Garnell — boys' name

What the Data Says About Garnell

The Social Security Administration has registered 406 babies named Garnell between 1912 and 2003, spanning 92 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Garnell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 1964, when 15 babies received it in a single year. Garnell is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 99 additional births since 1921.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Garnell performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 99 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Garnell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Maryland, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Garnell in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Garnell 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 406 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.