Garett
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- GAIR-it
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Garett is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “spear + brave, or spear + rule”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Garett mean?
Germanic: spelling of Garrett, a surname from Gerard or Gerald
“spear + brave, or spear + rule”
Garrett began as an English and Irish surname taken from the Norman given names Gerard and Gerald.
Is Garett a girl's or a boy's name?
Garett is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Garett in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 62% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Garett, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 216 boys. It first appears in the records in 1952.
Half of all the boys named Garett in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 543 boys in the US were given Garett or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #543, up from #10,690 for this spelling alone.
Garett in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 29 | #3,674 |
| 2016 | 23 | #4,326 |
| 2015 | 27 | #3,881 |
| 2014 | 31 | #3,454 |
| 2013 | 34 | #3,187 |
| 2012 | 34 | #3,228 |
| 2011 | 40 | #2,903 |
| 2010 | 60 | #2,186 |
| 2009 | 63 | #2,142 |
| 2008 | 79 | #1,838 |
| 2007 | 90 | #1,681 |
| 2006 | 113 | #1,402 |
| 2005 | 136 | #1,169 |
| 2004 | 148 | #1,074 |
| 2003 | 129 | #1,158 |
| 2002 | 160 | #984 |
| 2001 | 184 | #870 |
| 2000 | 216 | #768 |
| 1999 | 178 | #848 |
| 1998 | 166 | #870 |
| 1997 | 175 | #826 |
| 1996 | 164 | #847 |
| 1995 | 149 | #893 |
| 1994 | 127 | #977 |
| 1993 | 140 | #907 |
| 1992 | 131 | #928 |
| 1991 | 144 | #873 |
| 1990 | 127 | #909 |
| 1989 | 102 | #1,013 |
| 1988 | 97 | #982 |
| 1987 | 102 | #933 |
| 1986 | 89 | #970 |
| 1985 | 110 | #857 |
| 1984 | 96 | #891 |
| 1983 | 84 | #964 |
| 1982 | 94 | #920 |
| 1981 | 97 | #906 |
| 1980 | 90 | #945 |
| 1979 | 84 | #965 |
| 1978 | 75 | #996 |
| 1977 | 55 | #1,187 |
| 1976 | 59 | #1,100 |
| 1975 | 56 | #1,127 |
| 1974 | 53 | #1,124 |
| 1973 | 47 | #1,201 |
| 1972 | 43 | #1,262 |
| 1971 | 44 | #1,254 |
| 1970 | 56 | #1,093 |
| 1969 | 36 | #1,326 |
| 1968 | 27 | #1,505 |
| 1967 | 42 | #1,150 |
| 1966 | 29 | #1,427 |
| 1965 | 30 | #1,404 |
| 1964 | 16 | #2,039 |
| 1963 | 14 | #2,199 |
| 1962 | 8 | #3,039 |
| 1961 | 7 | #3,354 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
Names like Garett
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Derek Rhett Gavin Adam Justin Tyler Gerardo Jason Christian Skyler Matthew Grant
Other spellings of Garett
Names related to Garett
More Germanic names
Amelia Liam Henry Charlotte William Archie Charlie Emma Freddie Ella Harry Millie Albie Matilda Louie Miles
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, “Garett: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/garett, updated 20 October 2026.