Garth — #5238 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Garth

The Social Security Administration has registered 9,659 babies named Garth between 1906 and 2024, spanning 119 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Garth currently holds the #5238 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1954, when 268 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Garth performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 1,854 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Garth shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,034 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Utah and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Garth in 34 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Garth 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 9,659 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.