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

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Peak · boys
1909 · 26 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,857
since 1881

Garnett over time

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201903peak #640, 1904peak #505, 1909girlsboys
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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#12,0085
2024#8,9878
2023#12,2395
2022#12,3305
2021#12,1465
2020#12,0225
2019#10,8036
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013#9,6557
2012
2011#12,2875
2010#9,6937
2009#10,9946
2008#7,18711
2007
2006#7,9989
2005#7,09610
2004#6,97610
2003#8,6437
2002#7,0559
2001#6,44510
2000#6,31610
1999#6,5309
1998#5,84010
1997#6,1009
1996#5,53510
1995#6,4078
1994#5,45210
1993#5,36010
1992#5,23610
1991#13,1475#4,76011
1990#8,1175
1989#4,52711
1988#2,86019
1987#3,73112
1986#3,26814
1985#2,71018
1984#3,10714
1983
1982#3,48212
1981#2,77916
1980#10,3925#2,72917
1979#9,0106#2,66917
1978#2,27920
1977#2,91014
1976#2,24520
1975#7,1737#2,63715
1974#7,6806#2,54915
1973#8,4235#2,12419
1972#8,2925#1,50832
1971#6,0068#1,59730
1970#6,3627#1,69926
1969#4,72310#1,76722
1968#5,1478#1,73121
1967#4,05311#1,44928
1966#4,8668#1,58024
1965#4,4949#1,40530
1964#3,87912#1,18942
1963#4,27210#1,35433
1962#4,26310#1,45429
1961#3,18916#1,49629
1960#4,4379#1,61925
1959#5,5666#1,32435
1958#3,54312#1,17243
1957#3,69611#1,27837
1956#3,18614#1,25737
1955#2,72517#1,11444
1954#2,02727#1,21338
1953#2,81215#1,15541
1952#2,20022#1,08145
1951#1,77230#1,04047
1950#2,18520#96052
1949#1,80728#99749
1948#1,62133#93355
1947#2,08922#88662
1946#1,97022#93551
1945#1,48230#1,10335
1944#1,38134#87852
1943#1,44233#94350
1942#1,34936#95848
1941#1,24337#92547
1940#1,21836#84156
1939#1,26534#86750
1938#1,21936#83455
1937#99250#1,00040
1936#1,32130#79759
1935#1,16237#71672
1934#1,04744#98242
1933#1,08541#79959
1932#1,05645#78665
1931#1,10441#88752
1930#1,00254#85559
1929#88665#90055
1928#90266#89156
1927#91766#78071
1926#95861#75972
1925#85376#73079
1924#97661#83866
1923#80082#71882
1922#78486#71783
1921#81381#75078
1920#72799#68787
1919#83569#73076
1918#75988#74375
1917#84166#74470
1916#73784#74467
1915#69691#67574
1914#76557#58573
1913#76747#80635
1912#70950#70037
1911#70438#73219
1910#69138#78215
1909#90920#50526
1908#88220#77912
1907#72627#59118
1906#84519#70912
1905#73424#66613
1904#64029#76010
1903#78919#52717
1902#71623#1,1375
1901#79517#1,0585
1900#80321#83610
1899#83515#7149
1898#67923#7449
1897#93112#7878
1896#1,04710#7789
1895#89313#7958
1894#81214#8577
1893#95510#8367
1892#90811#7928
1891#9439#7008
1890#82511#8147
1889#75712#9745
1888#9176
1887
1886#7587
1885#8366
1884#9715
1883
1882#54012
1881#8665
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.

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
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s46#540 (1882)#837
1890s80#700 (1891)#782
1900s128#505 (1909)#757
1910s541#585 (1914)#724
1920s729#687 (1920)#777
1930s553#716 (1935)#852
1940s505#841 (1940)#940
1950s419#960 (1950)#1,159
1960s283#1,189 (1964)#1,504
1970s208#1,508 (1972)#2,222
1980s133#2,710 (1985)#3,244
1990s92#4,760 (1991)#5,934
2000s82#6,316 (2000)#7,634
2010s25#9,655 (2013)#10,610
2020s33#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 1903

girls
#789
19 births · 1 in 13,788 girls
boys
#527
17 births · 1 in 7,014 boys

Top girls' names in 1903

  1. #1Mary14,275
  2. #2Helen6,129
  3. #3Anna5,098
  4. #4Margaret5,045
  5. #5Ruth4,517
  6. #6Elizabeth3,724
  7. #7Marie3,469
  8. #8Florence3,468
  9. #9Ethel3,257
  10. #10Mildred3,088
  11. #789Garnett19

Top boys' names in 1903

  1. #1John7,608
  2. #2William6,311
  3. #3James5,479
  4. #4George3,961
  5. #5Charles3,213
  6. #6Joseph3,121
  7. #7Robert3,044
  8. #8Frank2,644
  9. #9Edward2,268
  10. #10Thomas1,962
  11. #527Garnett17
More about 1903

girls

261,970 girls got a published name in 1903; 1 in 13,788 of them was named Garnett, which outranked 62.1% of the 2,083 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Garnett
  1. #760Sadye20
  2. #760Selina20
  3. #760Verona20
  4. #789Garnett19
  5. #789Antonette19
  6. #789Arlie19
  7. #789Cathryn19
  8. #813Adelina18
  9. #813Cleora18
  10. #813Corrie18

Tied with 23 names at #789; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1902
Risers
  1. 1,004Rafaela#1,793#789
  2. 957Evia#1,793#836
  3. 862Euphemia#1,793#931
  4. 758Janette#1,594#836
  5. 758Louis#1,594#836
Fallers
  1. 889Littie#903#1,792
  2. 889Samantha#903#1,792
  3. 820Marianna#972#1,792
  4. 689Classie#903#1,592
  5. 667Venus#773#1,440

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

boys

119,230 boys got a published name in 1903; 1 in 7,014 of them was named Garnett, which outranked 59.6% of the 1,306 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Garnett
  1. #505Vernie18
  2. #505Wilford18
  3. #505Wilton18
  4. #527Garnett17
  5. #527Arlie17
  6. #527Benny17
  7. #527Clint17
  8. #550Benjiman16
  9. #550Bonnie16
  10. #550Brady16

Tied with 22 names at #527; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1902
Risers
  1. 610Garnett#1,137#527
  2. 562Jordan#1,013#451
  3. 561Reynold#1,137#576
  4. 542Artis#1,137#595
  5. 518Josiah#1,137#619
Fallers
  1. 574Hunter#556#1,130
  2. 547Audrey#583#1,130
  3. 479Hayes#651#1,130
  4. 479Hezekiah#651#1,130
  5. 479Oakley#651#1,130

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

See the top 100 for 1903