Garret

Where Garret comes from

Variant of Garrett.
— Wiktionary's entry for Garret
Along the way
  1. 1844
    Garret Hobart born
    vice president of the United States from 1897 to 1899
  2. 1881
    First appearance
    #781 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1926
    Garret FitzGerald born
    Irish politician and prime minister
  4. 2000
    Peak, #420
    590 babies named Garret — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2006
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #762.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Garret Hobart · vice president of the United States from 1897 to 1899, 1844–1899
  • Garret FitzGerald · Irish politician and prime minister, 1926–2011
  • Garret Dillahunt · American actor, born 1964
  • Garret Graves · American politician, born 1972
  • Garret Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington · Irish politician and aristocrat, 1735–1781

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.