Garfield
- Gender
- Boy
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Garfield is a boys' name, meaning “spear”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Garfield mean?
“spear”
A male given name transferred from the surname.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Garfield a girl's or a boy's name?
Garfield is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Garfield in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Garfield, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1881, with 147 boys.
Half of all the boys named Garfield in the US since 1880 were born between 1915 and 1952. It was already well used in 1880, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Garfield in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,551 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,446 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 26 | #2,761 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 20 | #3,213 |
| 1991 | 17 | #3,456 |
| 1990 | 26 | #2,548 |
| 1989 | 18 | #3,199 |
| 1988 | 12 | #3,910 |
| 1987 | 20 | #2,637 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
| 1984 | 19 | #2,528 |
| 1983 | 18 | #2,576 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,107 |
| 1981 | 23 | #2,203 |
| 1980 | 17 | #2,728 |
| 1979 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1978 | 24 | #2,012 |
| 1977 | 20 | #2,270 |
| 1976 | 16 | #2,600 |
| 1975 | 23 | #2,000 |
| 1974 | 28 | #1,692 |
| 1973 | 17 | #2,309 |
| 1972 | 26 | #1,721 |
| 1971 | 21 | #1,986 |
| 1970 | 28 | #1,614 |
| 1969 | 35 | #1,351 |
| 1968 | 27 | #1,505 |
| 1967 | 33 | #1,311 |
| 1966 | 25 | #1,539 |
| 1965 | 29 | #1,428 |
| 1964 | 34 | #1,349 |
| 1963 | 47 | #1,120 |
| 1962 | 26 | #1,545 |
| 1961 | 46 | #1,155 |
| 1960 | 31 | #1,433 |
| 1959 | 31 | #1,415 |
| 1958 | 39 | #1,236 |
| 1957 | 46 | #1,129 |
| 1956 | 49 | #1,082 |
| 1955 | 43 | #1,137 |
| 1954 | 50 | #1,051 |
| 1953 | 69 | #862 |
| 1952 | 69 | #839 |
| 1951 | 43 | #1,096 |
| 1950 | 70 | #813 |
| 1949 | 67 | #833 |
| 1948 | 62 | #867 |
| 1947 | 48 | #1,035 |
| 1946 | 61 | #842 |
| 1945 | 59 | #809 |
| 1944 | 66 | #769 |
| 1943 | 42 | #1,037 |
| 1942 | 62 | #821 |
| 1941 | 70 | #739 |
| 1940 | 79 | #681 |
| 1939 | 67 | #733 |
| 1938 | 63 | #770 |
| 1937 | 54 | #830 |
| 1936 | 48 | #882 |
| 1935 | 54 | #850 |
| 1934 | 60 | #798 |
| 1933 | 54 | #843 |
| 1932 | 69 | #756 |
| 1931 | 70 | #733 |
| 1930 | 72 | #749 |
| 1929 | 77 | #705 |
| 1928 | 74 | #743 |
| 1927 | 97 | #643 |
| 1926 | 86 | #683 |
| 1925 | 95 | #654 |
| 1924 | 94 | #667 |
| 1923 | 99 | #644 |
| 1922 | 104 | #633 |
| 1921 | 102 | #630 |
| 1920 | 104 | #619 |
| 1919 | 111 | #568 |
| 1918 | 119 | #549 |
| 1917 | 101 | #591 |
| 1916 | 98 | #585 |
| 1915 | 101 | #562 |
| 1914 | 81 | #546 |
| 1913 | 70 | #513 |
| 1912 | 57 | #521 |
| 1911 | 38 | #471 |
| 1910 | 43 | #407 |
| 1909 | 35 | #419 |
| 1908 | 29 | #452 |
| 1907 | 37 | #366 |
| 1906 | 31 | #387 |
| 1905 | 23 | #463 |
| 1904 | 31 | #360 |
| 1903 | 19 | #487 |
| 1902 | 26 | #388 |
| 1901 | 24 | #383 |
| 1900 | 32 | #393 |
| 1899 | 19 | #424 |
| 1898 | 22 | #418 |
| 1897 | 18 | #459 |
| 1896 | 20 | #438 |
| 1895 | 15 | #529 |
| 1894 | 20 | #419 |
| 1893 | 12 | #572 |
| 1892 | 26 | #375 |
| 1891 | 23 | #359 |
| 1890 | 28 | #328 |
| 1889 | 29 | #322 |
| 1888 | 31 | #324 |
| 1887 | 26 | #325 |
| 1886 | 38 | #275 |
| 1885 | 34 | #284 |
| 1884 | 30 | #318 |
| 1883 | 49 | #221 |
| 1882 | 69 | #190 |
| 1881 | 147 | #88 |
| 1880 | 122 | #110 |
Names like Garfield
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Edward, George, William, Arthur, Walter, Louis, Alfred, Lewis, Leonard, Albert, Joseph, Archie
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, “Garfield: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/garfield, updated 20 October 2026.