Meaning not yet researched.
Garnet: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 8 in 2025. Its best rank was #378 in 1911.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #378 in 1911; #11,263 in 2025. About 57% of babies named Garnet in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#11,263 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1911, at #378.
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Garnet: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 8 girls in 2025. Peak: #378 in 1911 · most girls in one year: 258 (1918).
In 2025, 8 US girls were named Garnet, making it the 11,263rd most common girls’ name of the year, up 4,840 places from #16,103 in 2024. That is 3 more than the 5 girls named Garnet in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #378, reached in 1911. The most girls given the name in a single year was 258, in 1918. For comparison, it was #13,481 in 2015 and #1,261 in 1950.
In 2025, 6 US boys were named Garnet, making it the 11,119th most common boys’ name of the year. Its best rank for boys was #594, reached in 1904. The most boys given the name in a single year was 55, in 1920. For comparison, it was unranked (under five boys) in 2015 and #1,510 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Garnet in 139 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1882 with 5 babies. In all, 8,923 US babies have been given the name, 77% of them girls and 23% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 2,104 babies named Garnet.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 108 US girls were named Garnet; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 15. In 2025 that was about 1 in 200,908 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Garnett (6,641 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Garnette are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Garnette (945).
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.
No nicknames listed for Garnet in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #11,263 | 6 | #11,119 |
| 2024 | 5 | #16,103 | — | — |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,206 | 8 | #9,193 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,259 | 10 | #7,956 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,763 | 5 | #12,760 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,551 | 5 | #12,692 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,767 | 5 | #12,787 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,851 | 9 | #8,380 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,587 | — | — |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,729 | 6 | #11,182 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,481 | — | — |
| 2014 | — | — | 5 | #12,684 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,655 | — | — |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,942 | — | — |
| 2010 | 5 | #17,914 | — | — |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,799 | 8 | #9,268 |
| 2008 | 5 | #18,457 | — | — |
| 2007 | — | — | 5 | #12,982 |
| 2006 | 5 | #18,082 | — | — |
| 2005 | 9 | #11,204 | 5 | #12,029 |
| 2003 | — | — | 7 | #8,983 |
| 2002 | 6 | #14,184 | — | — |
| 2001 | — | — | 7 | #8,611 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,863 | — | — |
| 1999 | — | — | 9 | #6,707 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,438 | 6 | #8,849 |
| 1997 | — | — | 6 | #8,522 |
| 1996 | — | — | 5 | #9,498 |
| 1995 | 6 | #12,283 | 7 | #7,262 |
| 1994 | 6 | #12,302 | 5 | #9,298 |
| 1992 | 6 | #12,273 | 5 | #8,875 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,885 | 5 | #8,646 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,576 | 6 | #7,483 |
| 1989 | 8 | #9,017 | 15 | #3,686 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,584 | 8 | #5,376 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,909 | — | — |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,882 | 8 | #5,024 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,697 | 7 | #5,346 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,616 | 9 | #4,322 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,812 | — | — |
| 1982 | — | — | 6 | #5,894 |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,358 | 5 | #6,610 |
| 1980 | 14 | #5,061 | 12 | #3,484 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,346 | — | — |
| 1978 | 11 | #5,677 | — | — |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,509 | 9 | #3,946 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,814 | 9 | #3,824 |
| 1975 | 16 | #4,003 | — | — |
| 1974 | 18 | #3,596 | 5 | #5,485 |
| 1973 | 10 | #5,298 | 12 | #2,913 |
| 1972 | 8 | #6,133 | 11 | #3,033 |
| 1971 | 16 | #3,840 | 10 | #3,225 |
| 1970 | 13 | #4,322 | 15 | #2,431 |
| 1969 | 20 | #3,044 | 12 | #2,597 |
| 1968 | 23 | #2,656 | 12 | #2,489 |
| 1967 | 20 | #2,808 | 10 | #2,659 |
| 1966 | 27 | #2,318 | 12 | #2,375 |
| 1965 | 17 | #3,088 | 21 | #1,742 |
| 1964 | 20 | #2,851 | 19 | #1,866 |
| 1963 | 20 | #2,808 | 11 | #2,587 |
| 1962 | 24 | #2,484 | 10 | #2,735 |
| 1961 | 28 | #2,262 | 21 | #1,792 |
| 1960 | 28 | #2,211 | 18 | #1,932 |
| 1959 | 30 | #2,069 | 13 | #2,335 |
| 1958 | 24 | #2,345 | 18 | #1,918 |
| 1957 | 42 | #1,663 | 10 | #2,717 |
| 1956 | 35 | #1,809 | 18 | #1,905 |
| 1955 | 40 | #1,622 | 13 | #2,250 |
| 1954 | 49 | #1,439 | 19 | #1,784 |
| 1953 | 60 | #1,253 | 19 | #1,786 |
| 1952 | 53 | #1,323 | 22 | #1,637 |
| 1951 | 57 | #1,228 | 14 | #2,084 |
| 1950 | 53 | #1,261 | 24 | #1,510 |
| 1949 | 39 | #1,475 | 16 | #1,891 |
| 1948 | 53 | #1,255 | 24 | #1,503 |
| 1947 | 59 | #1,175 | 29 | #1,377 |
| 1946 | 60 | #1,101 | 21 | #1,577 |
| 1945 | 59 | #1,005 | 21 | #1,463 |
| 1944 | 66 | #955 | 18 | #1,650 |
| 1943 | 78 | #885 | 24 | #1,441 |
| 1942 | 107 | #722 | 36 | #1,149 |
| 1941 | 73 | #852 | 22 | #1,466 |
| 1940 | 93 | #721 | 24 | #1,379 |
| 1939 | 70 | #831 | 28 | #1,250 |
| 1938 | 93 | #710 | 17 | #1,711 |
| 1937 | 104 | #666 | 25 | #1,353 |
| 1936 | 77 | #770 | 29 | #1,235 |
| 1935 | 97 | #676 | 31 | #1,212 |
| 1934 | 89 | #706 | 39 | #1,045 |
| 1933 | 112 | #613 | 21 | #1,516 |
| 1932 | 101 | #671 | 27 | #1,336 |
| 1931 | 108 | #640 | 39 | #1,084 |
| 1930 | 106 | #668 | 30 | #1,311 |
| 1929 | 139 | #583 | 40 | #1,099 |
| 1928 | 117 | #649 | 34 | #1,236 |
| 1927 | 138 | #606 | 47 | #1,023 |
| 1926 | 138 | #603 | 30 | #1,339 |
| 1925 | 156 | #575 | 46 | #1,015 |
| 1924 | 166 | #567 | 54 | #953 |
| 1923 | 187 | #511 | 47 | #1,034 |
| 1922 | 163 | #559 | 44 | #1,062 |
| 1921 | 203 | #485 | 50 | #994 |
| 1920 | 250 | #422 | 55 | #933 |
| 1919 | 221 | #443 | 55 | #903 |
| 1918 | 258 | #407 | 45 | #1,002 |
| 1917 | 232 | #417 | 53 | #878 |
| 1916 | 209 | #436 | 43 | #976 |
| 1915 | 193 | #442 | 49 | #885 |
| 1914 | 158 | #428 | 33 | #973 |
| 1913 | 133 | #427 | 31 | #886 |
| 1912 | 107 | #459 | 20 | #1,041 |
| 1911 | 116 | #378 | 12 | #1,004 |
| 1910 | 74 | #464 | 13 | #890 |
| 1909 | 80 | #408 | 5 | #1,542 |
| 1908 | 70 | #432 | 12 | #795 |
| 1907 | 77 | #405 | 9 | #955 |
| 1906 | 67 | #418 | — | — |
| 1905 | 51 | #478 | 6 | #1,150 |
| 1904 | 43 | #503 | 15 | #594 |
| 1903 | 44 | #485 | 8 | #866 |
| 1902 | 37 | #529 | — | — |
| 1901 | 45 | #444 | — | — |
| 1900 | 29 | #663 | 7 | #1,090 |
| 1899 | 32 | #529 | — | — |
| 1898 | 35 | #533 | — | — |
| 1897 | 35 | #492 | — | — |
| 1896 | 29 | #569 | — | — |
| 1895 | 22 | #667 | — | — |
| 1894 | 22 | #633 | 7 | #895 |
| 1893 | 23 | #605 | — | — |
| 1892 | 16 | #740 | — | — |
| 1891 | 16 | #678 | — | — |
| 1890 | 15 | #704 | 5 | #1,058 |
| 1889 | 11 | #821 | 7 | #834 |
| 1887 | 10 | #755 | — | — |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,174 | — | — |
| 1885 | 8 | #815 | — | — |
| 1884 | 7 | #881 | — | — |
| 1882 | — | — | 5 | #994 |
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).