Meaning not yet researched.
Garrett: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 526 in 2025. Its best rank was #74 in 2000.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #74 in 2000; #564 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Garrett in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#564 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2000, at #74.
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Garrett: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 526 boys in 2025. Peak: #74 in 2000 · most boys in one year: 5,840 (2000).
In 2025, 526 US boys were named Garrett, making it the 564th most common boys’ name of the year, down 4 places from #560 in 2024. That is 4 fewer than the 530 boys named Garrett in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #74, reached in 2000. That year also had the most boys given the name: 5,840. For comparison, it was #269 in 2015 and #522 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Garrett in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 13 babies with the name. In all, 136,214 US babies have been given the name, 0.3% of them girls and 99.6% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1990s, with 45,464 babies named Garrett.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 8,189 US boys were named Garrett; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 1,149. In 2025 that was about 1 in 3,247 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Garrett ranked highest in New Hampshire in 2025, at #214 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Garret (13,252 babies since 1880), Garth (9,666 babies since 1880), Garett (4,941 babies since 1880) and Gareth (4,394 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Garreth, Garrette and Garritt are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Barrett, Gare, Garratt, Garret, Garry and Gary.
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: Garreth (431), Garrette (370), Garritt (200), Garrit (184), Garette (38), Garitt (5), Garratt (5), Garytt (5).
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 15 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire | 6 | #214 | #199 |
| Montana | 5 | #251 | #123 |
| West Virginia | 7 | #271 | #109 |
| Nebraska | 8 | #310 | #169 |
| Ohio | 32 | #354 | #193 |
| Virginia | 23 | #356 | #229 |
| Pennsylvania | 26 | #404 | #208 |
| Oklahoma | 11 | #406 | #247 |
| Arkansas | 8 | #407 | #178 |
| Tennessee | 19 | #417 | #216 |
| Louisiana | 11 | #434 | #370 |
| Illinois | 25 | #436 | #341 |
| South Carolina | 11 | #450 | #262 |
| Idaho | 5 | #452 | #250 |
| Wisconsin | 11 | #454 | #240 |
| Minnesota | 12 | #454 | #223 |
| North Carolina | 21 | #487 | #234 |
| Michigan | 17 | #497 | #261 |
| Indiana | 14 | #498 | #192 |
| Connecticut | 5 | #520 | #268 |
| Iowa | 6 | #526 | #182 |
| Kentucky | 8 | #541 | #216 |
| Alabama | 9 | #545 | #192 |
| New Jersey | 13 | #553 | #337 |
| Maryland | 8 | #596 | #205 |
| Florida | 28 | #606 | #354 |
| Missouri | 9 | #609 | #214 |
| Texas | 50 | #618 | #347 |
| Kansas | 5 | #626 | #239 |
| Utah | 6 | #644 | #237 |
| Washington | 10 | #656 | #268 |
| Georgia | 15 | #658 | #277 |
| Arizona | 8 | #744 | #294 |
| New York | 19 | #751 | #374 |
| Colorado | 6 | #796 | #195 |
| California | 25 | #918 | #423 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 526 | #564 |
| 2024 | — | — | 530 | #560 |
| 2023 | — | — | 630 | #480 |
| 2022 | — | — | 665 | #461 |
| 2021 | — | — | 775 | #401 |
| 2020 | — | — | 857 | #364 |
| 2019 | — | — | 973 | #345 |
| 2018 | — | — | 1,022 | #327 |
| 2017 | — | — | 1,062 | #322 |
| 2016 | — | — | 1,149 | #309 |
| 2015 | — | — | 1,352 | #269 |
| 2014 | 6 | #15,242 | 1,563 | #237 |
| 2013 | 5 | #17,452 | 1,616 | #228 |
| 2012 | — | — | 1,745 | #213 |
| 2011 | 5 | #17,683 | 1,942 | #191 |
| 2010 | 5 | #17,915 | 1,959 | #188 |
| 2009 | — | — | 2,061 | #184 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,314 | 2,448 | #161 |
| 2007 | — | — | 2,562 | #162 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,779 | 2,965 | #139 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,486 | 3,262 | #124 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,582 | 3,688 | #114 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,680 | 3,981 | #106 |
| 2002 | — | — | 4,357 | #91 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,427 | 5,061 | #80 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,408 | 5,840 | #74 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,883 | 5,075 | #78 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,540 | 4,789 | #80 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,600 | 4,545 | #85 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,497 | 4,653 | #85 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,696 | 4,710 | #80 |
| 1994 | 23 | #4,416 | 4,762 | #82 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,763 | 4,711 | #79 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,781 | 4,270 | #88 |
| 1991 | 17 | #5,496 | 4,054 | #91 |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,236 | 3,757 | #99 |
| 1989 | 23 | #4,158 | 3,314 | #102 |
| 1988 | 22 | #4,061 | 2,650 | #118 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,393 | 2,583 | #113 |
| 1986 | 22 | #3,797 | 2,390 | #117 |
| 1985 | 20 | #4,022 | 2,054 | #138 |
| 1984 | 14 | #5,031 | 1,731 | #156 |
| 1983 | 11 | #5,940 | 1,516 | #173 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,520 | 1,453 | #180 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,630 | 1,497 | #167 |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,444 | 1,288 | #189 |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,868 | 1,205 | #201 |
| 1978 | 10 | #6,083 | 806 | #251 |
| 1977 | 5 | #10,116 | 721 | #271 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,207 | 560 | #314 |
| 1975 | — | — | 565 | #316 |
| 1974 | — | — | 528 | #331 |
| 1973 | — | — | 490 | #347 |
| 1972 | 8 | #6,135 | 542 | #329 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,834 | 602 | #313 |
| 1970 | 5 | #8,402 | 600 | #320 |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,611 | 487 | #358 |
| 1968 | — | — | 384 | #399 |
| 1967 | — | — | 336 | #416 |
| 1966 | — | — | 316 | #429 |
| 1965 | — | — | 287 | #458 |
| 1964 | — | — | 310 | #453 |
| 1963 | — | — | 318 | #445 |
| 1962 | — | — | 249 | #504 |
| 1961 | — | — | 218 | #539 |
| 1960 | — | — | 182 | #578 |
| 1959 | — | — | 195 | #554 |
| 1958 | — | — | 180 | #577 |
| 1957 | — | — | 200 | #546 |
| 1956 | — | — | 172 | #580 |
| 1955 | — | — | 174 | #559 |
| 1954 | — | — | 169 | #563 |
| 1953 | — | — | 166 | #549 |
| 1952 | — | — | 169 | #541 |
| 1951 | — | — | 184 | #499 |
| 1950 | — | — | 164 | #522 |
| 1949 | — | — | 168 | #516 |
| 1948 | — | — | 167 | #508 |
| 1947 | — | — | 152 | #546 |
| 1946 | — | — | 155 | #518 |
| 1945 | — | — | 119 | #549 |
| 1944 | — | — | 110 | #586 |
| 1943 | — | — | 143 | #525 |
| 1942 | — | — | 103 | #620 |
| 1941 | — | — | 98 | #604 |
| 1940 | — | — | 109 | #569 |
| 1939 | — | — | 99 | #577 |
| 1938 | — | — | 75 | #705 |
| 1937 | — | — | 75 | #691 |
| 1936 | — | — | 69 | #720 |
| 1935 | — | — | 79 | #672 |
| 1934 | — | — | 74 | #712 |
| 1933 | — | — | 58 | #816 |
| 1932 | — | — | 73 | #731 |
| 1931 | — | — | 72 | #724 |
| 1930 | — | — | 52 | #931 |
| 1929 | — | — | 77 | #708 |
| 1928 | — | — | 62 | #837 |
| 1927 | — | — | 79 | #739 |
| 1926 | — | — | 83 | #696 |
| 1925 | — | — | 73 | #773 |
| 1924 | — | — | 75 | #780 |
| 1923 | — | — | 82 | #721 |
| 1922 | — | — | 93 | #669 |
| 1921 | — | — | 79 | #746 |
| 1920 | — | — | 83 | #717 |
| 1919 | — | — | 84 | #679 |
| 1918 | — | — | 81 | #704 |
| 1917 | — | — | 67 | #768 |
| 1916 | — | — | 62 | #784 |
| 1915 | — | — | 75 | #673 |
| 1914 | — | — | 61 | #647 |
| 1913 | — | — | 32 | #863 |
| 1912 | — | — | 42 | #654 |
| 1911 | — | — | 23 | #658 |
| 1910 | — | — | 17 | #740 |
| 1909 | — | — | 10 | #975 |
| 1908 | — | — | 28 | #468 |
| 1907 | — | — | 21 | #522 |
| 1906 | — | — | 21 | #494 |
| 1905 | — | — | 12 | #719 |
| 1904 | — | — | 13 | #660 |
| 1903 | — | — | 15 | #585 |
| 1902 | — | — | 12 | #665 |
| 1901 | — | — | 11 | #654 |
| 1900 | — | — | 29 | #421 |
| 1899 | — | — | 16 | #489 |
| 1898 | — | — | 23 | #409 |
| 1897 | — | — | 35 | #312 |
| 1896 | — | — | 47 | #262 |
| 1895 | — | — | 19 | #462 |
| 1894 | — | — | 11 | #647 |
| 1893 | — | — | 15 | #486 |
| 1892 | — | — | 17 | #486 |
| 1891 | — | — | 12 | #535 |
| 1890 | — | — | 15 | #497 |
| 1889 | — | — | 16 | #472 |
| 1888 | — | — | 10 | #668 |
| 1887 | — | — | 14 | #468 |
| 1886 | — | — | 16 | #459 |
| 1885 | — | — | 9 | #665 |
| 1884 | — | — | 15 | #495 |
| 1883 | — | — | 13 | #502 |
| 1882 | — | — | 15 | #477 |
| 1881 | — | — | 7 | #739 |
| 1880 | — | — | 13 | #510 |
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).