996
17 births · 1 in 63,604 girls
boys
#254
396 births · 1 in 2,337 boys

Top girls' names in 1917

  1. #1Mary64,280
  2. #2Helen34,251
  3. #3Dorothy28,852
  4. #4Margaret25,560
  5. #5Ruth23,568
  6. #6Mildred16,256
  7. #7Anna15,160
  8. #8Elizabeth15,131
  9. #9Frances14,363
  10. #10Virginia14,261
  11. #1,996Garland17

Top boys' names in 1917

  1. #1John51,852
  2. #2William42,422
  3. #3James37,337
  4. #4Robert35,220
  5. #5Joseph24,761
  6. #6George24,196
  7. #7Charles24,143
  8. #8Edward17,501
  9. #9Frank15,768
  10. #10Thomas12,611
  11. #254Garland396
More about 1917

girls

1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 63,604 of them was named Garland, which outranked 62.4% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Garland
  1. #1,923Willma18
  2. #1,923Zelphia18
  3. #1,923Zeola18
  4. #1,996Garland17
  5. #1,996Adelene17
  6. #1,996Ala17
  7. #1,996Alethia17
  8. #2,100Adelaida16
  9. #2,100Alena16
  10. #2,100Amelie16

Tied with 103 names at #1,996; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
  1. 549Georgene#1,445#896
  2. 380Ottie#1,332#952
  3. 365Louis#1,298#933
  4. 334Valentine#1,298#964
  5. 322Harold#1,210#888
Fallers
  1. 401Ceola#840#1,241
  2. 373Floretta#964#1,337
  3. 344Buelah#993#1,337
  4. 326Glennie#915#1,241
  5. 290Maye#915#1,205

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

boys

925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 2,337 of them was named Garland, which outranked 94.5% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Garland
  1. #251Juan407
  2. #252Burton398
  3. #252Grant398
  4. #254Garland396
  5. #255Troy394
  6. #256Louie392
  7. #257Boyd388
Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
  1. 520Nicolas#1,304#784
  2. 469Hezekiah#1,415#946
  3. 433Hilliard#1,415#982
  4. 404Rayford#1,304#900
  5. 338Minoru#1,335#997
Fallers
  1. 1,738Tatsuo#824#2,562
  2. 709Berlin#984#1,693
  3. 556Prentice#972#1,528
  4. 473Manning#964#1,437
  5. 457Lovell#939#1,396

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

See the top 100 for 1917