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

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Peak · girls
1911 · 116 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
6,913
since 1884

Garnet over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201924peak #377, 1911peak #587, 1904girlsboys
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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#10,9178#10,6956
2024#15,2935—
2023#8,05513#8,9218
2022#9,05611#7,76810
2021#7,63014#12,1465
2020#10,2509#12,0225
2019#10,4739#12,1455
2018#10,5459#8,1549
2017#7,44215—
2016#7,60215#10,7446
2015#13,0067—
2014—#12,1085
2013#13,1507—
2012——
2011#9,72311—
2010#16,9925—
2009#11,4599#8,9858
2008#17,5045—
2007—#12,3675
2006#17,1685—
2005#10,9219#11,4725
2004——
2003—#8,6437
2002#13,5956—
2001—#8,3397
2000#15,0315—
1999—#6,5309
1998#10,1228#8,4796
1997—#8,1106
1996—#9,0155
1995#11,7836#6,9927
1994#11,7786#8,8005
1993——
1992#11,7386#8,4355
1991#13,1475#8,2365
1990#10,1937#7,1786
1989#8,7618#3,61815
1988#9,2447#5,2008
1987#11,3255—
1986#5,75712#4,8538
1985#9,3076#5,1477
1984#7,3988#4,2159
1983#10,2755—
1982—#5,6196
1981#5,25413#6,2625
1980#4,97814#3,43012
1979#6,18910—
1978#5,56311—
1977#6,3409#3,8369
1976#6,6118#3,7249
1975#3,95016—
1974#3,55818#5,2275
1973#5,19110#2,85712
1972#5,9598#2,99111
1971#3,78916#3,14610
1970#4,24613#2,39915
1969#3,01220#2,54912
1968#2,63023#2,44512
1967#2,78120#2,61110
1966#2,30827#2,32712
1965#3,05017#1,72021
1964#2,82520#1,85019
1963#2,78020#2,53911
1962#2,46324#2,67310
1961#2,25028#1,77821
1960#2,19628#1,91018
1959#2,05430#2,29513
1958#2,32224#1,89618
1957#1,65242#2,63110
1956#1,79635#1,88618
1955#1,61740#2,21913
1954#1,43649#1,76219
1953#1,24860#1,76519
1952#1,31653#1,61522
1951#1,22457#2,05514
1950#1,25953#1,49924
1949#1,46939#1,87216
1948#1,25053#1,48724
1947#1,17059#1,36329
1946#1,10160#1,55721
1945#1,00359#1,44521
1944#95366#1,63018
1943#88478#1,43124
1942#720107#1,13936
1941#85173#1,44622
1940#72193#1,36824
1939#82470#1,23828
1938#71093#1,68917
1937#666104#1,34425
1936#76877#1,22529
1935#67597#1,19431
1934#70589#1,03839
1933#612112#1,49821
1932#670101#1,32427
1931#640108#1,07839
1930#667106#1,29930
1929#582139#1,09440
1928#648117#1,22834
1927#604138#1,02247
1926#602138#1,33130
1925#575156#1,01246
1924#565166#95254
1923#511187#1,02647
1922#559163#1,05844
1921#485203#99150
1920#422250#92955
1919#443221#89855
1918#407258#99645
1917#416232#87653
1916#436209#97243
1915#441193#87949
1914#428158#96733
1913#427133#87131
1912#457107#1,02320
1911#377116#98212
1910#46374#85913
1909#40880#1,4405
1908#43070#77912
1907#40477#9309
1906#41567—
1905#47651#1,0916
1904#50043#58715
1903#48244#8468
1902#52837—
1901#44145—
1900#65629#1,0507
1899#52632—
1898#52735—
1897#49135—
1896#56529—
1895#65822—
1894#62822#8577
1893#59423—
1892#72616—
1891#66916—
1890#69315#9945
1889#80211#7897
1888——
1887#73310—
1886#1,1085—
1885#7938—
1884#8517—
1883——
1882—#9435
1881——
1880——
First appearance
1884

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 1924

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Garnet, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Garnet, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Garnet, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Garnet, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Garnet, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Garnet, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Garnet, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Garnet, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Garnet, so not publishedMNIllinois: #641 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 12,440 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Garnet, so not publishedWIMichigan: #450 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,807 girlsMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Garnet, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Garnet, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Garnet, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Garnet, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Garnet, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Garnet, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Garnet, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Garnet, so not publishedIAIndiana: #347 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,035 girlsINOhio: #175 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 1,157 girlsOHPennsylvania: #359 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 5,524 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Garnet, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Garnet, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Garnet, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Garnet, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Garnet, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Garnet, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Garnet, so not publishedMOKentucky: #301 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,440 girlsKYWest Virginia: #155 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 798 girlsWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Garnet, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Garnet, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Garnet, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Garnet, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Garnet, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Garnet, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Garnet, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Garnet, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Garnet, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Garnet, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Garnet, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Garnet, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Garnet, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Garnet, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Garnet, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Garnet, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Garnet, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Garnet, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Garnet, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. West Virginia#155 · 1 in 798
  2. Ohio#175 · 1 in 1,157
  3. Kentucky#301 · 1 in 2,440
  4. Indiana#347 · 1 in 4,035
  5. Pennsylvania#359 · 1 in 5,524

Best ever in a state: #83 in Wyoming, 1917.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
West Virginia#155271 in 798
Ohio#175501 in 1,157
Kentucky#301131 in 2,440
Indiana#34771 in 4,035
Pennsylvania#359181 in 5,524
Michigan#45061 in 6,807
Illinois#64151 in 12,440
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Delaware———
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Minnesota———
Mississippi———
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Montana———
Nebraska———
Nevada———
New Hampshire———
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New Mexico———
New York———
North Carolina———
North Dakota———
Oklahoma———
Oregon———
Rhode Island———
South Carolina———
South Dakota———
Tennessee———
Texas———
Utah———
Vermont———
Virginia———
Washington———
Wisconsin———
Wyoming———

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Garnet
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
27 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1884
  • Peaked 1911 at #377 (116 births)
  • Births halved by 1948, 37 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 59 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 59 yrs · run 1889–1944
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,606
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 24.6% of all girls named Garnet (1,701) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2015
  • Mostly boys until 2014, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s41#733 (1887)#857
1890s245#491 (1897)#608
1900s543#404 (1907)#474
1910s1,701#377 (1911)#430
1920s1,657#422 (1920)#555
1930s957#612 (1933)#694
1940s687#720 (1942)#1,012
1950s443#1,224 (1951)#1,592
1960s227#2,196 (1960)#2,630
1970s119#3,558 (1974)#5,140
1980s78#4,978 (1980)#8,033
1990s38#10,122 (1998)#11,460
2000s39#10,921 (2005)#14,280
2010s78#7,442 (2017)#11,117
2020s60#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 1924

girls
#565
166 births · 1 in 7,523 girls
boys
#952
54 births · 1 in 20,977 boys

Top girls' names in 1924

  1. #1Mary73,534
  2. #2Dorothy39,996
  3. #3Helen31,194
  4. #4Betty30,600
  5. #5Margaret26,547
  6. #6Ruth23,601
  7. #7Virginia18,620
  8. #8Mildred15,853
  9. #9Doris15,786
  10. #10Frances15,183
  11. #565Garnet166

Top boys' names in 1924

  1. #1Robert60,802
  2. #2John59,052
  3. #3William53,506
  4. #4James52,942
  5. #5Charles30,460
  6. #6George27,373
  7. #7Joseph25,421
  8. #8Richard21,244
  9. #9Edward21,126
  10. #10Donald17,929
  11. #952Garnet54
More about 1924

girls

1,248,872 girls got a published name in 1924; 1 in 7,523 of them was named Garnet, which outranked 90.4% of the 5,900 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Garnet
  1. #560Fanny167
  2. #560Reta167
  3. #560Veda167
  4. #565Garnet166
  5. #565Catharine166
  6. #565Elvera166
  7. #568Gail165
  8. #568Rowena165
  9. #570Florene164

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1923
Risers
  1. ↑ 459Bettylou#1,327 → #868
  2. ↑ 374Doloris#1,350 → #976
  3. ↑ 332Gaynell#1,283 → #951
  4. ↑ 313Toby#1,305 → #992
  5. ↑ 262Letty#1,213 → #951
Fallers
  1. ↓ 388Izola#966 → #1,354
  2. ↓ 305Fumiko#953 → #1,258
  3. ↓ 303Clemmie#941 → #1,244
  4. ↓ 276Cruz#793 → #1,069
  5. ↓ 271Eris#457 → #728

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

boys

1,132,742 boys got a published name in 1924; 1 in 20,977 of them was named Garnet, which outranked 80.8% of the 4,970 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Garnet
  1. #944Jon55
  2. #944Lindsey55
  3. #944Ocie55
  4. #952Garnet54
  5. #952Dorman54
  6. #952Golden54
  7. #952Ivy54
  8. #960Andre53
  9. #960Ardell53
  10. #960Arlin53

Tied with 7 names at #952; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1923
Risers
  1. ↑ 436Faustino#1,420 → #984
  2. ↑ 338Conway#1,275 → #937
  3. ↑ 310Coolidge#1,041 → #731
  4. ↑ 291Chas#1,235 → #944
  5. ↑ 287Leopoldo#1,194 → #907
Fallers
  1. ↓ 466Cliff#992 → #1,458
  2. ↓ 403Harding#860 → #1,263
  3. ↓ 367Dempsey#750 → #1,117
  4. ↓ 363Price#924 → #1,287
  5. ↓ 350Terrence#873 → #1,223

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

See the top 100 for 1924 →