Garnett
Last seen for girls in 1991 at #13,147 · #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
Given to boys 58.1% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1909 · 26 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,857since 1881
Garnett over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #12,008 | 5 | |
| 2024 | — | #8,987 | 8 | |
| 2023 | — | #12,239 | 5 | |
| 2022 | — | #12,330 | 5 | |
| 2021 | — | #12,146 | 5 | |
| 2020 | — | #12,022 | 5 | |
| 2019 | — | #10,803 | 6 | |
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | #9,655 | 7 | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | #12,287 | 5 | |
| 2010 | — | #9,693 | 7 | |
| 2009 | — | #10,994 | 6 | |
| 2008 | — | #7,187 | 11 | |
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | #7,998 | 9 | |
| 2005 | — | #7,096 | 10 | |
| 2004 | — | #6,976 | 10 | |
| 2003 | — | #8,643 | 7 | |
| 2002 | — | #7,055 | 9 | |
| 2001 | — | #6,445 | 10 | |
| 2000 | — | #6,316 | 10 | |
| 1999 | — | #6,530 | 9 | |
| 1998 | — | #5,840 | 10 | |
| 1997 | — | #6,100 | 9 | |
| 1996 | — | #5,535 | 10 | |
| 1995 | — | #6,407 | 8 | |
| 1994 | — | #5,452 | 10 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,360 | 10 | |
| 1992 | — | #5,236 | 10 | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #4,760 | 11 |
| 1990 | — | #8,117 | 5 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,527 | 11 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,860 | 19 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,731 | 12 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,268 | 14 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,710 | 18 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,107 | 14 | |
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | #3,482 | 12 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,779 | 16 | |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #2,729 | 17 |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | #2,669 | 17 |
| 1978 | — | #2,279 | 20 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,910 | 14 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,245 | 20 | |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | #2,637 | 15 |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | #2,549 | 15 |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | #2,124 | 19 |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #1,508 | 32 |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 | #1,597 | 30 |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 | #1,699 | 26 |
| 1969 | #4,723 | 10 | #1,767 | 22 |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 | #1,731 | 21 |
| 1967 | #4,053 | 11 | #1,449 | 28 |
| 1966 | #4,866 | 8 | #1,580 | 24 |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 | #1,405 | 30 |
| 1964 | #3,879 | 12 | #1,189 | 42 |
| 1963 | #4,272 | 10 | #1,354 | 33 |
| 1962 | #4,263 | 10 | #1,454 | 29 |
| 1961 | #3,189 | 16 | #1,496 | 29 |
| 1960 | #4,437 | 9 | #1,619 | 25 |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 | #1,324 | 35 |
| 1958 | #3,543 | 12 | #1,172 | 43 |
| 1957 | #3,696 | 11 | #1,278 | 37 |
| 1956 | #3,186 | 14 | #1,257 | 37 |
| 1955 | #2,725 | 17 | #1,114 | 44 |
| 1954 | #2,027 | 27 | #1,213 | 38 |
| 1953 | #2,812 | 15 | #1,155 | 41 |
| 1952 | #2,200 | 22 | #1,081 | 45 |
| 1951 | #1,772 | 30 | #1,040 | 47 |
| 1950 | #2,185 | 20 | #960 | 52 |
| 1949 | #1,807 | 28 | #997 | 49 |
| 1948 | #1,621 | 33 | #933 | 55 |
| 1947 | #2,089 | 22 | #886 | 62 |
| 1946 | #1,970 | 22 | #935 | 51 |
| 1945 | #1,482 | 30 | #1,103 | 35 |
| 1944 | #1,381 | 34 | #878 | 52 |
| 1943 | #1,442 | 33 | #943 | 50 |
| 1942 | #1,349 | 36 | #958 | 48 |
| 1941 | #1,243 | 37 | #925 | 47 |
| 1940 | #1,218 | 36 | #841 | 56 |
| 1939 | #1,265 | 34 | #867 | 50 |
| 1938 | #1,219 | 36 | #834 | 55 |
| 1937 | #992 | 50 | #1,000 | 40 |
| 1936 | #1,321 | 30 | #797 | 59 |
| 1935 | #1,162 | 37 | #716 | 72 |
| 1934 | #1,047 | 44 | #982 | 42 |
| 1933 | #1,085 | 41 | #799 | 59 |
| 1932 | #1,056 | 45 | #786 | 65 |
| 1931 | #1,104 | 41 | #887 | 52 |
| 1930 | #1,002 | 54 | #855 | 59 |
| 1929 | #886 | 65 | #900 | 55 |
| 1928 | #902 | 66 | #891 | 56 |
| 1927 | #917 | 66 | #780 | 71 |
| 1926 | #958 | 61 | #759 | 72 |
| 1925 | #853 | 76 | #730 | 79 |
| 1924 | #976 | 61 | #838 | 66 |
| 1923 | #800 | 82 | #718 | 82 |
| 1922 | #784 | 86 | #717 | 83 |
| 1921 | #813 | 81 | #750 | 78 |
| 1920 | #727 | 99 | #687 | 87 |
| 1919 | #835 | 69 | #730 | 76 |
| 1918 | #759 | 88 | #743 | 75 |
| 1917 | #841 | 66 | #744 | 70 |
| 1916 | #737 | 84 | #744 | 67 |
| 1915 | #696 | 91 | #675 | 74 |
| 1914 | #765 | 57 | #585 | 73 |
| 1913 | #767 | 47 | #806 | 35 |
| 1912 | #709 | 50 | #700 | 37 |
| 1911 | #704 | 38 | #732 | 19 |
| 1910 | #691 | 38 | #782 | 15 |
| 1909 | #909 | 20 | #505 | 26 |
| 1908 | #882 | 20 | #779 | 12 |
| 1907 | #726 | 27 | #591 | 18 |
| 1906 | #845 | 19 | #709 | 12 |
| 1905 | #734 | 24 | #666 | 13 |
| 1904 | #640 | 29 | #760 | 10 |
| 1903 | #789 | 19 | #527 | 17 |
| 1902 | #716 | 23 | #1,137 | 5 |
| 1901 | #795 | 17 | #1,058 | 5 |
| 1900 | #803 | 21 | #836 | 10 |
| 1899 | #835 | 15 | #714 | 9 |
| 1898 | #679 | 23 | #744 | 9 |
| 1897 | #931 | 12 | #787 | 8 |
| 1896 | #1,047 | 10 | #778 | 9 |
| 1895 | #893 | 13 | #795 | 8 |
| 1894 | #812 | 14 | #857 | 7 |
| 1893 | #955 | 10 | #836 | 7 |
| 1892 | #908 | 11 | #792 | 8 |
| 1891 | #943 | 9 | #700 | 8 |
| 1890 | #825 | 11 | #814 | 7 |
| 1889 | #757 | 12 | #974 | 5 |
| 1888 | — | #917 | 6 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #758 | 7 | |
| 1885 | — | #836 | 6 | |
| 1884 | — | #971 | 5 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | #540 | 12 | |
| 1881 | — | #866 | 5 | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1881
The first year at least five boys were named Garnett! It came in at #866, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1884, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Garnett is popular in 1882
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Garnett
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 3,021 spots since 2024 (#8,987 → #12,008)
- 14 spots since 2020 (#12,022 → #12,008)
- Biggest jump: 610 spots in 1903 (#1,137 → #527)
- Biggest drop: 277 spots in 1910 (#505 → #782)
Rise & fade · boys
28 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1909 at #505 (26 births)
- Births halved by 1982, 73 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 65 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 65 yrs · run 1903–1944
Share of babies · boys
1 in 6,308
- Highest: 1 in 6,308 boys born in 1909 were named Garnett (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 18.9% of all boys named Garnett (729) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1938
- Mostly girls until 1937, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 46 | #540 (1882) | #837 |
| 1890s | 80 | #700 (1891) | #782 |
| 1900s | 128 | #505 (1909) | #757 |
| 1910s | 541 | #585 (1914) | #724 |
| 1920s | 729 | #687 (1920) | #777 |
| 1930s | 553 | #716 (1935) | #852 |
| 1940s | 505 | #841 (1940) | #940 |
| 1950s | 419 | #960 (1950) | #1,159 |
| 1960s | 283 | #1,189 (1964) | #1,504 |
| 1970s | 208 | #1,508 (1972) | #2,222 |
| 1980s | 133 | #2,710 (1985) | #3,244 |
| 1990s | 92 | #4,760 (1991) | #5,934 |
| 2000s | 82 | #6,316 (2000) | #7,634 |
| 2010s | 25 | #9,655 (2013) | #10,610 |
| 2020s | 33 | #8,987 (2024) | #11,622 |
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.
Garnett in 1882
boys
#540
12 births · 1 in 9,474 boys
Top boys' names in 1882
More about 1882
boys
113,686 boys got a published name in 1882; 1 in 9,474 of them was named Garnett, which outranked 50.9% of the 1,099 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 42.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).