Garner

#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · #5,861 for boys in 2025, 15 births
Given to boys 97.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
1932 · 82 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,279
since 1881

Garner over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Garner has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201933peak #674, 1932boys
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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
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2025#14,9425#5,86115
2024—#5,24118
2023#15,1945#5,07519
2022#13,5926#5,87415
2021—#3,42733
2020—#5,45116
2019#12,4487#4,00326
2018#12,4647#4,73920
2017#14,1246#5,29717
2016#16,2155#4,47022
2015#16,4195#4,40722
2014#13,0697#3,69328
2013—#4,06424
2012—#4,00325
2011—#6,57812
2010#14,9596#3,70828
2009—#6,09514
2008—#3,64629
2007—#5,21017
2006—#3,88825
2005—#3,24131
2004—#3,36828
2003—#4,27619
2002—#3,25927
2001—#3,97420
2000—#7,4168
1999—#4,53715
1998—#4,01917
1997—#3,73818
1996—#4,61313
1995—#6,4078
1994—#3,10922
1993—#4,22714
1992—#8,4355
1991—#5,09610
1990—#4,99310
1989—#4,27112
1988—#5,7517
1987—#5,4597
1986—#4,8538
1985—#4,6988
1984—#4,5528
1983—#4,4998
1982—#5,0037
1981—#4,1539
1980—#3,09814
1979—#3,56911
1978—#2,79915
1977—#2,66516
1976—#3,47110
1975—#2,75114
1974—#2,54915
1973—#2,71613
1972—#2,99111
1971—#2,46415
1970—#2,12518
1969—#1,57027
1968—#2,31113
1967—#1,80919
1966—#2,7849
1965—#1,85618
1964—#1,65523
1963—#1,83919
1962—#1,51527
1961—#1,52128
1960—#2,04216
1959—#1,62024
1958—#2,37012
1957—#1,83719
1956—#2,26313
1955—#2,55810
1954—#1,70620
1953—#1,95816
1952—#2,01015
1951—#2,13513
1950—#1,74618
1949—#2,12313
1948—#1,75818
1947—#1,51924
1946—#2,27111
1945—#1,92613
1944—#1,40023
1943—#1,98614
1942—#2,26811
1941—#1,53220
1940—#1,51920
1939—#1,45821
1938—#1,39723
1937—#1,23329
1936—#1,35624
1935—#1,58419
1934—#1,38624
1933—#77063
1932—#67482
1931—#1,64319
1930—#1,88916
1929—#1,48024
1928—#1,44826
1927—#1,74820
1926—#1,56523
1925—#1,93517
1924—#1,62823
1923—#1,25633
1922—#1,36729
1921—#1,44827
1920—#1,23434
1919—#1,29730
1918—#1,31329
1917—#1,32227
1916—#1,30427
1915—#1,34225
1914—#1,26022
1913—#1,17319
1912—#1,26814
1911—#1,5376
1910—#85913
1909—#1,0209
1908—#1,1137
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First appearance
1881

The first year at least five boys were named Garner! It came in at #866, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1881–1884, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Garner is popular in 1933

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
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Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Garner, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Garner, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Garner, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Garner, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Garner, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Garner, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Garner, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Garner, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Garner, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Garner, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Garner, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Garner, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Garner, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Garner, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Garner, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Garner, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Garner, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Garner, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Garner, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Garner, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Garner, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Garner, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Garner, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Garner, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Garner, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Garner, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Garner, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Garner, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Garner, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Garner, so not publishedMOKentucky: #268 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 2,471 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Garner, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Garner, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Garner, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Garner, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Garner, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Garner, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Garner, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Garner, so not publishedARTennessee: #314 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,459 boysTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Garner, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Garner, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Garner, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Garner, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Garner, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Garner, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Garner, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Garner, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Garner, so not publishedHITexas: #656 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 7,650 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Garner, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Kentucky#268 · 1 in 2,471
  2. Tennessee#314 · 1 in 3,459
  3. Texas#656 · 1 in 7,650

Best ever in a state: #239 in Tennessee, 1932.

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Kentucky#268101 in 2,471
Tennessee#31471 in 3,459
Texas#65671 in 7,650
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See more about Garner
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 620 spots since 2024 (#5,241 → #5,861)
  • 410 spots since 2020 (#5,451 → #5,861)
  • 1,454 spots since 2015 (#4,407 → #5,861)
  • Biggest jump: 969 spots in 1932 (#1,643 → #674)
  • Biggest drop: 678 spots in 1911 (#859 → #1,537)
Rise & fade · boys
51 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1932 at #674 (82 births)
  • Births halved by 1934, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 5 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1932–1933
Share of babies · boys
1 in 12,734
  • Highest: 1 in 12,734 boys born in 1932 were named Garner (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 113,872 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1930s
  • 14.0% of all boys named Garner (320) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s12#765 (1885)#816
1890s5#1,057 (1897)#1,057
1900s32#1,013 (1902)#1,082
1910s212#859 (1910)#1,268
1920s256#1,234 (1920)#1,511
1930s320#674 (1932)#1,339
1940s167#1,400 (1944)#1,830
1950s160#1,620 (1959)#2,020
1960s199#1,515 (1962)#1,890
1970s138#2,125 (1970)#2,810
1980s88#3,098 (1980)#4,634
1990s132#3,109 (1994)#4,917
2000s218#3,241 (2005)#4,437
2010s224#3,693 (2014)#4,496
2020s116#3,427 (2021)#5,155

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.

Garner in 1933

boys
#770
63 births · 1 in 15,738 boys

Top boys' names in 1933

  1. #1Robert54,221
  2. #2James51,112
  3. #3John46,224
  4. #4William39,049
  5. #5Richard31,331
  6. #6Charles28,991
  7. #7Donald28,450
  8. #8George18,356
  9. #9Joseph17,162
  10. #10Thomas16,508
  11. #770Garner63
More about 1933

boys

991,524 boys got a published name in 1933; 1 in 15,738 of them was named Garner, which outranked 81.5% of the 4,156 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Garner
  1. #762Milan64
  2. #762Tracy64
  3. #762Werner64
  4. #770Garner63
  5. #770Arlan63
  6. #770Fritz63
  7. #770June63
  8. #775Arvin62
  9. #775Dayton62
  10. #775Howell62

Tied with 4 names at #770; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1932
Risers
  1. ↑ 553Neville#1,548 → #995
  2. ↑ 401Cordell#1,286 → #885
  3. ↑ 381Hamilton#1,286 → #905
  4. ↑ 375Delano#677 → #302
  5. ↑ 313Jan#937 → #624
Fallers
  1. ↓ 568Hoover#793 → #1,361
  2. ↓ 541Porfirio#915 → #1,456
  3. ↓ 424Rosendo#937 → #1,361
  4. ↓ 381Alfonzo#821 → #1,202
  5. ↓ 368Hillard#862 → #1,230

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

See the top 100 for 1933 →