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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201936peak #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.

Show data table
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.

Where Garnett is popular in 1936

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Garnett, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Garnett, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Garnett, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Garnett, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Garnett, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Garnett, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Garnett, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Garnett, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Garnett, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Garnett, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Garnett, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Garnett, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Garnett, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Garnett, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Garnett, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Garnett, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Garnett, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Garnett, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Garnett, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Garnett, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Garnett, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Garnett, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Garnett, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Garnett, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Garnett, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Garnett, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Garnett, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Garnett, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Garnett, so not publishedNEMissouri: #361 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,239 boysMOKentucky: #260 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,300 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Garnett, so not publishedWVVirginia: #211 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 1,559 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Garnett, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Garnett, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Garnett, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Garnett, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Garnett, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Garnett, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Garnett, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Garnett, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Garnett, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Garnett, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Garnett, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Garnett, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Garnett, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Garnett, so not publishedALGeorgia: #434 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,711 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Garnett, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Garnett, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Garnett, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Virginia#211 · 1 in 1,559
  2. Kentucky#260 · 1 in 2,300
  3. Missouri#361 · 1 in 5,239
  4. Georgia#434 · 1 in 5,711

Best ever in a state: #99 in Virginia, 1914.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Virginia#211141 in 1,559
Kentucky#260111 in 2,300
Missouri#36151 in 5,239
Georgia#43451 in 5,711
Alabama
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Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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
all girlsall boys
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 1936

girls
#1,321
30 births · 1 in 34,680 girls
boys
#797
59 births · 1 in 17,580 boys

Top girls' names in 1936

  1. #1Mary54,377
  2. #2Shirley35,161
  3. #3Barbara31,682
  4. #4Betty25,868
  5. #5Patricia23,916
  6. #6Dorothy17,666
  7. #7Joan17,072
  8. #8Nancy16,755
  9. #9Margaret14,596
  10. #10Carol14,520
  11. #1,321Garnett30

Top boys' names in 1936

  1. #1Robert58,500
  2. #2James54,694
  3. #3John47,683
  4. #4William39,398
  5. #5Richard33,494
  6. #6Charles29,101
  7. #7Donald28,639
  8. #8Thomas18,342
  9. #9George18,197
  10. #10David17,476
  11. #797Garnett59
More about 1936

girls

1,040,390 girls got a published name in 1936; 1 in 34,680 of them was named Garnett, which outranked 72.8% of the 4,856 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Garnett
  1. #1,296Tamara31
  2. #1,296Velta31
  3. #1,296Verline31
  4. #1,321Garnett30
  5. #1,321Allison30
  6. #1,321Alverta30
  7. #1,321Annice30
  8. #1,345Alean29
  9. #1,345Altha29
  10. #1,345Bella29

Tied with 23 names at #1,321; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1935
Risers
  1. 3,238Shelba#3,742#504
  2. 662Shelby#840#178
  3. 600Wendy#1,418#818
  4. 588Deanna#1,356#768
  5. 546Shari#1,514#968
Fallers
  1. 1,028Norita#713#1,741
  2. 506Vernetta#974#1,480
  3. 461Ozella#984#1,445
  4. 400Shirleyann#896#1,296
  5. 342Idell#925#1,267

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

boys

1,037,205 boys got a published name in 1936; 1 in 17,580 of them was named Garnett, which outranked 80.3% of the 4,037 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Garnett
  1. #787Reynold60
  2. #787Santos60
  3. #787Walker60
  4. #797Garnett59
  5. #797Alvis59
  6. #797Asa59
  7. #797Durwood59
  8. #807Cruz58
  9. #807Lauren58
  10. #807Porter58

Tied with 9 names at #797; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1935
Risers
  1. 802Errol#1,708#906
  2. 644Sergio#1,584#940
  3. 601Brice#1,494#893
  4. 537Windell#1,390#853
  5. 529Kim#1,390#861
Fallers
  1. 1,082Stafford#980#2,062
  2. 889Darwyn#750#1,639
  3. 461Hunter#956#1,417
  4. 399Orvil#844#1,243
  5. 370Rosendo#956#1,326

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

See the top 100 for 1936