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Garfield: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 5 in 2025. Its best rank was #88 in 1881.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #88 in 1881; #12,651 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Garfield in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#12,651 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1881, at #88.
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Garfield: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 5 boys in 2025. Peak: #88 in 1881 · most boys in one year: 147 (1881).
In 2025, 5 US boys were named Garfield, making it the 12,651st most common boys’ name of the year. Its best rank for boys was #88, reached in 1881. That year also had the most boys given the name: 147. For comparison, it was #9,020 in 2015 and #815 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Garfield in 136 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 122 babies. In all, 5,566 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 932 babies named Garfield.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 18 US boys were named Garfield; the busiest of those years was 2019, with 8. In 2025 that was about 1 in 341,615 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
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Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 5 | #12,651 |
| 2021 | — | — | 5 | #12,758 |
| 2019 | — | — | 8 | #9,162 |
| 2015 | — | — | 8 | #9,020 |
| 2013 | — | — | 8 | #9,066 |
| 2010 | — | — | 5 | #12,901 |
| 2009 | — | — | 11 | #7,368 |
| 2008 | — | — | 10 | #7,880 |
| 2007 | — | — | 7 | #10,130 |
| 2006 | — | — | 5 | #12,672 |
| 2005 | — | — | 11 | #6,786 |
| 2004 | — | — | 11 | #6,688 |
| 2003 | — | — | 13 | #5,656 |
| 2002 | — | — | 11 | #6,228 |
| 2001 | — | — | 11 | #6,163 |
| 2000 | — | — | 12 | #5,687 |
| 1999 | — | — | 14 | #4,853 |
| 1998 | — | — | 13 | #4,969 |
| 1997 | — | — | 14 | #4,525 |
| 1996 | — | — | 11 | #5,306 |
| 1995 | — | — | 12 | #4,897 |
| 1994 | — | — | 26 | #2,798 |
| 1993 | — | — | 10 | #5,486 |
| 1992 | — | — | 20 | #3,258 |
| 1991 | — | — | 17 | #3,515 |
| 1990 | — | — | 26 | #2,574 |
| 1989 | — | — | 18 | #3,250 |
| 1988 | — | — | 12 | #3,995 |
| 1987 | — | — | 20 | #2,663 |
| 1986 | — | — | 9 | #4,597 |
| 1985 | — | — | 9 | #4,445 |
| 1984 | — | — | 19 | #2,559 |
| 1983 | — | — | 18 | #2,610 |
| 1982 | — | — | 14 | #3,173 |
| 1981 | — | — | 23 | #2,224 |
| 1980 | — | — | 17 | #2,761 |
| 1979 | — | — | 15 | #2,939 |
| 1978 | — | — | 24 | #2,030 |
| 1977 | — | — | 20 | #2,298 |
| 1976 | — | — | 16 | #2,642 |
| 1975 | — | — | 23 | #2,027 |
| 1974 | — | — | 28 | #1,718 |
| 1973 | — | — | 17 | #2,346 |
| 1972 | — | — | 26 | #1,740 |
| 1971 | — | — | 21 | #2,002 |
| 1970 | — | — | 28 | #1,634 |
| 1969 | — | — | 35 | #1,366 |
| 1968 | — | — | 27 | #1,523 |
| 1967 | — | — | 33 | #1,321 |
| 1966 | — | — | 25 | #1,552 |
| 1965 | — | — | 29 | #1,443 |
| 1964 | — | — | 34 | #1,357 |
| 1963 | — | — | 47 | #1,131 |
| 1962 | — | — | 26 | #1,562 |
| 1961 | — | — | 46 | #1,162 |
| 1960 | — | — | 31 | #1,443 |
| 1959 | — | — | 31 | #1,421 |
| 1958 | — | — | 39 | #1,242 |
| 1957 | — | — | 46 | #1,140 |
| 1956 | — | — | 49 | #1,085 |
| 1955 | — | — | 43 | #1,142 |
| 1954 | — | — | 50 | #1,058 |
| 1953 | — | — | 69 | #865 |
| 1952 | — | — | 69 | #844 |
| 1951 | — | — | 43 | #1,101 |
| 1950 | — | — | 70 | #815 |
| 1949 | — | — | 67 | #838 |
| 1948 | — | — | 62 | #869 |
| 1947 | — | — | 48 | #1,041 |
| 1946 | — | — | 61 | #846 |
| 1945 | — | — | 59 | #812 |
| 1944 | — | — | 66 | #771 |
| 1943 | — | — | 42 | #1,041 |
| 1942 | — | — | 62 | #825 |
| 1941 | — | — | 70 | #740 |
| 1940 | — | — | 79 | #681 |
| 1939 | — | — | 67 | #735 |
| 1938 | — | — | 63 | #773 |
| 1937 | — | — | 54 | #832 |
| 1936 | — | — | 48 | #886 |
| 1935 | — | — | 54 | #853 |
| 1934 | — | — | 60 | #800 |
| 1933 | — | — | 54 | #844 |
| 1932 | — | — | 69 | #758 |
| 1931 | — | — | 70 | #735 |
| 1930 | — | — | 72 | #751 |
| 1929 | — | — | 77 | #707 |
| 1928 | — | — | 74 | #744 |
| 1927 | — | — | 97 | #644 |
| 1926 | — | — | 86 | #685 |
| 1925 | — | — | 95 | #656 |
| 1924 | — | — | 94 | #667 |
| 1923 | — | — | 99 | #647 |
| 1922 | — | — | 104 | #635 |
| 1921 | — | — | 102 | #636 |
| 1920 | — | — | 104 | #620 |
| 1919 | — | — | 111 | #568 |
| 1918 | — | — | 119 | #549 |
| 1917 | — | — | 101 | #593 |
| 1916 | — | — | 98 | #588 |
| 1915 | — | — | 101 | #564 |
| 1914 | — | — | 81 | #549 |
| 1913 | — | — | 70 | #513 |
| 1912 | — | — | 57 | #525 |
| 1911 | — | — | 38 | #473 |
| 1910 | — | — | 43 | #409 |
| 1909 | — | — | 35 | #423 |
| 1908 | — | — | 29 | #456 |
| 1907 | — | — | 37 | #368 |
| 1906 | — | — | 31 | #389 |
| 1905 | — | — | 23 | #470 |
| 1904 | — | — | 31 | #362 |
| 1903 | — | — | 19 | #492 |
| 1902 | — | — | 26 | #396 |
| 1901 | — | — | 24 | #384 |
| 1900 | — | — | 32 | #394 |
| 1899 | — | — | 19 | #429 |
| 1898 | — | — | 22 | #423 |
| 1897 | — | — | 18 | #462 |
| 1896 | — | — | 20 | #447 |
| 1895 | — | — | 15 | #537 |
| 1894 | — | — | 20 | #426 |
| 1893 | — | — | 12 | #587 |
| 1892 | — | — | 26 | #377 |
| 1891 | — | — | 23 | #360 |
| 1890 | — | — | 28 | #331 |
| 1889 | — | — | 29 | #328 |
| 1888 | — | — | 31 | #326 |
| 1887 | — | — | 26 | #328 |
| 1886 | — | — | 38 | #276 |
| 1885 | — | — | 34 | #286 |
| 1884 | — | — | 30 | #320 |
| 1883 | — | — | 49 | #222 |
| 1882 | — | — | 69 | #190 |
| 1881 | — | — | 147 | #88 |
| 1880 | — | — | 122 | #111 |
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).