Garner
Garner is given to both girls and boys: 5 girls and 15 boys were given it in 2025 (#15,689 among girls’ names and #5,945 among boys’, #10,390 among all names counting both); 2,338 Americans have been recorded with it since 1881 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,320 Americans named Garner and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (56% of everyone recorded); the median is 30 years old and half are between 14 and 59.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Garner by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Garner?
#5,945 among boys’ names, 2025
Garner fell from #4,440 in 2015 to #5,945 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 11.5 to 8.8 per million.
82 babies in 1932, the peak
Garner peaked in 1932, when 82 boys were given it, #675 among boys’ names. The 20 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 24% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,945 | 8.8 |
| 2024 | 18 | #5,298 | 10.4 |
| 2023 | 19 | #5,122 | 11.1 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,956 | 8.6 |
| 2021 | 33 | #3,440 | 18.9 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,531 | 9.3 |
| 2019 | 26 | #4,042 | 14.5 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,800 | 11.0 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,354 | 9.2 |
| 2016 | 22 | #4,516 | 11.6 |
Every recorded year (124)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 22 | #4,440 | 11.5 |
| 2014 | 28 | #3,718 | 14.6 |
| 2013 | 24 | #4,097 | 12.7 |
| 2012 | 25 | #4,044 | 13.2 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,722 | 6.3 |
| 2010 | 28 | #3,744 | 14.6 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,201 | 7.1 |
| 2008 | 29 | #3,675 | 14.2 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,274 | 8.2 |
| 2006 | 25 | #3,926 | 12.2 |
| 2005 | 31 | #3,266 | 15.5 |
| 2004 | 28 | #3,390 | 14.1 |
| 2003 | 19 | #4,327 | 9.6 |
| 2002 | 27 | #3,289 | 13.9 |
| 2001 | 20 | #4,012 | 10.3 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,688 | 4.1 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,604 | 7.8 |
| 1998 | 17 | #4,070 | 8.9 |
| 1997 | 18 | #3,786 | 9.5 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,693 | 6.9 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,585 | 4.2 |
| 1994 | 22 | #3,145 | 11.4 |
| 1993 | 14 | #4,311 | 7.1 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,866 | 2.5 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,225 | 4.9 |
| 1990 | 10 | #5,119 | 4.9 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,355 | 6.0 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,987 | 3.7 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,687 | 3.7 |
| 1986 | 8 | #5,018 | 4.3 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,843 | 4.3 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,695 | 4.4 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,640 | 4.5 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,213 | 3.9 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,272 | 5.0 |
| 1980 | 14 | #3,155 | 7.8 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,650 | 6.4 |
| 1978 | 15 | #2,834 | 9.1 |
| 1977 | 16 | #2,697 | 9.7 |
| 1976 | 10 | #3,566 | 6.4 |
| 1975 | 14 | #2,799 | 9.0 |
| 1974 | 15 | #2,590 | 9.5 |
| 1973 | 13 | #2,761 | 8.3 |
| 1972 | 11 | #3,030 | 6.8 |
| 1971 | 15 | #2,487 | 8.5 |
| 1970 | 18 | #2,154 | 9.7 |
| 1969 | 27 | #1,578 | 15.1 |
| 1968 | 13 | #2,367 | 7.5 |
| 1967 | 19 | #1,828 | 10.9 |
| 1966 | 9 | #2,855 | 5.0 |
| 1965 | 18 | #1,880 | 9.7 |
| 1964 | 23 | #1,673 | 11.5 |
| 1963 | 19 | #1,854 | 9.4 |
| 1962 | 27 | #1,527 | 13.1 |
| 1961 | 28 | #1,533 | 13.2 |
| 1960 | 16 | #2,065 | 7.5 |
| 1959 | 24 | #1,638 | 11.2 |
| 1958 | 12 | #2,412 | 5.7 |
| 1957 | 19 | #1,854 | 8.8 |
| 1956 | 13 | #2,312 | 6.1 |
| 1955 | 10 | #2,648 | 4.9 |
| 1954 | 20 | #1,724 | 9.8 |
| 1953 | 16 | #1,991 | 8.1 |
| 1952 | 15 | #2,032 | 7.7 |
| 1951 | 13 | #2,175 | 6.9 |
| 1950 | 18 | #1,767 | 10.1 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,156 | 7.3 |
| 1948 | 18 | #1,778 | 10.3 |
| 1947 | 24 | #1,531 | 13.1 |
| 1946 | 11 | #2,324 | 6.8 |
| 1945 | 13 | #1,960 | 9.7 |
| 1944 | 23 | #1,411 | 16.9 |
| 1943 | 14 | #2,012 | 9.8 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,312 | 8.0 |
| 1941 | 20 | #1,550 | 16.3 |
| 1940 | 20 | #1,535 | 17.3 |
| 1939 | 21 | #1,470 | 19.0 |
| 1938 | 23 | #1,409 | 20.7 |
| 1937 | 29 | #1,245 | 27.2 |
| 1936 | 24 | #1,369 | 23.1 |
| 1935 | 19 | #1,614 | 18.2 |
| 1934 | 24 | #1,401 | 23.2 |
| 1933 | 63 | #772 | 63.5 |
| 1932 | 82 | #675 | 78.5 |
| 1931 | 19 | #1,659 | 18.3 |
| 1930 | 16 | #1,916 | 14.6 |
| 1929 | 24 | #1,495 | 22.3 |
| 1928 | 26 | #1,463 | 23.5 |
| 1927 | 20 | #1,769 | 17.7 |
| 1926 | 23 | #1,583 | 20.7 |
| 1925 | 17 | #1,958 | 15.2 |
| 1924 | 23 | #1,645 | 20.3 |
| 1923 | 33 | #1,263 | 30.1 |
| 1922 | 29 | #1,377 | 26.7 |
| 1921 | 27 | #1,464 | 24.5 |
| 1920 | 34 | #1,243 | 31.9 |
| 1919 | 30 | #1,300 | 30.6 |
| 1918 | 29 | #1,324 | 28.6 |
| 1917 | 27 | #1,344 | 29.2 |
| 1916 | 27 | #1,313 | 30.3 |
| 1915 | 25 | #1,353 | 29.5 |
| 1914 | 22 | #1,282 | 33.6 |
| 1913 | 19 | #1,184 | 37.1 |
| 1912 | 14 | #1,297 | 32.6 |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,608 | 26.6 |
| 1910 | 13 | #889 | 66.9 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,046 | 54.9 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,146 | 45.4 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,275 | 39.0 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,058 | 48.9 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,112 | 47.0 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,123 | 44.3 |
| 1885 | 7 | #793 | 64.9 |
| 1881 | 5 | #921 | 49.6 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Garner a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 2,338 Americans recorded as Garner, 3% are girls and 97% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Garner: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Garner, and how old are they?
1,320 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 56% of the 2,338 Americans ever recorded as Garner. The median Garner alive today is 30 years old; half are between 14 and 59.
The 2020 Census counted 1,344 people named Garner (130 women and girls, 1,214 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,310 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 73 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 228 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 209 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 149 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 334 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 326 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Garner
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Garner and names like it
- Compare Garner and ReynoldsBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1930sGarner peaked in 1932.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Garner since 1910.
- The top names of 1932The year the most babies were named Garner.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Garner alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with GMost given first.