Boys' name · since 1916
Garwood
74 babies named Garwood in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,436 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 74
- born since 1916
- 1920s
- peak decade
Garwood sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 74 recorded since 1916.
Social Security Administration records show Garwood recorded 74 times among boys since 1916, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 1920s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 1957.
- #19,436 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 74 born since 1916
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Garwood ranks #19,436 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 74 born since 1916, peaking in the 1920s.
- #19,436 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 74
- born since 1916
- 1920s
- peak decade
Garwood's 74 recorded births place it above 57.11% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Garwood's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Garwood splits its recorded history at 1930: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1917 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1920 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Garwood popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–1957
- Peak year (1920)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Garwood by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (24 births, 32% of the file).
1920s was Garwood's strongest decade.
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Garwood births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
12 births
- 1920s
1920s
24 births
- 1930s
1930s
23 births
- 1940s
1940s
10 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 24 births (32% of all-time use).
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- Garwood's decade-level peak was the 1920s (24 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1950s -- 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 Garwood: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1920)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1916–1957 (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 Garwood 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.