Garnett

Last seen for girls in 1991 at #13,147 · #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
Given to boys 58.1% of the time

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Peak · boys
1909 · 26 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,857
since 1881

Garnett over time

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201898peak #640, 1904peak #505, 1909girlsboys
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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—#12,0085
2024—#8,9878
2023—#12,2395
2022—#12,3305
2021—#12,1465
2020—#12,0225
2019—#10,8036
2018——
2017——
2016——
2015——
2014——
2013—#9,6557
2012——
2011—#12,2875
2010—#9,6937
2009—#10,9946
2008—#7,18711
2007——
2006—#7,9989
2005—#7,09610
2004—#6,97610
2003—#8,6437
2002—#7,0559
2001—#6,44510
2000—#6,31610
1999—#6,5309
1998—#5,84010
1997—#6,1009
1996—#5,53510
1995—#6,4078
1994—#5,45210
1993—#5,36010
1992—#5,23610
1991#13,1475#4,76011
1990—#8,1175
1989—#4,52711
1988—#2,86019
1987—#3,73112
1986—#3,26814
1985—#2,71018
1984—#3,10714
1983——
1982—#3,48212
1981—#2,77916
1980#10,3925#2,72917
1979#9,0106#2,66917
1978—#2,27920
1977—#2,91014
1976—#2,24520
1975#7,1737#2,63715
1974#7,6806#2,54915
1973#8,4235#2,12419
1972#8,2925#1,50832
1971#6,0068#1,59730
1970#6,3627#1,69926
1969#4,72310#1,76722
1968#5,1478#1,73121
1967#4,05311#1,44928
1966#4,8668#1,58024
1965#4,4949#1,40530
1964#3,87912#1,18942
1963#4,27210#1,35433
1962#4,26310#1,45429
1961#3,18916#1,49629
1960#4,4379#1,61925
1959#5,5666#1,32435
1958#3,54312#1,17243
1957#3,69611#1,27837
1956#3,18614#1,25737
1955#2,72517#1,11444
1954#2,02727#1,21338
1953#2,81215#1,15541
1952#2,20022#1,08145
1951#1,77230#1,04047
1950#2,18520#96052
1949#1,80728#99749
1948#1,62133#93355
1947#2,08922#88662
1946#1,97022#93551
1945#1,48230#1,10335
1944#1,38134#87852
1943#1,44233#94350
1942#1,34936#95848
1941#1,24337#92547
1940#1,21836#84156
1939#1,26534#86750
1938#1,21936#83455
1937#99250#1,00040
1936#1,32130#79759
1935#1,16237#71672
1934#1,04744#98242
1933#1,08541#79959
1932#1,05645#78665
1931#1,10441#88752
1930#1,00254#85559
1929#88665#90055
1928#90266#89156
1927#91766#78071
1926#95861#75972
1925#85376#73079
1924#97661#83866
1923#80082#71882
1922#78486#71783
1921#81381#75078
1920#72799#68787
1919#83569#73076
1918#75988#74375
1917#84166#74470
1916#73784#74467
1915#69691#67574
1914#76557#58573
1913#76747#80635
1912#70950#70037
1911#70438#73219
1910#69138#78215
1909#90920#50526
1908#88220#77912
1907#72627#59118
1906#84519#70912
1905#73424#66613
1904#64029#76010
1903#78919#52717
1902#71623#1,1375
1901#79517#1,0585
1900#80321#83610
1899#83515#7149
1898#67923#7449
1897#93112#7878
1896#1,04710#7789
1895#89313#7958
1894#81214#8577
1893#95510#8367
1892#90811#7928
1891#9439#7008
1890#82511#8147
1889#75712#9745
1888—#9176
1887——
1886—#7587
1885—#8366
1884—#9715
1883——
1882—#54012
1881—#8665
1880——
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five boys were named Garnett! It came in at #866, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1883–1884, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Garnett is popular in 1898

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Garnett
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 3,021 spots since 2024 (#8,987 → #12,008)
  • 14 spots since 2020 (#12,022 → #12,008)
  • Biggest jump: 610 spots in 1903 (#1,137 → #527)
  • Biggest drop: 277 spots in 1910 (#505 → #782)
Rise & fade · boys
28 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1909 at #505 (26 births)
  • Births halved by 1982, 73 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 65 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 65 yrs · run 1903–1944
Share of babies · boys
1 in 6,308
  • Highest: 1 in 6,308 boys born in 1909 were named Garnett (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 18.9% of all boys named Garnett (729) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1938
  • Mostly girls until 1937, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s46#540 (1882)#837
1890s80#700 (1891)#782
1900s128#505 (1909)#757
1910s541#585 (1914)#724
1920s729#687 (1920)#777
1930s553#716 (1935)#852
1940s505#841 (1940)#940
1950s419#960 (1950)#1,159
1960s283#1,189 (1964)#1,504
1970s208#1,508 (1972)#2,222
1980s133#2,710 (1985)#3,244
1990s92#4,760 (1991)#5,934
2000s82#6,316 (2000)#7,634
2010s25#9,655 (2013)#10,610
2020s33#8,987 (2024)#11,622

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.

Garnett in 1898

girls
#679
23 births · 1 in 11,251 girls
boys
#744
9 births · 1 in 13,632 boys

Top girls' names in 1898

  1. #1Mary14,406
  2. #2Anna5,773
  3. #3Helen5,230
  4. #4Margaret4,696
  5. #5Ruth4,249
  6. #6Florence3,790
  7. #7Elizabeth3,659
  8. #8Ethel3,531
  9. #9Marie3,435
  10. #10Lillian3,061
  11. #679Garnett23

Top boys' names in 1898

  1. #1John8,159
  2. #2William7,400
  3. #3James5,321
  4. #4George4,853
  5. #5Charles3,557
  6. #6Joseph3,171
  7. #7Robert2,932
  8. #8Frank2,925
  9. #9Edward2,337
  10. #10Thomas2,161
  11. #744Garnett9
More about 1898

girls

258,769 girls got a published name in 1898; 1 in 11,251 of them was named Garnett, which outranked 65.6% of the 1,975 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Garnett
  1. #666Signe24
  2. #666Vennie24
  3. #666Verdie24
  4. #679Garnett23
  5. #679Arvilla23
  6. #679Cathryn23
  7. #679Charlie23
  8. #697Alyce22
  9. #697Arrie22
  10. #697Beth22

Tied with 17 names at #679; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1897
Risers
  1. ↑ 958Manila#1,263 → #305
  2. ↑ 889Ouida#1,555 → #666
  3. ↑ 858Ula#1,555 → #697
  4. ↑ 836Sofia#1,555 → #719
  5. ↑ 715Leonor#1,555 → #840
Fallers
  1. ↓ 833Vertie#867 → #1,700
  2. ↓ 821Fae#681 → #1,502
  3. ↓ 805Beda#895 → #1,700
  4. ↓ 805Nolia#895 → #1,700
  5. ↓ 769Azzie#931 → #1,700

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

boys

122,685 boys got a published name in 1898; 1 in 13,632 of them was named Garnett, which outranked 42.3% of the 1,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Garnett
  1. #701Waymon10
  2. #701Weldon10
  3. #701Willam10
  4. #744Garnett9
  5. #744Alois9
  6. #744Authur9
  7. #744Bee9
  8. #804Alphonsus8
  9. #804Antone8
  10. #804Arba8

Tied with 59 names at #744; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1897
Risers
  1. ↑ 578Fitzhugh#942 → #364
  2. ↑ 534Carson#1,057 → #523
  3. ↑ 490Enos#942 → #452
  4. ↑ 484Annie#1,057 → #573
  5. ↑ 484Ernst#1,057 → #573
Fallers
  1. ↓ 683Fate#438 → #1,121
  2. ↓ 648Ashley#473 → #1,121
  3. ↓ 626Ludwig#495 → #1,121
  4. ↓ 543Pierre#459 → #1,002
  5. ↓ 537Harve#584 → #1,121

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

See the top 100 for 1898 →