Garnet
Garnet is given to both girls and boys: 8 girls and 6 boys were given it in 2025 (#11,259 among girls’ names and #11,115 among boys’, #13,103 among all names counting both); 8,923 Americans have been recorded with it since 1882 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,180 Americans named Garnet and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (24% of everyone recorded); the median is 69 years old and half are between 50 and 81.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Garnet by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Garnet mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Garnet is “a female given name from French.”
Named after the garnet gemstone.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Garnet?
#11,259 among girls’ names, 2025
Garnet rose from #13,476 in 2015 to #11,259 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 3.9 to 5.0 per million.
305 babies in 1920, the peak
Garnet peaked in 1920, when 305 babies were given it (250 girls, #422 among girls’ names). The 14 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 5% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #11,259 | 6 | #11,115 |
| 2024 | 5 | #16,098 | under 5 | |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,201 | 8 | #9,188 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,254 | 10 | #7,951 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,758 | 5 | #12,754 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,546 | 5 | #12,685 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,762 | 5 | #12,781 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,846 | 9 | #8,376 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,583 | under 5 | |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,726 | 6 | #11,177 |
Every recorded year (139)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 7 | #13,476 | under 5 | |
| 2014 | under 5 | 5 | #12,678 | |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,650 | under 5 | |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,938 | under 5 | |
| 2010 | 5 | #17,905 | under 5 | |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,794 | 8 | #9,263 |
| 2008 | 5 | #18,451 | under 5 | |
| 2007 | under 5 | 5 | #12,976 | |
| 2006 | 5 | #18,076 | under 5 | |
| 2005 | 9 | #11,198 | 5 | #12,021 |
| 2003 | under 5 | 7 | #8,976 | |
| 2002 | 6 | #14,178 | under 5 | |
| 2001 | under 5 | 7 | #8,604 | |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,855 | under 5 | |
| 1999 | under 5 | 9 | #6,701 | |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,431 | 6 | #8,841 |
| 1997 | under 5 | 6 | #8,516 | |
| 1996 | under 5 | 5 | #9,491 | |
| 1995 | 6 | #12,278 | 7 | #7,255 |
| 1994 | 6 | #12,296 | 5 | #9,292 |
| 1992 | 6 | #12,266 | 5 | #8,867 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,878 | 5 | #8,639 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,570 | 6 | #7,475 |
| 1989 | 8 | #9,011 | 15 | #3,680 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,579 | 8 | #5,370 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,904 | under 5 | |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,879 | 8 | #5,019 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,693 | 7 | #5,341 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,613 | 9 | #4,319 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,808 | under 5 | |
| 1982 | under 5 | 6 | #5,892 | |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,357 | 5 | #6,608 |
| 1980 | 14 | #5,060 | 12 | #3,483 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,345 | under 5 | |
| 1978 | 11 | #5,676 | under 5 | |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,507 | 9 | #3,944 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,812 | 9 | #3,822 |
| 1975 | 16 | #4,001 | under 5 | |
| 1974 | 18 | #3,596 | 5 | #5,483 |
| 1973 | 10 | #5,296 | 12 | #2,911 |
| 1972 | 8 | #6,131 | 11 | #3,031 |
| 1971 | 16 | #3,838 | 10 | #3,223 |
| 1970 | 13 | #4,321 | 15 | #2,430 |
| 1969 | 20 | #3,043 | 12 | #2,596 |
| 1968 | 23 | #2,656 | 12 | #2,488 |
| 1967 | 20 | #2,808 | 10 | #2,658 |
| 1966 | 27 | #2,317 | 12 | #2,374 |
| 1965 | 17 | #3,087 | 21 | #1,741 |
| 1964 | 20 | #2,850 | 19 | #1,865 |
| 1963 | 20 | #2,807 | 11 | #2,586 |
| 1962 | 24 | #2,483 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1961 | 28 | #2,261 | 21 | #1,791 |
| 1960 | 28 | #2,210 | 18 | #1,931 |
| 1959 | 30 | #2,068 | 13 | #2,334 |
| 1958 | 24 | #2,344 | 18 | #1,917 |
| 1957 | 42 | #1,662 | 10 | #2,716 |
| 1956 | 35 | #1,808 | 18 | #1,904 |
| 1955 | 40 | #1,621 | 13 | #2,249 |
| 1954 | 49 | #1,438 | 19 | #1,783 |
| 1953 | 60 | #1,252 | 19 | #1,785 |
| 1952 | 53 | #1,322 | 22 | #1,636 |
| 1951 | 57 | #1,227 | 14 | #2,083 |
| 1950 | 53 | #1,260 | 24 | #1,509 |
| 1949 | 39 | #1,474 | 16 | #1,890 |
| 1948 | 53 | #1,254 | 24 | #1,502 |
| 1947 | 59 | #1,174 | 29 | #1,376 |
| 1946 | 60 | #1,100 | 21 | #1,576 |
| 1945 | 59 | #1,005 | 21 | #1,462 |
| 1944 | 66 | #955 | 18 | #1,649 |
| 1943 | 78 | #885 | 24 | #1,440 |
| 1942 | 107 | #722 | 36 | #1,149 |
| 1941 | 73 | #852 | 22 | #1,466 |
| 1940 | 93 | #721 | 24 | #1,379 |
| 1939 | 70 | #831 | 28 | #1,250 |
| 1938 | 93 | #710 | 17 | #1,711 |
| 1937 | 104 | #666 | 25 | #1,353 |
| 1936 | 77 | #770 | 29 | #1,235 |
| 1935 | 97 | #676 | 31 | #1,212 |
| 1934 | 89 | #706 | 39 | #1,045 |
| 1933 | 112 | #613 | 21 | #1,516 |
| 1932 | 101 | #671 | 27 | #1,336 |
| 1931 | 108 | #640 | 39 | #1,084 |
| 1930 | 106 | #668 | 30 | #1,311 |
| 1929 | 139 | #583 | 40 | #1,099 |
| 1928 | 117 | #649 | 34 | #1,236 |
| 1927 | 138 | #606 | 47 | #1,023 |
| 1926 | 138 | #603 | 30 | #1,339 |
| 1925 | 156 | #575 | 46 | #1,015 |
| 1924 | 166 | #567 | 54 | #953 |
| 1923 | 187 | #511 | 47 | #1,034 |
| 1922 | 163 | #559 | 44 | #1,062 |
| 1921 | 203 | #485 | 50 | #994 |
| 1920 | 250 | #422 | 55 | #933 |
| 1919 | 221 | #443 | 55 | #903 |
| 1918 | 258 | #407 | 45 | #1,002 |
| 1917 | 232 | #417 | 53 | #878 |
| 1916 | 209 | #436 | 43 | #976 |
| 1915 | 193 | #442 | 49 | #885 |
| 1914 | 158 | #428 | 33 | #973 |
| 1913 | 133 | #427 | 31 | #886 |
| 1912 | 107 | #459 | 20 | #1,041 |
| 1911 | 116 | #378 | 12 | #1,003 |
| 1910 | 74 | #464 | 13 | #890 |
| 1909 | 80 | #408 | 5 | #1,541 |
| 1908 | 70 | #432 | 12 | #795 |
| 1907 | 77 | #405 | 9 | #954 |
| 1906 | 67 | #418 | under 5 | |
| 1905 | 51 | #478 | 6 | #1,149 |
| 1904 | 43 | #503 | 15 | #594 |
| 1903 | 44 | #485 | 8 | #866 |
| 1902 | 37 | #529 | under 5 | |
| 1901 | 45 | #444 | under 5 | |
| 1900 | 29 | #663 | 7 | #1,089 |
| 1899 | 32 | #529 | under 5 | |
| 1898 | 35 | #533 | under 5 | |
| 1897 | 35 | #492 | under 5 | |
| 1896 | 29 | #569 | under 5 | |
| 1895 | 22 | #667 | under 5 | |
| 1894 | 22 | #633 | 7 | #894 |
| 1893 | 23 | #605 | under 5 | |
| 1892 | 16 | #740 | under 5 | |
| 1891 | 16 | #678 | under 5 | |
| 1890 | 15 | #704 | 5 | #1,058 |
| 1889 | 11 | #821 | 7 | #834 |
| 1887 | 10 | #755 | under 5 | |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,174 | under 5 | |
| 1885 | 8 | #815 | under 5 | |
| 1884 | 7 | #881 | under 5 | |
| 1882 | under 5 | 5 | #993 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Garnet a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 8,923 Americans recorded as Garnet, 77% are girls and 23% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Garnet: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Garnet, and how old are they?
2,180 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 24% of the 8,923 Americans ever recorded as Garnet. The median Garnet alive today is 69 years old; half are between 50 and 81.
The 2020 Census counted 2,762 people named Garnet (1,858 women and girls, 904 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,683 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 | 539 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 800 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 352 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 178 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 114 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 180 |
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).
Where are babies named Garnet born?
The states with the most babies named Garnet are Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania, with 63% of its births recorded by state since 1910; West Virginia is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | 1,102 | not ranked | 2.7× |
| West Virginia | 926 | not ranked | 7.0× |
| Pennsylvania | 596 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Kentucky | 416 | not ranked | 2.1× |
| Indiana | 358 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| Illinois | 178 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Michigan | 148 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Iowa | 134 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Virginia | 126 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Missouri | 60 | not ranked | 0.3× |
Where Garnet is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Garnet is most over-represented in West Virginia: since 1910 it was given 7.0 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Garnet with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Garnet
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 Garnet and names like it
- Compare Garnet and JewellBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sGarnet peaked in 1920.
- Ohio’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Garnet since 1910.
- French namesWiktionary’s origin for Garnet: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1920The year the most babies were named Garnet.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Garnet alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with GMost given first.