Garnett
Garnett was given to 5 boys in 2025, #12,649 among boys’ names; 6,641 Americans have been recorded with it since 1881 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,880 Americans named Garnett and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (28% of everyone recorded); the median is 67 years old and half are between 52 and 78.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Garnett by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Garnett?
#12,649 among boys’ names, 2025
Garnett entered the boys’ rankings after 2015 and stood at #12,649 in 2025.
186 babies in 1920, the peak
Garnett peaked in 1920, when 186 babies were given it (87 boys, #689 among boys’ names). The 5 births of 2025 are 3% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | under 5 | 5 | #12,649 | |
| 2024 | under 5 | 8 | #9,273 | |
| 2023 | under 5 | 5 | #12,843 | |
| 2022 | under 5 | 5 | #12,979 | |
| 2021 | under 5 | 5 | #12,755 | |
| 2020 | under 5 | 5 | #12,686 | |
| 2019 | under 5 | 6 | #11,222 | |
| 2013 | under 5 | 7 | #10,005 | |
| 2011 | under 5 | 5 | #12,916 | |
| 2010 | under 5 | 7 | #10,009 |
Every recorded year (135)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | under 5 | 6 | #11,453 | |
| 2008 | under 5 | 11 | #7,361 | |
| 2006 | under 5 | 9 | #8,225 | |
| 2005 | under 5 | 10 | #7,288 | |
| 2004 | under 5 | 10 | #7,153 | |
| 2003 | under 5 | 7 | #8,977 | |
| 2002 | under 5 | 9 | #7,228 | |
| 2001 | under 5 | 10 | #6,611 | |
| 2000 | under 5 | 10 | #6,475 | |
| 1999 | under 5 | 9 | #6,702 | |
| 1998 | under 5 | 10 | #5,975 | |
| 1997 | under 5 | 9 | #6,256 | |
| 1996 | under 5 | 10 | #5,672 | |
| 1995 | under 5 | 8 | #6,586 | |
| 1994 | under 5 | 10 | #5,589 | |
| 1993 | under 5 | 10 | #5,481 | |
| 1992 | under 5 | 10 | #5,360 | |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,879 | 11 | #4,870 |
| 1990 | under 5 | 5 | #8,562 | |
| 1989 | under 5 | 11 | #4,611 | |
| 1988 | under 5 | 19 | #2,884 | |
| 1987 | under 5 | 12 | #3,804 | |
| 1986 | under 5 | 14 | #3,318 | |
| 1985 | under 5 | 18 | #2,749 | |
| 1984 | under 5 | 14 | #3,154 | |
| 1982 | under 5 | 12 | #3,551 | |
| 1981 | under 5 | 16 | #2,814 | |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,892 | 17 | #2,761 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,355 | 17 | #2,700 |
| 1978 | under 5 | 20 | #2,310 | |
| 1977 | under 5 | 14 | #2,958 | |
| 1976 | under 5 | 20 | #2,269 | |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,402 | 15 | #2,676 |
| 1974 | 6 | #8,011 | 15 | #2,591 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,848 | 19 | #2,156 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,692 | 32 | #1,520 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,191 | 30 | #1,613 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,563 | 26 | #1,720 |
| 1969 | 10 | #4,817 | 22 | #1,781 |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,292 | 21 | #1,749 |
| 1967 | 11 | #4,127 | 28 | #1,458 |
| 1966 | 8 | #5,010 | 24 | #1,595 |
| 1965 | 9 | #4,607 | 30 | #1,415 |
| 1964 | 12 | #3,947 | 42 | #1,190 |
| 1963 | 10 | #4,355 | 33 | #1,362 |
| 1962 | 10 | #4,356 | 29 | #1,460 |
| 1961 | 16 | #3,235 | 29 | #1,502 |
| 1960 | 9 | #4,567 | 25 | #1,634 |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,788 | 35 | #1,327 |
| 1958 | 12 | #3,606 | 43 | #1,177 |
| 1957 | 11 | #3,773 | 37 | #1,285 |
| 1956 | 14 | #3,225 | 37 | #1,263 |
| 1955 | 17 | #2,758 | 44 | #1,118 |
| 1954 | 27 | #2,042 | 38 | #1,219 |
| 1953 | 15 | #2,854 | 41 | #1,154 |
| 1952 | 22 | #2,225 | 45 | #1,084 |
| 1951 | 30 | #1,784 | 47 | #1,043 |
| 1950 | 20 | #2,205 | 52 | #960 |
| 1949 | 28 | #1,821 | 49 | #999 |
| 1948 | 33 | #1,628 | 55 | #934 |
| 1947 | 22 | #2,102 | 62 | #885 |
| 1946 | 22 | #1,984 | 51 | #938 |
| 1945 | 30 | #1,493 | 35 | #1,107 |
| 1944 | 34 | #1,386 | 52 | #882 |
| 1943 | 33 | #1,447 | 50 | #945 |
| 1942 | 36 | #1,354 | 48 | #960 |
| 1941 | 37 | #1,253 | 47 | #929 |
| 1940 | 36 | #1,229 | 56 | #843 |
| 1939 | 34 | #1,276 | 50 | #873 |
| 1938 | 36 | #1,219 | 55 | #841 |
| 1937 | 50 | #995 | 40 | #1,004 |
| 1936 | 30 | #1,330 | 59 | #801 |
| 1935 | 37 | #1,173 | 72 | #719 |
| 1934 | 44 | #1,056 | 42 | #993 |
| 1933 | 41 | #1,090 | 59 | #802 |
| 1932 | 45 | #1,058 | 65 | #788 |
| 1931 | 41 | #1,111 | 52 | #893 |
| 1930 | 54 | #1,004 | 59 | #859 |
| 1929 | 65 | #888 | 55 | #907 |
| 1928 | 66 | #907 | 56 | #894 |
| 1927 | 66 | #919 | 71 | #785 |
| 1926 | 61 | #960 | 72 | #761 |
| 1925 | 76 | #855 | 79 | #733 |
| 1924 | 61 | #979 | 66 | #841 |
| 1923 | 82 | #804 | 82 | #720 |
| 1922 | 86 | #786 | 83 | #718 |
| 1921 | 81 | #817 | 78 | #755 |
| 1920 | 99 | #727 | 87 | #689 |
| 1919 | 69 | #837 | 76 | #732 |
| 1918 | 88 | #762 | 75 | #744 |
| 1917 | 66 | #846 | 70 | #745 |
| 1916 | 84 | #739 | 67 | #747 |
| 1915 | 91 | #698 | 74 | #676 |
| 1914 | 57 | #765 | 73 | #587 |
| 1913 | 47 | #768 | 35 | #810 |
| 1912 | 50 | #713 | 37 | #709 |
| 1911 | 38 | #706 | 19 | #739 |
| 1910 | 38 | #695 | 15 | #798 |
| 1909 | 20 | #919 | 26 | #509 |
| 1908 | 20 | #892 | 12 | #796 |
| 1907 | 27 | #730 | 18 | #602 |
| 1906 | 19 | #855 | 12 | #723 |
| 1905 | 24 | #748 | 13 | #678 |
| 1904 | 29 | #646 | 10 | #778 |
| 1903 | 19 | #796 | 17 | #533 |
| 1902 | 23 | #722 | 5 | #1,199 |
| 1901 | 17 | #806 | 5 | #1,113 |
| 1900 | 21 | #815 | 10 | #865 |
| 1899 | 15 | #852 | 9 | #739 |
| 1898 | 23 | #684 | 9 | #772 |
| 1897 | 12 | #945 | 8 | #815 |
| 1896 | 10 | #1,075 | 9 | #795 |
| 1895 | 13 | #907 | 8 | #823 |
| 1894 | 14 | #821 | 7 | #895 |
| 1893 | 10 | #982 | 7 | #863 |
| 1892 | 11 | #928 | 8 | #821 |
| 1891 | 9 | #964 | 8 | #725 |
| 1890 | 11 | #844 | 7 | #837 |
| 1889 | 12 | #769 | 5 | #1,025 |
| 1888 | under 5 | 6 | #964 | |
| 1886 | under 5 | 7 | #791 | |
| 1885 | under 5 | 6 | #871 | |
| 1884 | under 5 | 5 | #1,029 | |
| 1882 | under 5 | 12 | #557 | |
| 1881 | under 5 | 5 | #922 |
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 Garnett a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 6,641 Americans recorded as Garnett, 42% are girls and 58% boys. Boys have outnumbered girls among babies named Garnett every year since 1930. In 2025 it went to 5 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Garnett: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Garnett, and how old are they?
1,880 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 28% of the 6,641 Americans ever recorded as Garnett. The median Garnett alive today is 67 years old; half are between 52 and 78.
The 2020 Census counted 2,226 people named Garnett (723 women and girls, 1,503 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,302 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 370 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 761 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 394 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 176 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 120 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 46 |
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 Garnett born?
The states with the most babies named Garnett are Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia, with 77% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Kentucky and Virginia and West Virginia are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | 895 | not ranked | 6.1× |
| Virginia | 861 | not ranked | 5.8× |
| West Virginia | 429 | not ranked | 4.5× |
| Georgia | 218 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Ohio | 189 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Indiana | 80 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Missouri | 53 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Illinois | 30 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| North Carolina | 29 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Texas | 17 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Garnett is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Garnett is most over-represented in Kentucky: since 1910 it was given 6.1 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 boys’ 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 Garnett 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 Garnett
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 Garnett and names like it
- Compare Garnett and OthaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sGarnett peaked in 1920.
- Kentucky’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Garnett since 1910.
- The top names of 1920The year the most babies were named Garnett.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Garnett alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with GMost given first.