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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201996peak #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.

Where Garrett is popular in 1996

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #44 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 148 boysAKMaine: #90 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 339 boysMEVermont: #96 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 364 boysVTNew Hampshire: #79 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 295 boysNHWashington: #79 for boys · 110 births · 1 in 306 boysWAIdaho: #45 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 163 boysIDMontana: #49 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 163 boysMTNorth Dakota: #47 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 146 boysNDMinnesota: #84 for boys · 92 births · 1 in 309 boysMNIllinois: #127 for boys · 130 births · 1 in 623 boysILWisconsin: #105 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 444 boysWIMichigan: #81 for boys · 177 births · 1 in 337 boysMINew York: #151 for boys · 126 births · 1 in 942 boysNYMassachusetts: #108 for boys · 60 births · 1 in 620 boysMARhode Island: #126 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 692 boysRIOregon: #55 for boys · 89 births · 1 in 221 boysORNevada: #75 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 289 boysNVWyoming: #33 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 106 boysWYSouth Dakota: #95 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 320 boysSDIowa: #87 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 302 boysIAIndiana: #70 for boys · 135 births · 1 in 279 boysINOhio: #80 for boys · 203 births · 1 in 346 boysOHPennsylvania: #95 for boys · 150 births · 1 in 456 boysPANew Jersey: #129 for boys · 60 births · 1 in 811 boysNJConnecticut: #101 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 493 boysCTCalifornia: #123 for boys · 483 births · 1 in 525 boysCAUtah: #63 for boys · 85 births · 1 in 223 boysUTColorado: #57 for boys · 106 births · 1 in 234 boysCONebraska: #52 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 185 boysNEMissouri: #67 for boys · 136 births · 1 in 254 boysMOKentucky: #91 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 392 boysKYWest Virginia: #61 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 219 boysWVVirginia: #85 for boys · 94 births · 1 in 415 boysVAMaryland: #67 for boys · 95 births · 1 in 302 boysMDDelaware: #89 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 349 boysDEArizona: #107 for boys · 83 births · 1 in 404 boysAZNew Mexico: #104 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 400 boysNMKansas: #44 for boys · 89 births · 1 in 169 boysKSArkansas: #55 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 230 boysARTennessee: #67 for boys · 114 births · 1 in 302 boysTNNorth Carolina: #79 for boys · 137 births · 1 in 335 boysNCSouth Carolina: #83 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 401 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #228 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 999 boysDCOklahoma: #47 for boys · 104 births · 1 in 183 boysOKLouisiana: #67 for boys · 91 births · 1 in 293 boysLAMississippi: #68 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 344 boysMSAlabama: #80 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 404 boysALGeorgia: #84 for boys · 123 births · 1 in 394 boysGAHawaii: #188 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 814 boysHITexas: #66 for boys · 518 births · 1 in 301 boysTXFlorida: #76 for boys · 240 births · 1 in 354 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Wyoming#33 · 1 in 106
  2. Alaska#44 · 1 in 148
  3. Kansas#44 · 1 in 169
  4. Idaho#45 · 1 in 163
  5. North Dakota#47 · 1 in 146

Best ever in a state: #23 in Wyoming, 1999.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Wyoming#33191 in 106
Alaska#44241 in 148
Kansas#44891 in 169
Idaho#45451 in 163
North Dakota#47261 in 146
Oklahoma#471041 in 183
Montana#49251 in 163
Nebraska#52531 in 185
Arkansas#55631 in 230
Oregon#55891 in 221
Colorado#571061 in 234
West Virginia#61421 in 219
Utah#63851 in 223
Texas#665181 in 301
Louisiana#67911 in 293
Maryland#67951 in 302
Missouri#671361 in 254
Tennessee#671141 in 302
Mississippi#68441 in 344
Indiana#701351 in 279
Nevada#75361 in 289
Florida#762401 in 354
New Hampshire#79211 in 295
North Carolina#791371 in 335
Washington#791101 in 306
Alabama#80621 in 404
Ohio#802031 in 346
Michigan#811771 in 337
South Carolina#83491 in 401
Georgia#841231 in 394
Minnesota#84921 in 309
Virginia#85941 in 415
Iowa#87551 in 302
Delaware#89111 in 349
Maine#90171 in 339
Kentucky#91591 in 392
Pennsylvania#951501 in 456
South Dakota#95131 in 320
Vermont#9671 in 364
Connecticut#101391 in 493
New Mexico#104271 in 400
Wisconsin#105661 in 444
Arizona#107831 in 404
Massachusetts#108601 in 620
California#1234831 in 525
Rhode Island#12681 in 692
Illinois#1271301 in 623
New Jersey#129601 in 811
New York#1511261 in 942
Hawaii#18871 in 814
District of Columbia#22851 in 999

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 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 1996

girls
#6,392
14 births · 1 in 125,215 girls
boys
#85
4,653 births · 1 in 407 boys

Top girls' names in 1996

  1. #1Emily25,150
  2. #2Jessica24,201
  3. #3Ashley23,678
  4. #4Sarah21,048
  5. #5Samantha20,552
  6. #6Taylor19,155
  7. #7Hannah18,596
  8. #8Alexis16,592
  9. #9Rachel16,121
  10. #10Elizabeth16,003
  11. #6,392Garrett14

Top boys' names in 1996

  1. #1Michael38,373
  2. #2Matthew32,077
  3. #3Jacob31,925
  4. #4Christopher30,904
  5. #5Joshua29,175
  6. #6Nicholas27,724
  7. #7Tyler26,956
  8. #8Brandon25,847
  9. #9Austin25,663
  10. #10Andrew25,244
  11. #85Garrett4,653
More about 1996

girls

1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 125,215 of them was named Garrett, which outranked 59.8% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Garrett
  1. #6,064Yasmen15
  2. #6,064Yolonda15
  3. #6,064Yvonna15
  4. #6,392Garrett14
  5. #6,392Aaren14
  6. #6,392Abbegail14
  7. #6,392Abegail14
  8. #6,723Aalyah13
  9. #6,723Abreanna13
  10. #6,723Adrionna13

Tied with 330 names at #6,392; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. 2,167Odalys#2,845#678
  2. 1,531Tamia#2,028#497
  3. 1,524Jaycie#2,486#962
  4. 1,486Odalis#2,394#908
  5. 1,430Zaria#2,155#725
Fallers
  1. 1,558Unknown#865#2,423
  2. 723Iridian#886#1,609
  3. 435Selene#964#1,399
  4. 394Salina#838#1,232
  5. 339Chelsi#697#1,036

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

boys

1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 407 of them was named Garrett, which outranked 99.2% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Garrett
  1. #82Taylor4,798
  2. #83Bradley4,755
  3. #84Blake4,747
  4. #85Garrett4,653
  5. #86Isaac4,566
  6. #87Marcus4,546
  7. #88Mitchell4,391
Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. 1,398Keyshawn#2,178#780
  2. 1,171Jair#2,055#884
  3. 1,065Kordell#2,055#990
  4. 856Shemar#1,758#902
  5. 686Nasir#1,648#962
Fallers
  1. 1,075Unknown#665#1,740
  2. 649Rashaan#937#1,586
  3. 633Savon#966#1,599
  4. 514Latrell#966#1,480
  5. 351Rakeem#970#1,321

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

See the top 100 for 1996