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Gareth: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 46 in 2025. Its best rank was #1,085 in 1970.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #1,085 in 1970; #2,776 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Gareth in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,776 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1970, at #1,085.
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Gareth: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 46 boys in 2025. Peak: #1,085 in 1970 · most boys in one year: 104 (2016).
In 2025, 46 US boys were named Gareth, making it the 2,776th most common boys’ name of the year, down 131 places from #2,645 in 2024. That is 4 fewer than the 50 boys named Gareth in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #1,085, reached in 1970. The most boys given the name in a single year was 104, in 2016. For comparison, it was #1,582 in 2015 and #1,376 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Gareth in 108 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1916 with 5 babies. In all, 4,394 US babies have been given the name, 0.1% of them girls and 99.8% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 720 babies named Gareth.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 606 US boys were named Gareth; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 104. In 2025 that was about 1 in 37,132 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Gareth ranked highest in Texas in 2025, at #2,158 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Garth (9,666 babies since 1880), Garrett (136,214 babies since 1880), Garret (13,252 babies since 1880) and Garett (4,941 babies since 1880). The open nickname list we use links it to Gare and Gary.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 49 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 7 | #2,158 | #1,218 |
| California | 5 | #2,586 | #1,229 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 46 | #2,776 |
| 2024 | — | — | 50 | #2,645 |
| 2023 | — | — | 47 | #2,746 |
| 2022 | — | — | 55 | #2,501 |
| 2021 | — | — | 44 | #2,834 |
| 2020 | — | — | 47 | #2,670 |
| 2019 | — | — | 58 | #2,350 |
| 2018 | — | — | 67 | #2,106 |
| 2017 | — | — | 88 | #1,751 |
| 2016 | — | — | 104 | #1,580 |
| 2015 | — | — | 102 | #1,582 |
| 2014 | — | — | 102 | #1,562 |
| 2013 | — | — | 53 | #2,376 |
| 2012 | — | — | 45 | #2,691 |
| 2011 | — | — | 52 | #2,414 |
| 2010 | — | — | 49 | #2,525 |
| 2009 | — | — | 44 | #2,775 |
| 2008 | — | — | 52 | #2,443 |
| 2007 | — | — | 54 | #2,387 |
| 2006 | — | — | 56 | #2,263 |
| 2005 | — | — | 75 | #1,761 |
| 2004 | — | — | 66 | #1,862 |
| 2003 | — | — | 81 | #1,569 |
| 2002 | — | — | 80 | #1,548 |
| 2001 | — | — | 71 | #1,650 |
| 2000 | — | — | 79 | #1,522 |
| 1999 | — | — | 82 | #1,424 |
| 1998 | — | — | 73 | #1,505 |
| 1997 | — | — | 74 | #1,459 |
| 1996 | — | — | 77 | #1,379 |
| 1995 | — | — | 75 | #1,363 |
| 1994 | — | — | 52 | #1,722 |
| 1993 | — | — | 72 | #1,349 |
| 1992 | — | — | 78 | #1,282 |
| 1991 | — | — | 58 | #1,511 |
| 1990 | — | — | 64 | #1,400 |
| 1989 | — | — | 53 | #1,540 |
| 1988 | — | — | 69 | #1,231 |
| 1987 | — | — | 59 | #1,274 |
| 1986 | — | — | 65 | #1,175 |
| 1985 | — | — | 49 | #1,395 |
| 1984 | — | — | 60 | #1,180 |
| 1983 | — | — | 53 | #1,267 |
| 1982 | — | — | 69 | #1,098 |
| 1981 | — | — | 49 | #1,345 |
| 1980 | — | — | 51 | #1,318 |
| 1979 | — | — | 45 | #1,396 |
| 1978 | — | — | 37 | #1,547 |
| 1977 | — | — | 36 | #1,551 |
| 1976 | — | — | 31 | #1,686 |
| 1975 | — | — | 30 | #1,674 |
| 1974 | — | — | 28 | #1,717 |
| 1973 | — | — | 23 | #1,897 |
| 1972 | — | — | 25 | #1,788 |
| 1971 | — | — | 29 | #1,647 |
| 1970 | — | — | 57 | #1,085 |
| 1969 | — | — | 30 | #1,476 |
| 1968 | — | — | 25 | #1,594 |
| 1967 | — | — | 28 | #1,458 |
| 1966 | — | — | 15 | #2,079 |
| 1965 | — | — | 24 | #1,606 |
| 1964 | — | — | 21 | #1,755 |
| 1963 | — | — | 29 | #1,465 |
| 1962 | — | — | 23 | #1,684 |
| 1961 | — | — | 29 | #1,502 |
| 1960 | — | — | 17 | #2,001 |
| 1959 | — | — | 18 | #1,932 |
| 1958 | — | — | 25 | #1,567 |
| 1957 | — | — | 13 | #2,306 |
| 1956 | 5 | #6,269 | 17 | #1,964 |
| 1955 | — | — | 20 | #1,752 |
| 1954 | — | — | 20 | #1,724 |
| 1953 | — | — | 19 | #1,785 |
| 1952 | — | — | 28 | #1,441 |
| 1951 | — | — | 24 | #1,535 |
| 1950 | — | — | 28 | #1,376 |
| 1949 | — | — | 30 | #1,330 |
| 1948 | — | — | 25 | #1,471 |
| 1947 | — | — | 33 | #1,282 |
| 1946 | — | — | 25 | #1,418 |
| 1945 | — | — | 26 | #1,309 |
| 1944 | — | — | 28 | #1,267 |
| 1943 | — | — | 39 | #1,092 |
| 1942 | — | — | 28 | #1,320 |
| 1941 | — | — | 25 | #1,346 |
| 1940 | — | — | 33 | #1,166 |
| 1939 | — | — | 21 | #1,469 |
| 1938 | — | — | 30 | #1,204 |
| 1937 | — | — | 22 | #1,465 |
| 1936 | — | — | 21 | #1,483 |
| 1935 | — | — | 25 | #1,372 |
| 1934 | — | — | 18 | #1,690 |
| 1933 | — | — | 12 | #2,137 |
| 1932 | — | — | 14 | #2,037 |
| 1931 | — | — | 14 | #2,032 |
| 1930 | — | — | 9 | #2,856 |
| 1929 | — | — | 10 | #2,660 |
| 1928 | — | — | 16 | #1,998 |
| 1927 | — | — | 15 | #2,140 |
| 1926 | — | — | 16 | #2,018 |
| 1925 | — | — | 14 | #2,235 |
| 1924 | — | — | 9 | #3,104 |
| 1923 | — | — | 17 | #1,973 |
| 1922 | — | — | 21 | #1,721 |
| 1921 | — | — | 33 | #1,273 |
| 1920 | — | — | 5 | #4,548 |
| 1919 | — | — | 7 | #3,542 |
| 1916 | — | — | 5 | #4,140 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).