Garth

Where Garth comes from

Welsh garth probably has its influence on Welsh place names.
— Wiktionary's entry for Garth
  • Welsh
Along the way
  1. 1906
    First appearance
    #1,253 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1937
    Garth Hudson born
    Canadian multi-instrumentalist
  3. 1954
    Peak, #444
    268 babies named Garth — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1962
    Garth Brooks born
    American country music singer and songwriter
  5. 1968
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #655.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Welsh, shortened form of Gareth
Namesakes
  • Garth Brooks · American country music singer and songwriter, born 1962
  • Garth Hudson · Canadian multi-instrumentalist, 1937–2025
  • Garth Ennis · British comics writer, born 1970
  • Garth Nix · Australian fantasy writer, born 1963
  • Garth Manton · Australian rower, 1929–2024

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.