Garret

Last seen for girls in 1982 at #10,517 · #7,194 for boys in 2025, 11 births
Given to boys >99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
2000 · 590 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
13,247
since 1881

Garret over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Garret has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201979peak #420, 2000boys
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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#7,19411
2024#6,46913
2023#4,88620
2022#3,77429
2021#3,74029
2020#3,81127
2019#3,79428
2018#2,70845
2017#2,71545
2016#2,78343
2015#2,21261
2014#2,17562
2013#2,04466
2012#1,478109
2011#1,364123
2010#1,309131
2009#1,169155
2008#1,115164
2007#940211
2006#762277
2005#689300
2004#672301
2003#609343
2002#572383
2001#491468
2000#420590
1999#437527
1998#477458
1997#463477
1996#479455
1995#491438
1994#493416
1993#451484
1992#442498
1991#533359
1990#505380
1989#533326
1988#578254
1987#569252
1986#541272
1985#544261
1984#617191
1983#611196
1982#10,5175#695156
1981#730140
1980#729144
1979#775125
1978#95083
1977#1,07964
1976#1,05063
1975#1,05362
1974#92377
1973#99266
1972#86886
1971#1,01464
1970#806101
1969#82288
1968#78489
1967#75795
1966#75097
1965#75995
1964#760101
1963#756104
1962#79791
1961#95864
1960#98160
1959#1,36033
1958#1,32134
1957#1,45729
1956#1,29835
1955#1,18140
1954#1,20039
1953#1,37830
1952#1,29733
1951#1,33231
1950#1,34029
1949#1,29731
1948#1,61121
1947#1,39428
1946#1,38226
1945#1,77215
1944#1,57419
1943#1,28029
1942#2,5239
1941#2,4919
1940#1,62718
1939#2,28810
1938#3,5345
1937#1,91314
1936#2,4529
1935#2,39610
1934#2,39310
1933#2,5429
1932#1,84816
1931#2,32811
1930#2,17813
1929#2,19913
1928#1,96016
1927#1,95917
1926#2,72510
1925#3,7416
1924#4,3475
1923#2,12315
1922#2,48612
1921#2,9869
1920
1919#2,06315
1918#3,0968
1917#3,2177
1916#1,84916
1915#1,87815
1914#2,2719
1913#1,80310
1912#2,5445
1911
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1901
1900#1,3105
1899
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1895#1,0795
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1883#8925
1882
1881#7816
1880
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five boys were named Garret! It came in at #781, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1882–1912, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

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Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 725 spots since 2024 (#6,469#7,194)
  • 3,383 spots since 2020 (#3,811#7,194)
  • 4,982 spots since 2015 (#2,212#7,194)
  • Biggest jump: 379 spots in 1960 (#1,360#981)
  • Biggest drop: 208 spots in 1971 (#806#1,014)
Rise & fade · boys
119 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 2000 at #420 (590 births)
  • Births halved by 2006, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 46 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 46 yrs · run 1978–2007
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,329
  • Highest: 1 in 3,329 boys born in 2000 were named Garret (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 155,280 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 33.9% of all boys named Garret (4,492) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s11#781 (1881)#837
1890s5#1,079 (1895)#1,079
1900s5#1,310 (1900)#1,310
1910s85#1,803 (1913)#2,340
1920s103#1,959 (1927)#2,725
1930s107#1,848 (1932)#2,387
1940s205#1,280 (1943)#1,695
1950s333#1,181 (1955)#1,316
1960s884#750 (1966)#812
1970s791#775 (1979)#951
1980s2,192#533 (1989)#615
1990s4,492#437 (1999)#477
2000s3,192#420 (2000)#744
2010s713#1,309 (2010)#2,258
2020s129#3,740 (2021)#4,979

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.

Garret in 1979

boys
#775
125 births · 1 in 13,772 boys

Top boys' names in 1979

  1. #1Michael67,713
  2. #2Christopher50,659
  3. #3Jason50,369
  4. #4David42,053
  5. #5James39,351
  6. #6Matthew35,621
  7. #7John35,410
  8. #8Robert34,015
  9. #9Joshua31,120
  10. #10Brian28,659
  11. #775Garret125
More about 1979

boys

1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 13,772 of them was named Garret, which outranked 89.0% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Garret
  1. #770Cyrus126
  2. #770Elton126
  3. #770Jacques126
  4. #775Garret125
  5. #775Zebulon125
  6. #777Federico124
  7. #777Garth124
  8. #777Hubert124

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1978
Risers
  1. 1,228Tyrel#2,134#906
  2. 471Jace#1,186#715
  3. 387Chaz#1,371#984
  4. 311Tyrell#1,051#740
  5. 308Frederic#1,203#895
Fallers
  1. 1,230Dequan#927#2,157
  2. 641Rahsaan#869#1,510
  3. 446Chip#989#1,435
  4. 308Rashaun#996#1,304
  5. 307Kenya#749#1,056

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

See the top 100 for 1979