Garland
- Gender
- Boy
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
Garland is a boys' name, meaning “triangular piece of land”. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Garland mean?
“triangular piece of land”
A male given name transferred from the surname.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Garland a girl's or a boy's name?
Garland is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Garland in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,799th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Garland, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 1922, with 478 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Garland than any year since 2014.
Half of all the boys named Garland in the US since 1880 were born between 1925 and 1958, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2008, 17% of the babies named Garland in the US were girls.
Garland in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 23 | #4,452 |
| 2022 | 17 | #5,441 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 2018 | 21 | #4,606 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 22 | #4,469 |
| 2015 | 21 | #4,543 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 18 | #4,978 |
| 2012 | 23 | #4,248 |
| 2011 | 21 | #4,507 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 20 | #4,746 |
| 2008 | 25 | #4,041 |
| 2007 | 25 | #4,009 |
| 2006 | 26 | #3,780 |
| 2005 | 26 | #3,611 |
| 2004 | 21 | #4,124 |
| 2003 | 27 | #3,361 |
| 2002 | 24 | #3,549 |
| 2001 | 40 | #2,425 |
| 2000 | 40 | #2,375 |
| 1999 | 38 | #2,344 |
| 1998 | 30 | #2,708 |
| 1997 | 48 | #1,905 |
| 1996 | 44 | #1,982 |
| 1995 | 50 | #1,753 |
| 1994 | 69 | #1,405 |
| 1993 | 57 | #1,572 |
| 1992 | 70 | #1,347 |
| 1991 | 63 | #1,424 |
| 1990 | 76 | #1,265 |
| 1989 | 77 | #1,215 |
| 1988 | 89 | #1,045 |
| 1987 | 72 | #1,132 |
| 1986 | 55 | #1,319 |
| 1985 | 64 | #1,169 |
| 1984 | 86 | #950 |
| 1983 | 85 | #956 |
| 1982 | 99 | #899 |
| 1981 | 110 | #837 |
| 1980 | 103 | #878 |
| 1979 | 103 | #855 |
| 1978 | 98 | #869 |
| 1977 | 116 | #793 |
| 1976 | 104 | #820 |
| 1975 | 144 | #690 |
| 1974 | 133 | #712 |
| 1973 | 153 | #643 |
| 1972 | 169 | #607 |
| 1971 | 164 | #643 |
| 1970 | 165 | #630 |
| 1969 | 173 | #592 |
| 1968 | 189 | #548 |
| 1967 | 168 | #583 |
| 1966 | 191 | #555 |
| 1965 | 213 | #526 |
| 1964 | 229 | #516 |
| 1963 | 240 | #516 |
| 1962 | 254 | #498 |
| 1961 | 298 | #473 |
| 1960 | 261 | #490 |
| 1959 | 236 | #509 |
| 1958 | 301 | #452 |
| 1957 | 271 | #469 |
| 1956 | 289 | #442 |
| 1955 | 331 | #399 |
| 1954 | 355 | #375 |
| 1953 | 333 | #378 |
| 1952 | 342 | #362 |
| 1951 | 394 | #344 |
| 1950 | 369 | #349 |
| 1949 | 402 | #335 |
| 1948 | 388 | #340 |
| 1947 | 369 | #354 |
| 1946 | 387 | #328 |
| 1945 | 316 | #337 |
| 1944 | 378 | #312 |
| 1943 | 446 | #293 |
| 1942 | 376 | #317 |
| 1941 | 381 | #298 |
| 1940 | 367 | #292 |
| 1939 | 357 | #293 |
| 1938 | 372 | #285 |
| 1937 | 374 | #282 |
| 1936 | 342 | #292 |
| 1935 | 360 | #285 |
| 1934 | 378 | #275 |
| 1933 | 375 | #271 |
| 1932 | 383 | #278 |
| 1931 | 362 | #292 |
| 1930 | 392 | #287 |
| 1929 | 384 | #284 |
| 1928 | 387 | #287 |
| 1927 | 374 | #298 |
| 1926 | 412 | #281 |
| 1925 | 405 | #284 |
| 1924 | 413 | #281 |
| 1923 | 434 | #269 |
| 1922 | 478 | #258 |
| 1921 | 454 | #264 |
| 1920 | 403 | #278 |
| 1919 | 379 | #271 |
| 1918 | 402 | #265 |
| 1917 | 396 | #254 |
| 1916 | 365 | #259 |
| 1915 | 343 | #262 |
| 1914 | 252 | #276 |
| 1913 | 193 | #285 |
| 1912 | 145 | #300 |
| 1911 | 87 | #281 |
| 1910 | 74 | #282 |
| 1909 | 57 | #302 |
| 1908 | 51 | #307 |
| 1907 | 56 | #278 |
| 1906 | 45 | #304 |
| 1905 | 60 | #251 |
| 1904 | 41 | #306 |
| 1903 | 27 | #370 |
| 1902 | 39 | #308 |
| 1901 | 30 | #325 |
| 1900 | 36 | #365 |
| 1899 | 44 | #251 |
| 1898 | 34 | #329 |
| 1897 | 27 | #360 |
| 1896 | 23 | #407 |
| 1895 | 30 | #337 |
| 1894 | 29 | #332 |
| 1893 | 25 | #359 |
| 1892 | 18 | #458 |
| 1891 | 18 | #411 |
| 1890 | 17 | #434 |
| 1889 | 9 | #673 |
| 1888 | 18 | #442 |
| 1887 | 17 | #409 |
| 1886 | 19 | #403 |
| 1885 | 12 | #547 |
| 1884 | 12 | #547 |
| 1883 | 11 | #556 |
| 1882 | 17 | #437 |
| 1881 | 7 | #705 |
| 1880 | 11 | #571 |
Names like Garland
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Roland, Edward, Raymond, Leonard, Richard, William, George, Robert, Arthur, Walter, Thomas, Frederick
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, “Garland: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/garland, updated 20 October 2026.