Garrett

Last seen for girls in 2014 at #14,558 · #564 for boys in 2025, 526 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
2000 · 5,840 births
Debut · boys
13 births
In top 100 · boys
13 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
135,762
since 1880

Garrett over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201987peak #74, 2000boys
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#564526
2024—#560530
2023—#480630
2022—#461665
2021—#401775
2020—#364857
2019—#344973
2018—#3261,022
2017—#3221,062
2016—#3091,149
2015—#2691,352
2014#14,5586#2371,563
2013#16,5475#2281,616
2012—#2131,745
2011#16,7645#1911,942
2010#16,9925#1881,959
2009—#1842,061
2008#10,08411#1612,448
2007—#1622,562
2006#12,4208#1392,965
2005#13,0107#1243,262
2004#6,48918#1143,688
2003#11,3258#1063,981
2002—#914,357
2001#6,32217#805,061
2000#9,16310#745,840
1999#7,71612#785,075
1998#11,1387#804,789
1997#6,48314#854,545
1996#6,39214#854,653
1995#7,51411#804,710
1994#4,37623#824,762
1993#6,62213#794,711
1992#6,65213#884,270
1991#5,39917#914,054
1990#6,13114#993,757
1989#4,12123#1023,314
1988#4,01522#1182,650
1987#5,31214#1132,583
1986#3,75722#1172,390
1985#3,98320#1382,054
1984#4,96614#1561,731
1983#5,82411#1731,516
1982#8,2247#1801,453
1981#7,4098#1671,497
1980#6,31910#1891,288
1979#5,75111#2011,205
1978#5,95810#251806
1977#9,6525#271721
1976#6,0489#314560
1975—#315565
1974—#331528
1973—#347490
1972#5,9598#329542
1971#6,6197#313602
1970#7,9955#320600
1969#5,4568#358487
1968—#399384
1967—#416336
1966—#429316
1965—#458287
1964—#453310
1963—#445318
1962—#504249
1961—#539218
1960—#578182
1959—#554195
1958—#577180
1957—#546200
1956—#580172
1955—#559174
1954—#562169
1953—#548166
1952—#541169
1951—#499184
1950—#521164
1949—#515168
1948—#508167
1947—#545152
1946—#516155
1945—#548119
1944—#585110
1943—#524143
1942—#620103
1941—#60398
1940—#568109
1939—#57499
1938—#70075
1937—#69175
1936—#71969
1935—#67079
1934—#70874
1933—#81258
1932—#72973
1931—#71772
1930—#92852
1929—#70577
1928—#83562
1927—#73379
1926—#69483
1925—#77273
1924—#77875
1923—#71882
1922—#66693
1921—#74579
1920—#71383
1919—#67784
1918—#70081
1917—#76567
1916—#78162
1915—#67175
1914—#64561
1913—#85532
1912—#64942
1911—#64423
1910—#72917
1909—#95110
1908—#46328
1907—#51121
1906—#48921
1905—#69912
1904—#64713
1903—#57615
1902—#65112
1901—#63711
1900—#41929
1899—#48116
1898—#40923
1897—#31135
1896—#26247
1895—#45619
1894—#63111
1893—#47915
1892—#48017
1891—#52412
1890—#48915
1889—#46416
1888—#64810
1887—#46114
1886—#45116
1885—#6419
1884—#48815
1883—#49713
1882—#46915
1881—#7067
1880—#50513
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Garrett was already there! It came in at #505, and was given to 13 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.

Where Garrett is popular in 1987

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #78 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 317 boysAKMaine: #85 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 447 boysMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Garrett, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #97 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 632 boysNHWashington: #84 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 407 boysWAIdaho: #96 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 469 boysIDMontana: #88 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 379 boysMTNorth Dakota: #96 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 418 boysNDMinnesota: #107 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 663 boysMNIllinois: #139 for boys · 90 births · 1 in 908 boysILWisconsin: #110 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 753 boysWIMichigan: #97 for boys · 103 births · 1 in 628 boysMINew York: #158 for boys · 110 births · 1 in 1,142 boysNYMassachusetts: #109 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 887 boysMARhode Island: #96 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 622 boysRIOregon: #78 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 362 boysORNevada: #131 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 754 boysNVWyoming: #83 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 329 boysWYSouth Dakota: #99 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 431 boysSDIowa: #103 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 590 boysIAIndiana: #121 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 786 boysINOhio: #138 for boys · 76 births · 1 in 1,004 boysOHPennsylvania: #115 for boys · 95 births · 1 in 817 boysPANew Jersey: #243 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 2,080 boysNJConnecticut: #117 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 854 boysCTCalifornia: #112 for boys · 458 births · 1 in 521 boysCAUtah: #90 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 428 boysUTColorado: #88 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 464 boysCONebraska: #108 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 593 boysNEMissouri: #98 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 542 boysMOKentucky: #132 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 919 boysKYWest Virginia: #118 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 755 boysWVVirginia: #114 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 773 boysVAMaryland: #128 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 832 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Garrett, so not publishedDEArizona: #103 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 465 boysAZNew Mexico: #104 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 475 boysNMKansas: #85 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 394 boysKSArkansas: #153 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 935 boysARTennessee: #131 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 826 boysTNNorth Carolina: #106 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 629 boysNCSouth Carolina: #193 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 1,191 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #214 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,145 boysDCOklahoma: #91 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 433 boysOKLouisiana: #136 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 699 boysLAMississippi: #148 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 779 boysMSAlabama: #150 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 873 boysALGeorgia: #133 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 772 boysGAHawaii: #107 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 519 boysHITexas: #115 for boys · 244 births · 1 in 588 boysTXFlorida: #124 for boys · 104 births · 1 in 765 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Alaska#78 · 1 in 317
  2. Oregon#78 · 1 in 362
  3. Wyoming#83 · 1 in 329
  4. Washington#84 · 1 in 407
  5. Kansas#85 · 1 in 394

Best ever in a state: #23 in Wyoming, 1999.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Alaska#78141 in 317
Oregon#78491 in 362
Wyoming#8381 in 329
Washington#84781 in 407
Kansas#85421 in 394
Maine#85161 in 447
Colorado#88531 in 464
Montana#88131 in 379
Utah#90371 in 428
Oklahoma#91481 in 433
Idaho#96141 in 469
North Dakota#96121 in 418
Rhode Island#96101 in 622
Michigan#971031 in 628
New Hampshire#97121 in 632
Missouri#98661 in 542
South Dakota#99111 in 431
Arizona#103611 in 465
Iowa#103301 in 590
New Mexico#104241 in 475
North Carolina#106661 in 629
Hawaii#107131 in 519
Minnesota#107461 in 663
Nebraska#108181 in 593
Massachusetts#109461 in 887
Wisconsin#110431 in 753
California#1124581 in 521
Virginia#114511 in 773
Pennsylvania#115951 in 817
Texas#1152441 in 588
Connecticut#117251 in 854
West Virginia#118141 in 755
Indiana#121471 in 786
Florida#1241041 in 765
Maryland#128351 in 832
Nevada#13191 in 754
Tennessee#131391 in 826
Kentucky#132261 in 919
Georgia#133591 in 772
Louisiana#136461 in 699
Ohio#138761 in 1,004
Illinois#139901 in 908
Mississippi#148211 in 779
Alabama#150291 in 873
Arkansas#153161 in 935
New York#1581101 in 1,142
South Carolina#193181 in 1,191
District of Columbia#21471 in 1,145
New Jersey#243241 in 2,080
Delaware———
Vermont———

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Garrett
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 4 spots since 2024 (#560 → #564)
  • 200 spots since 2020 (#364 → #564)
  • 295 spots since 2015 (#269 → #564)
  • Biggest jump: 237 spots in 1882 (#706 → #469)
  • Biggest drop: 488 spots in 1909 (#463 → #951)
Rise & fade · boys
120 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2000 at #74 (5,840 births)
  • Births halved by 2007, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 13 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 13 yrs · run 1990–2002
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 336
  • Highest: 1 in 336 boys born in 2000 were named Garrett (0.30%)
  • Latest: 1 in 3,247 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 33.4% of all boys named Garrett (45,326) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s128#451 (1886)#533
1890s210#262 (1896)#452
1900s172#419 (1900)#604
1910s544#644 (1911)#712
1920s786#666 (1922)#736
1930s726#574 (1939)#725
1940s1,324#508 (1948)#553
1950s1,773#499 (1951)#549
1960s3,087#358 (1969)#458
1970s6,619#201 (1979)#299
1980s20,476#102 (1989)#145
1990s45,326#78 (1999)#85
2000s36,225#74 (2000)#124
2010s14,383#188 (2010)#263
2020s3,983#364 (2020)#472

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.

Garrett in 1987

girls
#5,312
14 births · 1 in 124,188 girls
boys
#113
2,583 births · 1 in 723 boys

Top girls' names in 1987

  1. #1Jessica55,992
  2. #2Ashley54,856
  3. #3Amanda41,786
  4. #4Jennifer32,710
  5. #5Sarah27,894
  6. #6Stephanie22,402
  7. #7Brittany22,231
  8. #8Nicole20,286
  9. #9Heather18,982
  10. #10Elizabeth18,608
  11. #5,312Garrett14

Top boys' names in 1987

  1. #1Michael63,664
  2. #2Christopher54,493
  3. #3Matthew46,511
  4. #4Joshua40,002
  5. #5David36,795
  6. #6Andrew36,206
  7. #7Daniel35,876
  8. #8James32,659
  9. #9Justin31,491
  10. #10Robert30,237
  11. #113Garrett2,583
More about 1987

girls

1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 124,188 of them was named Garrett, which outranked 59.9% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Garrett
  1. #5,074Yeni15
  2. #5,074Zabrina15
  3. #5,074Zuleyka15
  4. #5,312Garrett14
  5. #5,312Aaliyah14
  6. #5,312Abagail14
  7. #5,312Adelle14
  8. #5,613Adrienna13
  9. #5,613Aidan13
  10. #5,613Aishah13

Tied with 300 names at #5,312; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1986
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,808Janay#2,195 → #387
  2. ↑ 1,048Channing#1,638 → #590
  3. ↑ 786Ayla#1,380 → #594
  4. ↑ 714Yessenia#1,439 → #725
  5. ↑ 648Denisse#1,602 → #954
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,153Halley#580 → #1,733
  2. ↓ 674Cherrelle#879 → #1,553
  3. ↓ 637Sharday#933 → #1,570
  4. ↓ 613Sharde#873 → #1,486
  5. ↓ 539Shardae#832 → #1,371

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

boys

1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 723 of them was named Garrett, which outranked 98.6% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Garrett
  1. #110Miguel2,637
  2. #111Luke2,592
  3. #112Alan2,586
  4. #113Garrett2,583
  5. #114Larry2,503
  6. #115Caleb2,502
  7. #116Johnathan2,479
Biggest movers since 1986
Risers
  1. ↑ 994Trevin#1,962 → #968
  2. ↑ 819Conner#1,617 → #798
  3. ↑ 593Mychal#1,363 → #770
  4. ↑ 503Jaren#1,457 → #954
  5. ↑ 457Corbin#1,049 → #592
Fallers
  1. ↓ 623Durell#816 → #1,439
  2. ↓ 336Jayce#694 → #1,030
  3. ↓ 267Rasheed#921 → #1,188
  4. ↓ 263Deshaun#971 → #1,234
  5. ↓ 260Britt#880 → #1,140

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

See the top 100 for 1987 →