Garner

#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · #5,861 for boys in 2025, 15 births
Given to boys 97.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
1932 · 82 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,279
since 1881

Garner over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Garner has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201933peak #674, 1932boys
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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#14,9425#5,86115
2024#5,24118
2023#15,1945#5,07519
2022#13,5926#5,87415
2021#3,42733
2020#5,45116
2019#12,4487#4,00326
2018#12,4647#4,73920
2017#14,1246#5,29717
2016#16,2155#4,47022
2015#16,4195#4,40722
2014#13,0697#3,69328
2013#4,06424
2012#4,00325
2011#6,57812
2010#14,9596#3,70828
2009#6,09514
2008#3,64629
2007#5,21017
2006#3,88825
2005#3,24131
2004#3,36828
2003#4,27619
2002#3,25927
2001#3,97420
2000#7,4168
1999#4,53715
1998#4,01917
1997#3,73818
1996#4,61313
1995#6,4078
1994#3,10922
1993#4,22714
1992#8,4355
1991#5,09610
1990#4,99310
1989#4,27112
1988#5,7517
1987#5,4597
1986#4,8538
1985#4,6988
1984#4,5528
1983#4,4998
1982#5,0037
1981#4,1539
1980#3,09814
1979#3,56911
1978#2,79915
1977#2,66516
1976#3,47110
1975#2,75114
1974#2,54915
1973#2,71613
1972#2,99111
1971#2,46415
1970#2,12518
1969#1,57027
1968#2,31113
1967#1,80919
1966#2,7849
1965#1,85618
1964#1,65523
1963#1,83919
1962#1,51527
1961#1,52128
1960#2,04216
1959#1,62024
1958#2,37012
1957#1,83719
1956#2,26313
1955#2,55810
1954#1,70620
1953#1,95816
1952#2,01015
1951#2,13513
1950#1,74618
1949#2,12313
1948#1,75818
1947#1,51924
1946#2,27111
1945#1,92613
1944#1,40023
1943#1,98614
1942#2,26811
1941#1,53220
1940#1,51920
1939#1,45821
1938#1,39723
1937#1,23329
1936#1,35624
1935#1,58419
1934#1,38624
1933#77063
1932#67482
1931#1,64319
1930#1,88916
1929#1,48024
1928#1,44826
1927#1,74820
1926#1,56523
1925#1,93517
1924#1,62823
1923#1,25633
1922#1,36729
1921#1,44827
1920#1,23434
1919#1,29730
1918#1,31329
1917#1,32227
1916#1,30427
1915#1,34225
1914#1,26022
1913#1,17319
1912#1,26814
1911#1,5376
1910#85913
1909#1,0209
1908#1,1137
1907
1906
1905
1904#1,2055
1903
1902#1,0136
1901#1,0585
1900
1899
1898
1897#1,0575
1896
1895
1894
1893
1892
1891
1890
1889
1888
1887
1886
1885#7657
1884
1883
1882
1881#8665
1880
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five boys were named Garner! It came in at #866, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1881–1884, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Garner
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 620 spots since 2024 (#5,241#5,861)
  • 410 spots since 2020 (#5,451#5,861)
  • 1,454 spots since 2015 (#4,407#5,861)
  • Biggest jump: 969 spots in 1932 (#1,643#674)
  • Biggest drop: 678 spots in 1911 (#859#1,537)
Rise & fade · boys
51 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1932 at #674 (82 births)
  • Births halved by 1934, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 5 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1932–1933
Share of babies · boys
1 in 12,734
  • Highest: 1 in 12,734 boys born in 1932 were named Garner (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 113,872 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1930s
  • 14.0% of all boys named Garner (320) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s12#765 (1885)#816
1890s5#1,057 (1897)#1,057
1900s32#1,013 (1902)#1,082
1910s212#859 (1910)#1,268
1920s256#1,234 (1920)#1,511
1930s320#674 (1932)#1,339
1940s167#1,400 (1944)#1,830
1950s160#1,620 (1959)#2,020
1960s199#1,515 (1962)#1,890
1970s138#2,125 (1970)#2,810
1980s88#3,098 (1980)#4,634
1990s132#3,109 (1994)#4,917
2000s218#3,241 (2005)#4,437
2010s224#3,693 (2014)#4,496
2020s116#3,427 (2021)#5,155

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.

Garner in 1933

boys
#770
63 births · 1 in 15,738 boys

Top boys' names in 1933

  1. #1Robert54,221
  2. #2James51,112
  3. #3John46,224
  4. #4William39,049
  5. #5Richard31,331
  6. #6Charles28,991
  7. #7Donald28,450
  8. #8George18,356
  9. #9Joseph17,162
  10. #10Thomas16,508
  11. #770Garner63
More about 1933

boys

991,524 boys got a published name in 1933; 1 in 15,738 of them was named Garner, which outranked 81.5% of the 4,156 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Garner
  1. #762Milan64
  2. #762Tracy64
  3. #762Werner64
  4. #770Garner63
  5. #770Arlan63
  6. #770Fritz63
  7. #770June63
  8. #775Arvin62
  9. #775Dayton62
  10. #775Howell62

Tied with 4 names at #770; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1932
Risers
  1. 553Neville#1,548#995
  2. 401Cordell#1,286#885
  3. 381Hamilton#1,286#905
  4. 375Delano#677#302
  5. 313Jan#937#624
Fallers
  1. 568Hoover#793#1,361
  2. 541Porfirio#915#1,456
  3. 424Rosendo#937#1,361
  4. 381Alfonzo#821#1,202
  5. 368Hillard#862#1,230

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

See the top 100 for 1933