Girls' name · since 1914
Garna
Garna has 30 recorded births since 1914 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1934 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #40,890 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 30
- born since 1914
- 1910s
- peak decade
Garna sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 30 recorded since 1914.
Social Security Administration records show Garna recorded 30 times among girls since 1914, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1910s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 1942.
- #40,890 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 30 born since 1914
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Garna ranks #40,890 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 30 born since 1914, peaking in the 1910s.
- #40,890 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 30
- born since 1914
- 1910s
- peak decade
Garna's 30 recorded births place it above 43.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Garna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Garna's full recorded timeline at 1929, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1929, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1934 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Garna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–1942
- Peak year (1934)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Garna by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (12 births, 40% of the file).
1910s was Garna's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Garna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
12 births
- 1920s
1920s
5 births
- 1930s
1930s
7 births
- 1940s
1940s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 12 births (40% of all-time use).
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- Garna's usage has stayed within range of its 1910s decade-level peak (12 total births) through the 1940s (6) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1914–1942 (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 Garna 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.