Boys' name · since 1952
Garett
Garett has 4,941 recorded births since 1952 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2000 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,790 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,863 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,941
- born since 1952
- 1990s
- peak decade
4,941 babies have been named Garett since 1952, making it today's #10863 boys' name.
Garett has 4,941 recorded births among boys since 1952, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10863 as of the latest data, more common than 22% of boys, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1952 to 2025.
- #1,790 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,863 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 4,941 born since 1952
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Garett ranks #1,790 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,863 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 4,941 born since 1952, peaking in the 1990s.
- #1,790 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,863 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,941
- born since 1952
- 1990s
- peak decade
Garett's 4,941 recorded births place it above 96.06% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
31 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Garett compares
4,941 Top 13% higher than 87% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Garett's all-time total is 13x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Garett | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,941 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 216 | 34 | 22,252 |
Garett's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Garett splits its recorded history at 1991: 62% of all births land in the more recent half, 38% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1952 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2000 peak of 216 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Garett popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1952–2025
- Peak year (2000)
- 216
- Annual births at peak, across 74 years of records
Garett by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (1,501 births, 30% of the file).
1990s was Garett's strongest decade.
1,501 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Garett births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 15
1950s
15 births
- 1960s 209
1960s
209 births
- 1970s 572
1970s
572 births
- 1980s
1980s
961 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,501 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,318 births
- 2010s 311
2010s
311 births
- 2020s 54
2020s
54 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 1,501 births (30% of all-time use).
How Garett compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Garett's total volume
Garett by state
Where Garett concentrates geographically, total births since 1952
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 588 | 11.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 238 | 4.8% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 156 | 3.2% |
| #4 | Florida | | 138 | 2.8% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 128 | 2.6% |
| #6 | New York | | 123 | 2.5% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 122 | 2.5% |
| #8 | Wisconsin | | 106 | 2.1% |
588 of 4,941 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 31 reporting states.
Garett appears in 31 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Garett's data
- Garett's decade-level peak was the 1990s (1,501 total births); usage has since declined to 54 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Garetts (588 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Garett: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2000)
Similar record span (~73 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1952–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Garett draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.