Garnet

Where Garnet comes from

Named after the garnet gemstone.
— Wiktionary's entry for Garnet
  • French
Garnet through the years
  1. 1884
    First appearance
    #851 among girls with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1911
    Peak, #377
    116 babies named Garnet, its best rank.
  3. 1948
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,250.
  4. 2015
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from French.
Namesakes

No widely recognized namesakes for Garnet in Wikidata.

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.