Garnetta — girls' name

What the Data Says About Garnetta

The Social Security Administration has registered 895 babies named Garnetta between 1897 and 1977, spanning 81 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Garnetta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1977. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 30 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Garnetta performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 235 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Garnetta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 44 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Garnetta in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Garnetta 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 895 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.