Garnet

#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to girls 77.5% of the time

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Peak · girls
1911 · 116 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
6,913
since 1884

Garnet over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201938peak #377, 1911peak #587, 1904girlsboys
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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#10,9178#10,6956
2024#15,2935
2023#8,05513#8,9218
2022#9,05611#7,76810
2021#7,63014#12,1465
2020#10,2509#12,0225
2019#10,4739#12,1455
2018#10,5459#8,1549
2017#7,44215
2016#7,60215#10,7446
2015#13,0067
2014#12,1085
2013#13,1507
2012
2011#9,72311
2010#16,9925
2009#11,4599#8,9858
2008#17,5045
2007#12,3675
2006#17,1685
2005#10,9219#11,4725
2004
2003#8,6437
2002#13,5956
2001#8,3397
2000#15,0315
1999#6,5309
1998#10,1228#8,4796
1997#8,1106
1996#9,0155
1995#11,7836#6,9927
1994#11,7786#8,8005
1993
1992#11,7386#8,4355
1991#13,1475#8,2365
1990#10,1937#7,1786
1989#8,7618#3,61815
1988#9,2447#5,2008
1987#11,3255
1986#5,75712#4,8538
1985#9,3076#5,1477
1984#7,3988#4,2159
1983#10,2755
1982#5,6196
1981#5,25413#6,2625
1980#4,97814#3,43012
1979#6,18910
1978#5,56311
1977#6,3409#3,8369
1976#6,6118#3,7249
1975#3,95016
1974#3,55818#5,2275
1973#5,19110#2,85712
1972#5,9598#2,99111
1971#3,78916#3,14610
1970#4,24613#2,39915
1969#3,01220#2,54912
1968#2,63023#2,44512
1967#2,78120#2,61110
1966#2,30827#2,32712
1965#3,05017#1,72021
1964#2,82520#1,85019
1963#2,78020#2,53911
1962#2,46324#2,67310
1961#2,25028#1,77821
1960#2,19628#1,91018
1959#2,05430#2,29513
1958#2,32224#1,89618
1957#1,65242#2,63110
1956#1,79635#1,88618
1955#1,61740#2,21913
1954#1,43649#1,76219
1953#1,24860#1,76519
1952#1,31653#1,61522
1951#1,22457#2,05514
1950#1,25953#1,49924
1949#1,46939#1,87216
1948#1,25053#1,48724
1947#1,17059#1,36329
1946#1,10160#1,55721
1945#1,00359#1,44521
1944#95366#1,63018
1943#88478#1,43124
1942#720107#1,13936
1941#85173#1,44622
1940#72193#1,36824
1939#82470#1,23828
1938#71093#1,68917
1937#666104#1,34425
1936#76877#1,22529
1935#67597#1,19431
1934#70589#1,03839
1933#612112#1,49821
1932#670101#1,32427
1931#640108#1,07839
1930#667106#1,29930
1929#582139#1,09440
1928#648117#1,22834
1927#604138#1,02247
1926#602138#1,33130
1925#575156#1,01246
1924#565166#95254
1923#511187#1,02647
1922#559163#1,05844
1921#485203#99150
1920#422250#92955
1919#443221#89855
1918#407258#99645
1917#416232#87653
1916#436209#97243
1915#441193#87949
1914#428158#96733
1913#427133#87131
1912#457107#1,02320
1911#377116#98212
1910#46374#85913
1909#40880#1,4405
1908#43070#77912
1907#40477#9309
1906#41567
1905#47651#1,0916
1904#50043#58715
1903#48244#8468
1902#52837
1901#44145
1900#65629#1,0507
1899#52632
1898#52735
1897#49135
1896#56529
1895#65822
1894#62822#8577
1893#59423
1892#72616
1891#66916
1890#69315#9945
1889#80211#7897
1888
1887#73310
1886#1,1085
1885#7938
1884#8517
1883
1882#9435
1881
1880
First appearance
1884

The first year at least five girls were named Garnet! It came in at #851, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1888, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Garnet
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 4,376 spots since 2024 (#15,293#10,917)
  • 667 spots since 2020 (#10,250#10,917)
  • 2,089 spots since 2015 (#13,006#10,917)
  • Biggest jump: 375 spots in 1887 (#1,108#733)
  • Biggest drop: 315 spots in 1886 (#793#1,108)
Rise & fade · girls
27 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1884
  • Peaked 1911 at #377 (116 births)
  • Births halved by 1948, 37 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 59 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 59 yrs · run 1889–1944
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,606
  • Highest: 1 in 3,606 girls born in 1911 were named Garnet (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 200,908 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 24.6% of all girls named Garnet (1,701) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2015
  • Mostly boys until 2014, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s41#733 (1887)#857
1890s245#491 (1897)#608
1900s543#404 (1907)#474
1910s1,701#377 (1911)#430
1920s1,657#422 (1920)#555
1930s957#612 (1933)#694
1940s687#720 (1942)#1,012
1950s443#1,224 (1951)#1,592
1960s227#2,196 (1960)#2,630
1970s119#3,558 (1974)#5,140
1980s78#4,978 (1980)#8,033
1990s38#10,122 (1998)#11,460
2000s39#10,921 (2005)#14,280
2010s78#7,442 (2017)#11,117
2020s60#7,630 (2021)#10,200

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Garnet in 1938

girls
#710
93 births · 1 in 11,865 girls
boys
#1,689
17 births · 1 in 65,244 boys

Top girls' names in 1938

  1. #1Mary56,225
  2. #2Barbara39,277
  3. #3Patricia27,560
  4. #4Betty25,506
  5. #5Shirley23,766
  6. #6Carol19,421
  7. #7Nancy18,951
  8. #8Dorothy16,358
  9. #9Margaret15,330
  10. #10Joan14,303
  11. #710Garnet93

Top boys' names in 1938

  1. #1Robert62,271
  2. #2James59,102
  3. #3John50,517
  4. #4William42,433
  5. #5Richard34,385
  6. #6Charles31,151
  7. #7Donald26,677
  8. #8David22,994
  9. #9Thomas21,381
  10. #10Ronald20,295
  11. #1,689Garnet17
More about 1938

girls

1,103,456 girls got a published name in 1938; 1 in 11,865 of them was named Garnet, which outranked 85.8% of the 4,995 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Garnet
  1. #707Elisa94
  2. #707Hallie94
  3. #707Juliette94
  4. #710Garnet93
  5. #710Jeraldine93
  6. #710Marylyn93
  7. #713Benita92
  8. #713Enid92
  9. #713Loyce92

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1937
Risers
  1. 2,209Danielle#2,940#731
  2. 833Lorelei#1,451#618
  3. 623Helaine#1,493#870
  4. 399Janine#1,330#931
  5. 392Imelda#1,282#890
Fallers
  1. 1,261Noreta#964#2,225
  2. 513Norita#532#1,045
  3. 432Noretta#856#1,288
  4. 366Ferne#950#1,316
  5. 327Verdell#904#1,231

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

boys

1,109,147 boys got a published name in 1938; 1 in 65,244 of them was named Garnet, which outranked 58.1% of the 4,035 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Garnet
  1. #1,613Westley18
  2. #1,613Winslow18
  3. #1,613Wm18
  4. #1,689Garnet17
  5. #1,689Amon17
  6. #1,689Augusta17
  7. #1,689Avon17
  8. #1,741Aldon16
  9. #1,741Alferd16
  10. #1,741Alphonza16

Tied with 51 names at #1,689; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1937
Risers
  1. 1,314Dion#2,197#883
  2. 448Tex#1,212#764
  3. 425Lonny#1,233#808
  4. 401Gonzalo#1,180#779
  5. 383Lance#722#339
Fallers
  1. 741Worth#1,000#1,741
  2. 528Estel#869#1,397
  3. 492Milburn#845#1,337
  4. 412Lonzo#835#1,247
  5. 405Joy#932#1,337

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

See the top 100 for 1938