Garnette — girls' name

What the Data Says About Garnette

The Social Security Administration has registered 945 babies named Garnette between 1890 and 1979, spanning 90 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Garnette currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1979. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 40 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Garnette performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 235 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Garnette shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in West Virginia, which accounts for 46 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Virginia and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Garnette in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Garnette 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 945 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.