Garner — #5229 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Garner

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,263 babies named Garner between 1881 and 2024, spanning 144 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Garner currently holds the #5229 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1932, when 82 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Garner performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 320 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Garner shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 93 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Tennessee and Kentucky. In total, SSA state-level files list Garner in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Garner 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 2,263 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.