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
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | — | ||
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1909 at #505 (26 births)
- Births halved by 1982, 73 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 65 yrs · run 1903–1944
- 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%)
- 18.9% of all boys named Garnett (729) were born in this decade
- 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 1946
Top girls' names in 1946
Top boys' names in 1946
More about 1946
girls
1,571,305 girls got a published name in 1946; 1 in 71,423 of them was named Garnett, which outranked 65.4% of the 5,686 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,919Vincenza23
- #1,919Willena23
- #1,919Winnifred23
- #1,970Garnett22
- #1,970Adelita22
- #1,970Arlena22
- #1,970Arletha22
- #2,024Adriana21
- #2,024Alane21
- #2,024Alecia21
Tied with 53 names at #1,970; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,624,023 boys got a published name in 1946; 1 in 31,844 of them was named Garnett, which outranked 76.7% of the 4,018 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).