Meaning not yet researched.
Garnett: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 5 in 2025. Its best rank was #509 in 1909.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #509 in 1909; #12,653 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Garnett in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#12,653 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1909, at #509.
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Garnett: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 5 boys in 2025. Peak: #509 in 1909 · most boys in one year: 87 (1920).
In 2025, 5 US boys were named Garnett, making it the 12,653rd most common boys’ name of the year, down 3,375 places from #9,278 in 2024. That is 3 fewer than the 8 boys named Garnett in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #509, reached in 1909. The most boys given the name in a single year was 87, in 1920. For comparison, it was unranked (under five boys) in 2015 and #961 in 1950.
Fewer than five US girls were named Garnett in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for girls. Its best rank for girls was #646, reached in 1904. The most girls given the name in a single year was 99, in 1920. For comparison, it was unranked (under five girls) in 2015 and #2,206 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Garnett in 135 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1881 with 5 babies. In all, 6,641 US babies have been given the name, 42% of them girls and 58% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 1,472 babies named Garnett.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 39 US boys were named Garnett; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 8. In 2025 that was about 1 in 341,615 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Garnet (8,923 babies since 1880).
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.
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 Garnett 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 | — | — | 5 | #12,653 |
| 2024 | — | — | 8 | #9,278 |
| 2023 | — | — | 5 | #12,848 |
| 2022 | — | — | 5 | #12,985 |
| 2021 | — | — | 5 | #12,761 |
| 2020 | — | — | 5 | #12,693 |
| 2019 | — | — | 6 | #11,227 |
| 2013 | — | — | 7 | #10,010 |
| 2011 | — | — | 5 | #12,923 |
| 2010 | — | — | 7 | #10,016 |
| 2009 | — | — | 6 | #11,458 |
| 2008 | — | — | 11 | #7,366 |
| 2006 | — | — | 9 | #8,231 |
| 2005 | — | — | 10 | #7,295 |
| 2004 | — | — | 10 | #7,159 |
| 2003 | — | — | 7 | #8,984 |
| 2002 | — | — | 9 | #7,235 |
| 2001 | — | — | 10 | #6,618 |
| 2000 | — | — | 10 | #6,483 |
| 1999 | — | — | 9 | #6,708 |
| 1998 | — | — | 10 | #5,982 |
| 1997 | — | — | 9 | #6,262 |
| 1996 | — | — | 10 | #5,679 |
| 1995 | — | — | 8 | #6,593 |
| 1994 | — | — | 10 | #5,595 |
| 1993 | — | — | 10 | #5,487 |
| 1992 | — | — | 10 | #5,367 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,886 | 11 | #4,877 |
| 1990 | — | — | 5 | #8,571 |
| 1989 | — | — | 11 | #4,617 |
| 1988 | — | — | 19 | #2,889 |
| 1987 | — | — | 12 | #3,809 |
| 1986 | — | — | 14 | #3,321 |
| 1985 | — | — | 18 | #2,751 |
| 1984 | — | — | 14 | #3,156 |
| 1982 | — | — | 12 | #3,552 |
| 1981 | — | — | 16 | #2,816 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,894 | 17 | #2,762 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,357 | 17 | #2,701 |
| 1978 | — | — | 20 | #2,310 |
| 1977 | — | — | 14 | #2,959 |
| 1976 | — | — | 20 | #2,270 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,404 | 15 | #2,678 |
| 1974 | 6 | #8,013 | 15 | #2,593 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,850 | 19 | #2,158 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,694 | 32 | #1,520 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,193 | 30 | #1,614 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,564 | 26 | #1,721 |
| 1969 | 10 | #4,818 | 22 | #1,782 |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,293 | 21 | #1,750 |
| 1967 | 11 | #4,128 | 28 | #1,459 |
| 1966 | 8 | #5,011 | 24 | #1,596 |
| 1965 | 9 | #4,608 | 30 | #1,416 |
| 1964 | 12 | #3,948 | 42 | #1,191 |
| 1963 | 10 | #4,356 | 33 | #1,363 |
| 1962 | 10 | #4,357 | 29 | #1,461 |
| 1961 | 16 | #3,236 | 29 | #1,503 |
| 1960 | 9 | #4,568 | 25 | #1,635 |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,789 | 35 | #1,328 |
| 1958 | 12 | #3,607 | 43 | #1,178 |
| 1957 | 11 | #3,774 | 37 | #1,286 |
| 1956 | 14 | #3,226 | 37 | #1,264 |
| 1955 | 17 | #2,759 | 44 | #1,119 |
| 1954 | 27 | #2,043 | 38 | #1,220 |
| 1953 | 15 | #2,855 | 41 | #1,155 |
| 1952 | 22 | #2,226 | 45 | #1,085 |
| 1951 | 30 | #1,785 | 47 | #1,044 |
| 1950 | 20 | #2,206 | 52 | #961 |
| 1949 | 28 | #1,822 | 49 | #1,000 |
| 1948 | 33 | #1,629 | 55 | #935 |
| 1947 | 22 | #2,103 | 62 | #886 |
| 1946 | 22 | #1,985 | 51 | #938 |
| 1945 | 30 | #1,494 | 35 | #1,108 |
| 1944 | 34 | #1,387 | 52 | #882 |
| 1943 | 33 | #1,448 | 50 | #945 |
| 1942 | 36 | #1,354 | 48 | #960 |
| 1941 | 37 | #1,253 | 47 | #929 |
| 1940 | 36 | #1,229 | 56 | #843 |
| 1939 | 34 | #1,276 | 50 | #873 |
| 1938 | 36 | #1,219 | 55 | #841 |
| 1937 | 50 | #995 | 40 | #1,004 |
| 1936 | 30 | #1,330 | 59 | #801 |
| 1935 | 37 | #1,173 | 72 | #719 |
| 1934 | 44 | #1,056 | 42 | #993 |
| 1933 | 41 | #1,090 | 59 | #802 |
| 1932 | 45 | #1,058 | 65 | #788 |
| 1931 | 41 | #1,111 | 52 | #893 |
| 1930 | 54 | #1,004 | 59 | #859 |
| 1929 | 65 | #888 | 55 | #907 |
| 1928 | 66 | #907 | 56 | #894 |
| 1927 | 66 | #919 | 71 | #785 |
| 1926 | 61 | #960 | 72 | #761 |
| 1925 | 76 | #855 | 79 | #733 |
| 1924 | 61 | #979 | 66 | #841 |
| 1923 | 82 | #804 | 82 | #720 |
| 1922 | 86 | #786 | 83 | #718 |
| 1921 | 81 | #817 | 78 | #755 |
| 1920 | 99 | #727 | 87 | #689 |
| 1919 | 69 | #837 | 76 | #732 |
| 1918 | 88 | #762 | 75 | #744 |
| 1917 | 66 | #846 | 70 | #745 |
| 1916 | 84 | #739 | 67 | #747 |
| 1915 | 91 | #698 | 74 | #676 |
| 1914 | 57 | #765 | 73 | #587 |
| 1913 | 47 | #768 | 35 | #810 |
| 1912 | 50 | #713 | 37 | #709 |
| 1911 | 38 | #706 | 19 | #739 |
| 1910 | 38 | #695 | 15 | #798 |
| 1909 | 20 | #919 | 26 | #509 |
| 1908 | 20 | #892 | 12 | #796 |
| 1907 | 27 | #730 | 18 | #602 |
| 1906 | 19 | #855 | 12 | #723 |
| 1905 | 24 | #748 | 13 | #678 |
| 1904 | 29 | #646 | 10 | #778 |
| 1903 | 19 | #796 | 17 | #533 |
| 1902 | 23 | #722 | 5 | #1,200 |
| 1901 | 17 | #806 | 5 | #1,114 |
| 1900 | 21 | #815 | 10 | #866 |
| 1899 | 15 | #852 | 9 | #739 |
| 1898 | 23 | #684 | 9 | #773 |
| 1897 | 12 | #945 | 8 | #816 |
| 1896 | 10 | #1,075 | 9 | #795 |
| 1895 | 13 | #907 | 8 | #824 |
| 1894 | 14 | #821 | 7 | #896 |
| 1893 | 10 | #982 | 7 | #863 |
| 1892 | 11 | #928 | 8 | #822 |
| 1891 | 9 | #964 | 8 | #726 |
| 1890 | 11 | #844 | 7 | #837 |
| 1889 | 12 | #769 | 5 | #1,026 |
| 1888 | — | — | 6 | #964 |
| 1886 | — | — | 7 | #791 |
| 1885 | — | — | 6 | #872 |
| 1884 | — | — | 5 | #1,029 |
| 1882 | — | — | 12 | #557 |
| 1881 | — | — | 5 | #923 |
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).