Unisex name · since 1884
Garnet
Garnet has 6,913 recorded births since 1884 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1918 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,089 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,943 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,913
- born since 1884
- 1910s
- peak decade
6,913 babies have been named Garnet since 1884, making it today's #10943 unisex name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Garnet has been recorded 6,913 times among girls since 1884, currently ranked #10943 nationally and more common than 37% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1910s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1884 to 2025.
- #2,089 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,943 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 6,913 born since 1884
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Garnet ranks #2,089 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,943 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 6,913 born since 1884, peaking in the 1910s.
- #2,089 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,943 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,913
- born since 1884
- 1910s
- peak decade
Garnet's 6,913 recorded births place it above 97.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
17 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Ohio.
How Garnet compares
6,913 Top 12% higher than 88% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Garnet's all-time total is 18x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Garnet | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 6,913 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 258 | 21 | 19,840 |
Garnet's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Garnet splits its recorded history at 1950: 16% of all births land in the more recent half, 84% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1886 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1918 peak of 258 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Garnet popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1884–2025
- Peak year (1918)
- 258
- Annual births at peak, across 142 years of records
Garnet popularity over time - boys
2,010 total births recorded since 1882 (Garnet as boys' name)
Garnet by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (1,701 births, 25% of the file).
1910s was Garnet's strongest decade.
1,701 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Garnet births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 41
1880s
41 births
- 1890s 245
1890s
245 births
- 1900s 543
1900s
543 births
- 1910s
1910s
1,701 births
- 1920s
1920s
1,657 births
- 1930s
1930s
957 births
- 1940s
1940s
687 births
- 1950s 443
1950s
443 births
- 1960s 227
1960s
227 births
- 1970s 119
1970s
119 births
- 1980s 78
1980s
78 births
- 1990s 38
1990s
38 births
- 2000s 39
2000s
39 births
- 2010s 78
2010s
78 births
- 2020s 60
2020s
60 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 1,701 births (25% of all-time use).
How Garnet compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Garnet's total volume
Garnet by state
Where Garnet concentrates geographically, total births since 1884
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ohio | | 1,097 | 15.9% |
| #2 | West Virginia | | 877 | 12.7% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 544 | 7.9% |
| #4 | Kentucky | | 373 | 5.4% |
| #5 | Indiana | | 353 | 5.1% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 178 | 2.6% |
| #7 | Iowa | | 134 | 1.9% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 105 | 1.5% |
1,097 of 6,913 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 17 reporting states.
Garnet appears in 17 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Garnet's data
- Garnet's decade-level peak was the 1910s (1,701 total births); usage has since declined to 60 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Ohio records the most Garnets (1,097 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Ohio names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Garnet: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1918)
Similar record span (~141 yrs)
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, 1884–2025 (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 Garnet 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.