Garnett

Where Garnett comes from

Garnett hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1881
    First appearance
    #866 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1909
    Peak, #505
    26 babies named Garnett — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1936
    Garnett Brown born
    American musician
  4. 1938
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  5. 1982
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #3,482.
  6. 1987
    Garnett Genuis born
    Canadian politician
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Garnett Brown · American musician, 1936–2021
  • Garnett Genuis · Canadian politician, born 1987
  • Garnett Adrain · American politician, 1815–1878
  • Garnett Duncan · American politician, 1800–1875
  • Garnett Thomas Eisele · United States federal judge, 1923–2017

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.