Garrett

Last seen for girls in 2014 at #14,558 · #564 for boys in 2025, 526 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
2000 · 5,840 births
Debut · boys
13 births
In top 100 · boys
13 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
135,762
since 1880

Garrett over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201988peak #74, 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#564526
2024#560530
2023#480630
2022#461665
2021#401775
2020#364857
2019#344973
2018#3261,022
2017#3221,062
2016#3091,149
2015#2691,352
2014#14,5586#2371,563
2013#16,5475#2281,616
2012#2131,745
2011#16,7645#1911,942
2010#16,9925#1881,959
2009#1842,061
2008#10,08411#1612,448
2007#1622,562
2006#12,4208#1392,965
2005#13,0107#1243,262
2004#6,48918#1143,688
2003#11,3258#1063,981
2002#914,357
2001#6,32217#805,061
2000#9,16310#745,840
1999#7,71612#785,075
1998#11,1387#804,789
1997#6,48314#854,545
1996#6,39214#854,653
1995#7,51411#804,710
1994#4,37623#824,762
1993#6,62213#794,711
1992#6,65213#884,270
1991#5,39917#914,054
1990#6,13114#993,757
1989#4,12123#1023,314
1988#4,01522#1182,650
1987#5,31214#1132,583
1986#3,75722#1172,390
1985#3,98320#1382,054
1984#4,96614#1561,731
1983#5,82411#1731,516
1982#8,2247#1801,453
1981#7,4098#1671,497
1980#6,31910#1891,288
1979#5,75111#2011,205
1978#5,95810#251806
1977#9,6525#271721
1976#6,0489#314560
1975#315565
1974#331528
1973#347490
1972#5,9598#329542
1971#6,6197#313602
1970#7,9955#320600
1969#5,4568#358487
1968#399384
1967#416336
1966#429316
1965#458287
1964#453310
1963#445318
1962#504249
1961#539218
1960#578182
1959#554195
1958#577180
1957#546200
1956#580172
1955#559174
1954#562169
1953#548166
1952#541169
1951#499184
1950#521164
1949#515168
1948#508167
1947#545152
1946#516155
1945#548119
1944#585110
1943#524143
1942#620103
1941#60398
1940#568109
1939#57499
1938#70075
1937#69175
1936#71969
1935#67079
1934#70874
1933#81258
1932#72973
1931#71772
1930#92852
1929#70577
1928#83562
1927#73379
1926#69483
1925#77273
1924#77875
1923#71882
1922#66693
1921#74579
1920#71383
1919#67784
1918#70081
1917#76567
1916#78162
1915#67175
1914#64561
1913#85532
1912#64942
1911#64423
1910#72917
1909#95110
1908#46328
1907#51121
1906#48921
1905#69912
1904#64713
1903#57615
1902#65112
1901#63711
1900#41929
1899#48116
1898#40923
1897#31135
1896#26247
1895#45619
1894#63111
1893#47915
1892#48017
1891#52412
1890#48915
1889#46416
1888#64810
1887#46114
1886#45116
1885#6419
1884#48815
1883#49713
1882#46915
1881#7067
1880#50513
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Garrett was already there! It came in at #505, and was given to 13 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.

See more about Garrett
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 4 spots since 2024 (#560#564)
  • 200 spots since 2020 (#364#564)
  • 295 spots since 2015 (#269#564)
  • Biggest jump: 237 spots in 1882 (#706#469)
  • Biggest drop: 488 spots in 1909 (#463#951)
Rise & fade · boys
120 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2000 at #74 (5,840 births)
  • Births halved by 2007, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 13 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 13 yrs · run 1990–2002
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 336
  • Highest: 1 in 336 boys born in 2000 were named Garrett (0.30%)
  • Latest: 1 in 3,247 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 33.4% of all boys named Garrett (45,326) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s128#451 (1886)#533
1890s210#262 (1896)#452
1900s172#419 (1900)#604
1910s544#644 (1911)#712
1920s786#666 (1922)#736
1930s726#574 (1939)#725
1940s1,324#508 (1948)#553
1950s1,773#499 (1951)#549
1960s3,087#358 (1969)#458
1970s6,619#201 (1979)#299
1980s20,476#102 (1989)#145
1990s45,326#78 (1999)#85
2000s36,225#74 (2000)#124
2010s14,383#188 (2010)#263
2020s3,983#364 (2020)#472

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.

Garrett in 1988

girls
#4,015
22 births · 1 in 80,948 girls
boys
#118
2,650 births · 1 in 722 boys

Top girls' names in 1988

  1. #1Jessica51,556
  2. #2Ashley49,977
  3. #3Amanda39,459
  4. #4Sarah28,374
  5. #5Jennifer27,893
  6. #6Brittany26,816
  7. #7Stephanie22,843
  8. #8Samantha20,700
  9. #9Nicole20,315
  10. #10Elizabeth20,042
  11. #4,015Garrett22

Top boys' names in 1988

  1. #1Michael64,171
  2. #2Christopher53,014
  3. #3Matthew45,876
  4. #4Joshua42,653
  5. #5Andrew35,745
  6. #6David35,329
  7. #7Justin35,055
  8. #8Daniel34,718
  9. #9James32,523
  10. #10Robert30,319
  11. #118Garrett2,650
More about 1988

girls

1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 80,948 of them was named Garrett, which outranked 71.1% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Garrett
  1. #3,893Walter23
  2. #3,893Winifred23
  3. #3,893Zabrina23
  4. #4,015Garrett22
  5. #4,015Aditi22
  6. #4,015Akira22
  7. #4,015Alfreda22
  8. #4,172Adrina21
  9. #4,172Aidan21
  10. #4,172Aide21

Tied with 156 names at #4,015; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1987
Risers
  1. 2,890Jalissa#3,857#967
  2. 2,381Taja#3,101#720
  3. 1,710Whitley#2,156#446
  4. 1,225Jalisa#1,662#437
  5. 883Jaleesa#1,227#344
Fallers
  1. 620Channing#590#1,210
  2. 346Denisse#954#1,300
  3. 319Jeana#966#1,285
  4. 314Eliana#826#1,140
  5. 311Nakia#893#1,204

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

boys

1,914,283 boys got a published name in 1988; 1 in 722 of them was named Garrett, which outranked 98.6% of the 8,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Garrett
  1. #115Johnathan2,675
  2. #116Dennis2,652
  3. #116Martin2,652
  4. #118Garrett2,650
  5. #119Luke2,619
  6. #120Jeffery2,584
  7. #121Ricardo2,502
Biggest movers since 1987
Risers
  1. 3,252Nico#4,239#987
  2. 1,245Ridge#2,215#970
  3. 668Colten#1,484#816
  4. 600Brantley#1,587#987
  5. 518Long#1,337#819
Fallers
  1. 362Cordaro#908#1,270
  2. 246Ramsey#884#1,130
  3. 241Yaakov#974#1,215
  4. 233Adrain#990#1,223
  5. 230Kiel#846#1,076

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

See the top 100 for 1988