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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201996peak #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 1996

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #44 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 148 boysAKMaine: #90 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 339 boysMEVermont: #96 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 364 boysVTNew Hampshire: #79 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 295 boysNHWashington: #79 for boys · 110 births · 1 in 306 boysWAIdaho: #45 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 163 boysIDMontana: #49 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 163 boysMTNorth Dakota: #47 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 146 boysNDMinnesota: #84 for boys · 92 births · 1 in 309 boysMNIllinois: #127 for boys · 130 births · 1 in 623 boysILWisconsin: #105 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 444 boysWIMichigan: #81 for boys · 177 births · 1 in 337 boysMINew York: #151 for boys · 126 births · 1 in 942 boysNYMassachusetts: #108 for boys · 60 births · 1 in 620 boysMARhode Island: #126 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 692 boysRIOregon: #55 for boys · 89 births · 1 in 221 boysORNevada: #75 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 289 boysNVWyoming: #33 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 106 boysWYSouth Dakota: #95 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 320 boysSDIowa: #87 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 302 boysIAIndiana: #70 for boys · 135 births · 1 in 279 boysINOhio: #80 for boys · 203 births · 1 in 346 boysOHPennsylvania: #95 for boys · 150 births · 1 in 456 boysPANew Jersey: #129 for boys · 60 births · 1 in 811 boysNJConnecticut: #101 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 493 boysCTCalifornia: #123 for boys · 483 births · 1 in 525 boysCAUtah: #63 for boys · 85 births · 1 in 223 boysUTColorado: #57 for boys · 106 births · 1 in 234 boysCONebraska: #52 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 185 boysNEMissouri: #67 for boys · 136 births · 1 in 254 boysMOKentucky: #91 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 392 boysKYWest Virginia: #61 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 219 boysWVVirginia: #85 for boys · 94 births · 1 in 415 boysVAMaryland: #67 for boys · 95 births · 1 in 302 boysMDDelaware: #89 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 349 boysDEArizona: #107 for boys · 83 births · 1 in 404 boysAZNew Mexico: #104 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 400 boysNMKansas: #44 for boys · 89 births · 1 in 169 boysKSArkansas: #55 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 230 boysARTennessee: #67 for boys · 114 births · 1 in 302 boysTNNorth Carolina: #79 for boys · 137 births · 1 in 335 boysNCSouth Carolina: #83 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 401 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #228 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 999 boysDCOklahoma: #47 for boys · 104 births · 1 in 183 boysOKLouisiana: #67 for boys · 91 births · 1 in 293 boysLAMississippi: #68 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 344 boysMSAlabama: #80 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 404 boysALGeorgia: #84 for boys · 123 births · 1 in 394 boysGAHawaii: #188 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 814 boysHITexas: #66 for boys · 518 births · 1 in 301 boysTXFlorida: #76 for boys · 240 births · 1 in 354 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Wyoming#33 · 1 in 106
  2. Alaska#44 · 1 in 148
  3. Kansas#44 · 1 in 169
  4. Idaho#45 · 1 in 163
  5. North Dakota#47 · 1 in 146

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Wyoming#33191 in 106
Alaska#44241 in 148
Kansas#44891 in 169
Idaho#45451 in 163
North Dakota#47261 in 146
Oklahoma#471041 in 183
Montana#49251 in 163
Nebraska#52531 in 185
Arkansas#55631 in 230
Oregon#55891 in 221
Colorado#571061 in 234
West Virginia#61421 in 219
Utah#63851 in 223
Texas#665181 in 301
Louisiana#67911 in 293
Maryland#67951 in 302
Missouri#671361 in 254
Tennessee#671141 in 302
Mississippi#68441 in 344
Indiana#701351 in 279
Nevada#75361 in 289
Florida#762401 in 354
New Hampshire#79211 in 295
North Carolina#791371 in 335
Washington#791101 in 306
Alabama#80621 in 404
Ohio#802031 in 346
Michigan#811771 in 337
South Carolina#83491 in 401
Georgia#841231 in 394
Minnesota#84921 in 309
Virginia#85941 in 415
Iowa#87551 in 302
Delaware#89111 in 349
Maine#90171 in 339
Kentucky#91591 in 392
Pennsylvania#951501 in 456
South Dakota#95131 in 320
Vermont#9671 in 364
Connecticut#101391 in 493
New Mexico#104271 in 400
Wisconsin#105661 in 444
Arizona#107831 in 404
Massachusetts#108601 in 620
California#1234831 in 525
Rhode Island#12681 in 692
Illinois#1271301 in 623
New Jersey#129601 in 811
New York#1511261 in 942
Hawaii#18871 in 814
District of Columbia#22851 in 999

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 1996

girls
#6,392
14 births · 1 in 125,215 girls
boys
#85
4,653 births · 1 in 407 boys

Top girls' names in 1996

  1. #1Emily25,150
  2. #2Jessica24,201
  3. #3Ashley23,678
  4. #4Sarah21,048
  5. #5Samantha20,552
  6. #6Taylor19,155
  7. #7Hannah18,596
  8. #8Alexis16,592
  9. #9Rachel16,121
  10. #10Elizabeth16,003
  11. #6,392Garrett14

Top boys' names in 1996

  1. #1Michael38,373
  2. #2Matthew32,077
  3. #3Jacob31,925
  4. #4Christopher30,904
  5. #5Joshua29,175
  6. #6Nicholas27,724
  7. #7Tyler26,956
  8. #8Brandon25,847
  9. #9Austin25,663
  10. #10Andrew25,244
  11. #85Garrett4,653
More about 1996

girls

1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 125,215 of them was named Garrett, which outranked 59.8% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Garrett
  1. #6,064Yasmen15
  2. #6,064Yolonda15
  3. #6,064Yvonna15
  4. #6,392Garrett14
  5. #6,392Aaren14
  6. #6,392Abbegail14
  7. #6,392Abegail14
  8. #6,723Aalyah13
  9. #6,723Abreanna13
  10. #6,723Adrionna13

Tied with 330 names at #6,392; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,167Odalys#2,845 → #678
  2. ↑ 1,531Tamia#2,028 → #497
  3. ↑ 1,524Jaycie#2,486 → #962
  4. ↑ 1,486Odalis#2,394 → #908
  5. ↑ 1,430Zaria#2,155 → #725
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,558Unknown#865 → #2,423
  2. ↓ 723Iridian#886 → #1,609
  3. ↓ 435Selene#964 → #1,399
  4. ↓ 394Salina#838 → #1,232
  5. ↓ 339Chelsi#697 → #1,036

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

boys

1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 407 of them was named Garrett, which outranked 99.2% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Garrett
  1. #82Taylor4,798
  2. #83Bradley4,755
  3. #84Blake4,747
  4. #85Garrett4,653
  5. #86Isaac4,566
  6. #87Marcus4,546
  7. #88Mitchell4,391
Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,398Keyshawn#2,178 → #780
  2. ↑ 1,171Jair#2,055 → #884
  3. ↑ 1,065Kordell#2,055 → #990
  4. ↑ 856Shemar#1,758 → #902
  5. ↑ 686Nasir#1,648 → #962
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,075Unknown#665 → #1,740
  2. ↓ 649Rashaan#937 → #1,586
  3. ↓ 633Savon#966 → #1,599
  4. ↓ 514Latrell#966 → #1,480
  5. ↓ 351Rakeem#970 → #1,321

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

See the top 100 for 1996 →