Garner

Where Garner comes from

Garner hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1881
    First appearance
    #866 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1912
    Garner E. Shriver born
    American politician
  3. 1932
    Peak, #674
    82 babies named Garner — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1934
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,386.
  5. 1939
    Garner Tullis born
    American born artist
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Garner E. Shriver · American politician, 1912–1998
  • Garner Tullis · American born artist, 1939–2019

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.