Boys' name · since 1952
Garrette
370 babies named Garrette in U.S. Social Security records since 1952, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,458 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 370
- born since 1952
- 1990s
- peak decade
370 boys have been named Garrette since 1952, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Garrette has been recorded 370 times among boys since 1952, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1952 to 2015.
- #9,458 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 370 born since 1952
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Garrette ranks #9,458 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 370 born since 1952, peaking in the 1990s.
- #9,458 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 370
- born since 1952
- 1990s
- peak decade
Garrette's 370 recorded births place it above 79.17% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Garrette's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Garrette splits its recorded history at 1991: 64% of all births land in the more recent half, 36% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1953 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1991 peak of 22 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Garrette popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1952–2015
- Peak year (1991)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 64 years of records
Garrette by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (131 births, 35% of the file).
1990s was Garrette's strongest decade.
131 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Garrette births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 20
1950s
20 births
- 1960s 29
1960s
29 births
- 1970s 19
1970s
19 births
- 1980s
1980s
58 births
- 1990s
1990s
131 births
- 2000s
2000s
90 births
- 2010s 23
2010s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 131 births (35% of all-time use).
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What to do with Garrette's data
- Garrette's decade-level peak was the 1990s (131 total births); usage has since declined to 23 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Garrette: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~63 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, 1952–2015 (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 Garrette 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.