Garet
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Germanic
Garet is a boys' name of Germanic origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Garet mean?
Germanic: spelling of Garrett
A male given name from the Germanic languages, transferred from an English and an Irish surname, or in Ireland directly from Gerard.
Meaning borrowed from Garrett. From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Garet a girl's or a boy's name?
Garet is a boys' name.
How popular is Garet in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1999, with 71 boys. It first appears in the records in 1941.
Half of all the boys named Garet in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
Garet in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,250 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 23 | #4,240 |
| 2009 | 31 | #3,474 |
| 2008 | 41 | #2,878 |
| 2007 | 28 | #3,685 |
| 2006 | 51 | #2,397 |
| 2005 | 39 | #2,748 |
| 2004 | 40 | #2,639 |
| 2003 | 34 | #2,843 |
| 2002 | 53 | #2,042 |
| 2001 | 50 | #2,082 |
| 2000 | 52 | #1,964 |
| 1999 | 71 | #1,557 |
| 1998 | 52 | #1,868 |
| 1997 | 53 | #1,787 |
| 1996 | 53 | #1,737 |
| 1995 | 51 | #1,731 |
| 1994 | 38 | #2,118 |
| 1993 | 42 | #1,928 |
| 1992 | 42 | #1,909 |
| 1991 | 28 | #2,463 |
| 1990 | 38 | #1,963 |
| 1989 | 51 | #1,562 |
| 1988 | 32 | #1,984 |
| 1987 | 28 | #2,111 |
| 1986 | 38 | #1,661 |
| 1985 | 37 | #1,671 |
| 1984 | 29 | #1,884 |
| 1983 | 19 | #2,492 |
| 1982 | 22 | #2,268 |
| 1981 | 19 | #2,495 |
| 1980 | 24 | #2,162 |
| 1979 | 20 | #2,378 |
| 1978 | 19 | #2,375 |
| 1977 | 11 | #3,384 |
| 1976 | 12 | #3,093 |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 10 | #3,221 |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
| 1970 | 27 | #1,657 |
| 1969 | 9 | #3,061 |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,364 |
| 1967 | 9 | #2,759 |
| 1966 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1965 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 1964 | 7 | #3,281 |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,638 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 7 | #2,962 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,132 |
Names like Garet
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ravi Avi Rishi Aj Pranav Krishna Dhruv Vikram Garrett Arjun Siddharth Shiv
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Garet: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/garet, updated 20 October 2026.