Garn — boys' name

What the Data Says About Garn

The Social Security Administration has registered 50 babies named Garn between 1919 and 1958, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Garn currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1958. The name reached its historical peak in 1926, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Garn performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 20 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Garn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Utah, which accounts for 34 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Garn in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Garn 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 50 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.