Garnet
#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to girls 77.5% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1911 · 116 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,913since 1884
Garnet over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | #10,917 | 8 | #10,695 | 6 |
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 | — | |
| 2023 | #8,055 | 13 | #8,921 | 8 |
| 2022 | #9,056 | 11 | #7,768 | 10 |
| 2021 | #7,630 | 14 | #12,146 | 5 |
| 2020 | #10,250 | 9 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | #10,473 | 9 | #12,145 | 5 |
| 2018 | #10,545 | 9 | #8,154 | 9 |
| 2017 | #7,442 | 15 | — | |
| 2016 | #7,602 | 15 | #10,744 | 6 |
| 2015 | #13,006 | 7 | — | |
| 2014 | — | #12,108 | 5 | |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 | — | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | #9,723 | 11 | — | |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | — | |
| 2009 | #11,459 | 9 | #8,985 | 8 |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | — | |
| 2007 | — | #12,367 | 5 | |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | — | |
| 2005 | #10,921 | 9 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | #8,643 | 7 | |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | — | |
| 2001 | — | #8,339 | 7 | |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | — | |
| 1999 | — | #6,530 | 9 | |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 | #8,479 | 6 |
| 1997 | — | #8,110 | 6 | |
| 1996 | — | #9,015 | 5 | |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 | #3,618 | 15 |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 | #5,200 | 8 |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | — | |
| 1986 | #5,757 | 12 | #4,853 | 8 |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 | #4,215 | 9 |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | — | |
| 1982 | — | #5,619 | 6 | |
| 1981 | #5,254 | 13 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #4,978 | 14 | #3,430 | 12 |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,563 | 11 | — | |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 | #3,836 | 9 |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 | #3,724 | 9 |
| 1975 | #3,950 | 16 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 18 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #5,191 | 10 | #2,857 | 12 |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 | #2,991 | 11 |
| 1971 | #3,789 | 16 | #3,146 | 10 |
| 1970 | #4,246 | 13 | #2,399 | 15 |
| 1969 | #3,012 | 20 | #2,549 | 12 |
| 1968 | #2,630 | 23 | #2,445 | 12 |
| 1967 | #2,781 | 20 | #2,611 | 10 |
| 1966 | #2,308 | 27 | #2,327 | 12 |
| 1965 | #3,050 | 17 | #1,720 | 21 |
| 1964 | #2,825 | 20 | #1,850 | 19 |
| 1963 | #2,780 | 20 | #2,539 | 11 |
| 1962 | #2,463 | 24 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1961 | #2,250 | 28 | #1,778 | 21 |
| 1960 | #2,196 | 28 | #1,910 | 18 |
| 1959 | #2,054 | 30 | #2,295 | 13 |
| 1958 | #2,322 | 24 | #1,896 | 18 |
| 1957 | #1,652 | 42 | #2,631 | 10 |
| 1956 | #1,796 | 35 | #1,886 | 18 |
| 1955 | #1,617 | 40 | #2,219 | 13 |
| 1954 | #1,436 | 49 | #1,762 | 19 |
| 1953 | #1,248 | 60 | #1,765 | 19 |
| 1952 | #1,316 | 53 | #1,615 | 22 |
| 1951 | #1,224 | 57 | #2,055 | 14 |
| 1950 | #1,259 | 53 | #1,499 | 24 |
| 1949 | #1,469 | 39 | #1,872 | 16 |
| 1948 | #1,250 | 53 | #1,487 | 24 |
| 1947 | #1,170 | 59 | #1,363 | 29 |
| 1946 | #1,101 | 60 | #1,557 | 21 |
| 1945 | #1,003 | 59 | #1,445 | 21 |
| 1944 | #953 | 66 | #1,630 | 18 |
| 1943 | #884 | 78 | #1,431 | 24 |
| 1942 | #720 | 107 | #1,139 | 36 |
| 1941 | #851 | 73 | #1,446 | 22 |
| 1940 | #721 | 93 | #1,368 | 24 |
| 1939 | #824 | 70 | #1,238 | 28 |
| 1938 | #710 | 93 | #1,689 | 17 |
| 1937 | #666 | 104 | #1,344 | 25 |
| 1936 | #768 | 77 | #1,225 | 29 |
| 1935 | #675 | 97 | #1,194 | 31 |
| 1934 | #705 | 89 | #1,038 | 39 |
| 1933 | #612 | 112 | #1,498 | 21 |
| 1932 | #670 | 101 | #1,324 | 27 |
| 1931 | #640 | 108 | #1,078 | 39 |
| 1930 | #667 | 106 | #1,299 | 30 |
| 1929 | #582 | 139 | #1,094 | 40 |
| 1928 | #648 | 117 | #1,228 | 34 |
| 1927 | #604 | 138 | #1,022 | 47 |
| 1926 | #602 | 138 | #1,331 | 30 |
| 1925 | #575 | 156 | #1,012 | 46 |
| 1924 | #565 | 166 | #952 | 54 |
| 1923 | #511 | 187 | #1,026 | 47 |
| 1922 | #559 | 163 | #1,058 | 44 |
| 1921 | #485 | 203 | #991 | 50 |
| 1920 | #422 | 250 | #929 | 55 |
| 1919 | #443 | 221 | #898 | 55 |
| 1918 | #407 | 258 | #996 | 45 |
| 1917 | #416 | 232 | #876 | 53 |
| 1916 | #436 | 209 | #972 | 43 |
| 1915 | #441 | 193 | #879 | 49 |
| 1914 | #428 | 158 | #967 | 33 |
| 1913 | #427 | 133 | #871 | 31 |
| 1912 | #457 | 107 | #1,023 | 20 |
| 1911 | #377 | 116 | #982 | 12 |
| 1910 | #463 | 74 | #859 | 13 |
| 1909 | #408 | 80 | #1,440 | 5 |
| 1908 | #430 | 70 | #779 | 12 |
| 1907 | #404 | 77 | #930 | 9 |
| 1906 | #415 | 67 | — | |
| 1905 | #476 | 51 | #1,091 | 6 |
| 1904 | #500 | 43 | #587 | 15 |
| 1903 | #482 | 44 | #846 | 8 |
| 1902 | #528 | 37 | — | |
| 1901 | #441 | 45 | — | |
| 1900 | #656 | 29 | #1,050 | 7 |
| 1899 | #526 | 32 | — | |
| 1898 | #527 | 35 | — | |
| 1897 | #491 | 35 | — | |
| 1896 | #565 | 29 | — | |
| 1895 | #658 | 22 | — | |
| 1894 | #628 | 22 | #857 | 7 |
| 1893 | #594 | 23 | — | |
| 1892 | #726 | 16 | — | |
| 1891 | #669 | 16 | — | |
| 1890 | #693 | 15 | #994 | 5 |
| 1889 | #802 | 11 | #789 | 7 |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | #733 | 10 | — | |
| 1886 | #1,108 | 5 | — | |
| 1885 | #793 | 8 | — | |
| 1884 | #851 | 7 | — | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | #943 | 5 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Garnet! It came in at #851, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1888, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Garnet is popular in 1900
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Garnet
- 4,376 spots since 2024 (#15,293 → #10,917)
- 667 spots since 2020 (#10,250 → #10,917)
- 2,089 spots since 2015 (#13,006 → #10,917)
- Biggest jump: 375 spots in 1887 (#1,108 → #733)
- Biggest drop: 315 spots in 1886 (#793 → #1,108)
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1911 at #377 (116 births)
- Births halved by 1948, 37 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 59 yrs · run 1889–1944
- Highest: 1 in 3,606 girls born in 1911 were named Garnet (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 200,908 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 24.6% of all girls named Garnet (1,701) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2014, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 41 | #733 (1887) | #857 |
| 1890s | 245 | #491 (1897) | #608 |
| 1900s | 543 | #404 (1907) | #474 |
| 1910s | 1,701 | #377 (1911) | #430 |
| 1920s | 1,657 | #422 (1920) | #555 |
| 1930s | 957 | #612 (1933) | #694 |
| 1940s | 687 | #720 (1942) | #1,012 |
| 1950s | 443 | #1,224 (1951) | #1,592 |
| 1960s | 227 | #2,196 (1960) | #2,630 |
| 1970s | 119 | #3,558 (1974) | #5,140 |
| 1980s | 78 | #4,978 (1980) | #8,033 |
| 1990s | 38 | #10,122 (1998) | #11,460 |
| 2000s | 39 | #10,921 (2005) | #14,280 |
| 2010s | 78 | #7,442 (2017) | #11,117 |
| 2020s | 60 | #7,630 (2021) | #10,200 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Garnet in 1900
Top girls' names in 1900
Top boys' names in 1900
More about 1900
girls
299,784 girls got a published name in 1900; 1 in 10,337 of them was named Garnet, which outranked 70.5% of the 2,223 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #639Myrna30
- #639Veva30
- #639Yetta30
- #656Garnet29
- #656Albertha29
- #656Berenice29
- #656Beth29
- #676Charles28
- #676Enid28
- #676Florrie28
Tied with 19 names at #656; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 940Rosia#1,596 → #656
- ↑ 763Josiephine#1,596 → #833
- ↑ 763Lelar#1,596 → #833
- ↑ 736Carmel#1,596 → #860
- ↑ 722Gloria#1,278 → #556
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
150,474 boys got a published name in 1900; 1 in 21,496 of them was named Garnet, which outranked 30.3% of the 1,506 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #968Yancy8
- #968Young8
- #968Zeb8
- #1,050Garnet7
- #1,050Adelbert7
- #1,050Ananias7
- #1,050Arlington7
- #1,162Acy6
- #1,162Adelard6
- #1,162Alberta6
Tied with 111 names at #1,050; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.