Garland
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #15,194 · #6,803 for boys in 2025, 12 births
Given to boys 96.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1905 · 60 births
- Debut · boys
- 11 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 23,857since 1880
Garland over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Garland has never cracked the top 200 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | — | #6,803 | 12 | |
| 2024 | — | #5,659 | 16 | |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | #4,456 | 23 |
| 2022 | — | #5,445 | 17 | |
| 2021 | — | #5,776 | 15 | |
| 2020 | — | #5,451 | 16 | |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | #4,806 | 20 |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | #4,610 | 21 |
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 | #5,526 | 16 |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | #4,470 | 22 |
| 2015 | — | #4,545 | 21 | |
| 2014 | — | #6,632 | 12 | |
| 2013 | — | #4,981 | 18 | |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 | #4,251 | 23 |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 | #4,509 | 21 |
| 2010 | — | #6,036 | 14 | |
| 2009 | — | #4,748 | 20 | |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #4,044 | 25 |
| 2007 | — | #4,011 | 25 | |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 | #3,782 | 26 |
| 2005 | #9,452 | 11 | #3,615 | 26 |
| 2004 | — | #4,129 | 21 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,366 | 27 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,554 | 24 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,429 | 40 | |
| 2000 | #9,163 | 10 | #2,379 | 40 |
| 1999 | — | #2,347 | 38 | |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 | #2,711 | 30 |
| 1997 | — | #1,908 | 48 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,986 | 44 | |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 | #1,758 | 50 |
| 1994 | — | #1,409 | 69 | |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | #1,577 | 57 |
| 1992 | — | #1,352 | 70 | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #1,430 | 63 |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 | #1,270 | 76 |
| 1989 | — | #1,219 | 77 | |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | #1,047 | 89 |
| 1987 | — | #1,133 | 72 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,320 | 55 | |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | #1,170 | 64 |
| 1984 | — | #951 | 86 | |
| 1983 | — | #956 | 85 | |
| 1982 | #6,888 | 9 | #899 | 99 |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | #837 | 110 |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #878 | 103 |
| 1979 | — | #855 | 103 | |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #869 | 98 |
| 1977 | — | #793 | 116 | |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | #820 | 104 |
| 1975 | — | #690 | 144 | |
| 1974 | — | #712 | 133 | |
| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 | #643 | 153 |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 | #607 | 169 |
| 1971 | #5,543 | 9 | #643 | 164 |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | #630 | 165 |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 | #592 | 173 |
| 1968 | — | #548 | 189 | |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 | #583 | 168 |
| 1966 | — | #555 | 191 | |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | #526 | 213 |
| 1964 | #4,355 | 10 | #516 | 229 |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | #516 | 240 |
| 1962 | #3,782 | 12 | #498 | 254 |
| 1961 | #3,793 | 12 | #473 | 298 |
| 1960 | #4,773 | 8 | #490 | 261 |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 | #509 | 236 |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | #452 | 301 |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | #470 | 271 |
| 1956 | — | #443 | 289 | |
| 1955 | #3,571 | 11 | #400 | 331 |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 | #376 | 355 |
| 1953 | #3,106 | 13 | #379 | 333 |
| 1952 | #2,921 | 14 | #363 | 342 |
| 1951 | #3,284 | 11 | #345 | 394 |
| 1950 | #3,962 | 8 | #350 | 369 |
| 1949 | #2,620 | 15 | #335 | 402 |
| 1948 | #2,701 | 14 | #340 | 388 |
| 1947 | #3,240 | 11 | #354 | 369 |
| 1946 | #3,034 | 11 | #328 | 387 |
| 1945 | #2,916 | 10 | #337 | 316 |
| 1944 | #2,096 | 17 | #312 | 378 |
| 1943 | #2,695 | 12 | #293 | 446 |
| 1942 | #3,444 | 8 | #317 | 376 |
| 1941 | #2,668 | 11 | #298 | 381 |
| 1940 | #2,737 | 10 | #292 | 367 |
| 1939 | #2,736 | 10 | #293 | 357 |
| 1938 | #3,181 | 8 | #285 | 372 |
| 1937 | #2,940 | 9 | #282 | 374 |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 | #292 | 342 |
| 1935 | #2,731 | 10 | #285 | 360 |
| 1934 | #2,289 | 13 | #275 | 378 |
| 1933 | #3,109 | 8 | #271 | 375 |
| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 | #278 | 383 |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 | #292 | 362 |
| 1930 | #3,345 | 8 | #287 | 392 |
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 | #284 | 384 |
| 1928 | #2,023 | 18 | #287 | 387 |
| 1927 | #3,284 | 9 | #298 | 374 |
| 1926 | #3,046 | 10 | #281 | 412 |
| 1925 | #1,700 | 25 | #284 | 405 |
| 1924 | #2,661 | 13 | #281 | 413 |
| 1923 | #1,944 | 20 | #269 | 434 |
| 1922 | #1,897 | 21 | #258 | 478 |
| 1921 | #2,762 | 12 | #264 | 454 |
| 1920 | #2,357 | 15 | #278 | 403 |
| 1919 | #1,698 | 23 | #271 | 379 |
| 1918 | #2,029 | 18 | #265 | 402 |
| 1917 | #1,996 | 17 | #254 | 396 |
| 1916 | #2,246 | 14 | #259 | 365 |
| 1915 | #1,571 | 22 | #262 | 343 |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 | #276 | 252 |
| 1913 | #1,465 | 16 | #285 | 193 |
| 1912 | #2,144 | 8 | #300 | 145 |
| 1911 | #1,792 | 8 | #281 | 87 |
| 1910 | #1,634 | 9 | #282 | 74 |
| 1909 | #1,957 | 6 | #302 | 57 |
| 1908 | — | #307 | 51 | |
| 1907 | — | #278 | 56 | |
| 1906 | — | #304 | 45 | |
| 1905 | — | #251 | 60 | |
| 1904 | — | #306 | 41 | |
| 1903 | — | #370 | 27 | |
| 1902 | #1,793 | 5 | #308 | 39 |
| 1901 | #1,679 | 5 | #325 | 30 |
| 1900 | — | #365 | 36 | |
| 1899 | — | #251 | 44 | |
| 1898 | #1,379 | 7 | #329 | 34 |
| 1897 | #1,385 | 6 | #360 | 27 |
| 1896 | — | #407 | 23 | |
| 1895 | — | #337 | 30 | |
| 1894 | — | #332 | 29 | |
| 1893 | — | #359 | 25 | |
| 1892 | — | #458 | 18 | |
| 1891 | — | #411 | 18 | |
| 1890 | — | #434 | 17 | |
| 1889 | — | #673 | 9 | |
| 1888 | — | #442 | 18 | |
| 1887 | — | #409 | 17 | |
| 1886 | — | #403 | 19 | |
| 1885 | — | #547 | 12 | |
| 1884 | — | #547 | 12 | |
| 1883 | — | #556 | 11 | |
| 1882 | — | #437 | 17 | |
| 1881 | — | #706 | 7 | |
| 1880 | — | #571 | 11 | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Garland was already there! It came in at #571, and was given to 11 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.
Where Garland is popular in 1895
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Garland
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 1,144 spots since 2024 (#5,659 → #6,803)
- 1,352 spots since 2020 (#5,451 → #6,803)
- 2,258 spots since 2015 (#4,545 → #6,803)
- Biggest jump: 269 spots in 1882 (#706 → #437)
- Biggest drop: 231 spots in 1889 (#442 → #673)
Rise & fade · boys
25 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1905 at #251 (60 births)
- Births halved by 1998, 93 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 105 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 105 yrs · run 1880–1984
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,205
- Highest: 1 in 2,205 boys born in 1905 were named Garland (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 142,340 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 17.4% of all boys named Garland (4,144) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 133 | #403 (1886) | #529 |
| 1890s | 265 | #251 (1899) | #368 |
| 1900s | 442 | #251 (1905) | #312 |
| 1910s | 2,636 | #254 (1917) | #274 |
| 1920s | 4,144 | #258 (1922) | #278 |
| 1930s | 3,695 | #271 (1933) | #284 |
| 1940s | 3,810 | #292 (1940) | #321 |
| 1950s | 3,221 | #345 (1951) | #409 |
| 1960s | 2,216 | #473 (1961) | #530 |
| 1970s | 1,349 | #607 (1972) | #726 |
| 1980s | 840 | #837 (1981) | #1,041 |
| 1990s | 545 | #1,270 (1990) | #1,775 |
| 2000s | 274 | #2,379 (2000) | #3,606 |
| 2010s | 188 | #4,251 (2012) | #5,037 |
| 2020s | 99 | #4,456 (2023) | #5,598 |
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.
Garland in 1895
boys
#337
30 births · 1 in 3,913 boys
Top boys' names in 1895
More about 1895
boys
117,393 boys got a published name in 1895; 1 in 3,913 of them was named Garland, which outranked 72.8% of the 1,241 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).