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
#674
1932 · 82 births
Debut · boys
1881
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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201934peak #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
rankbirthsrankbirths
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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1904—#1,2055
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1902—#1,0136
1901—#1,0585
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1897—#1,0575
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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 1934

No state had 5 or more boys named Garner in 1934, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

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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 1934

boys
#1,386
24 births · 1 in 43,025 boys

Top boys' names in 1934

  1. #1Robert55,843
  2. #2James54,270
  3. #3John46,743
  4. #4William40,175
  5. #5Richard33,167
  6. #6Donald30,408
  7. #7Charles29,790
  8. #8George18,500
  9. #9Thomas17,373
  10. #10Joseph17,111
  11. #1,386Garner24
More about 1934

boys

1,032,596 boys got a published name in 1934; 1 in 43,025 of them was named Garner, which outranked 67.0% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Garner
  1. #1,357Teddie25
  2. #1,357Verner25
  3. #1,357Wendel25
  4. #1,386Garner24
  5. #1,386Aldon24
  6. #1,386Arliss24
  7. #1,386Arville24
  8. #1,425Ancil23
  9. #1,425Arlon23
  10. #1,425Brown23

Tied with 38 names at #1,386; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. ↑ 746Lanny#1,361 → #615
  2. ↑ 630Kerry#1,586 → #956
  3. ↑ 620Marland#1,456 → #836
  4. ↑ 404Kirk#1,202 → #798
  5. ↑ 350Valentin#1,281 → #931
Fallers
  1. ↓ 730Neville#995 → #1,725
  2. ↓ 616Garner#770 → #1,386
  3. ↓ 520Vivian#905 → #1,425
  4. ↓ 488Finis#869 → #1,357
  5. ↓ 464Malcom#961 → #1,425

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

See the top 100 for 1934 →