Garfield — boys' name

What the Data Says About Garfield

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,561 babies named Garfield between 1880 and 2021, spanning 142 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Garfield currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1881, when 147 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Garfield performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 932 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Garfield shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 318 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Virginia and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Garfield in 23 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Garfield in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 5,561 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.