Garner
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- GAR-ner
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #5,859 for boys
Garner is a name of English origin, meaning “granary”. In 2025 it ranked 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Garner mean?
English: surname, via Old French gernier
“granary”
From an English surname for a granary keeper; the word garner originally meant a granary, later 'to gather'.
Is Garner a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Garner has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls and 15 boys in the US.
How popular is Garner in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Garner, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 1932, with 82 boys. It first appears in the records in 1881. 5 girls were also named Garner in 2025 (14,937th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Garner in the US since 1880 were born between 1932 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2019, 21% of the babies named Garner in the US were girls.
Garner in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 18 | #5,237 |
| 2023 | 19 | #5,070 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 33 | #3,424 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 26 | #4,000 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 22 | #4,469 |
| 2015 | 22 | #4,405 |
| 2014 | 28 | #3,691 |
| 2013 | 24 | #4,062 |
| 2012 | 25 | #4,000 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 28 | #3,707 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 29 | #3,643 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,207 |
| 2006 | 25 | #3,886 |
| 2005 | 31 | #3,237 |
| 2004 | 28 | #3,364 |
| 2003 | 19 | #4,271 |
| 2002 | 27 | #3,255 |
| 2001 | 20 | #3,968 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,531 |
| 1998 | 17 | #4,015 |
| 1997 | 18 | #3,733 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,606 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 22 | #3,103 |
| 1993 | 14 | #4,220 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,265 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 14 | #3,097 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 15 | #2,798 |
| 1977 | 16 | #2,664 |
| 1976 | 10 | #3,469 |
| 1975 | 14 | #2,749 |
| 1974 | 15 | #2,547 |
| 1973 | 13 | #2,714 |
| 1972 | 11 | #2,989 |
| 1971 | 15 | #2,463 |
| 1970 | 18 | #2,124 |
| 1969 | 27 | #1,569 |
| 1968 | 13 | #2,310 |
| 1967 | 19 | #1,808 |
| 1966 | 9 | #2,783 |
| 1965 | 18 | #1,855 |
| 1964 | 23 | #1,654 |
| 1963 | 19 | #1,838 |
| 1962 | 27 | #1,514 |
| 1961 | 28 | #1,520 |
| 1960 | 16 | #2,041 |
| 1959 | 24 | #1,619 |
| 1958 | 12 | #2,368 |
| 1957 | 19 | #1,836 |
| 1956 | 13 | #2,261 |
| 1955 | 10 | #2,557 |
| 1954 | 20 | #1,705 |
| 1953 | 16 | #1,957 |
| 1952 | 15 | #2,009 |
| 1951 | 13 | #2,134 |
| 1950 | 18 | #1,745 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,122 |
| 1948 | 18 | #1,757 |
| 1947 | 24 | #1,518 |
| 1946 | 11 | #2,270 |
| 1945 | 13 | #1,925 |
| 1944 | 23 | #1,399 |
| 1943 | 14 | #1,985 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,267 |
| 1941 | 20 | #1,532 |
| 1940 | 20 | #1,519 |
| 1939 | 21 | #1,458 |
| 1938 | 23 | #1,397 |
| 1937 | 29 | #1,233 |
| 1936 | 24 | #1,356 |
| 1935 | 19 | #1,584 |
| 1934 | 24 | #1,386 |
| 1933 | 63 | #770 |
| 1932 | 82 | #674 |
| 1931 | 19 | #1,643 |
| 1930 | 16 | #1,889 |
| 1929 | 24 | #1,480 |
| 1928 | 26 | #1,448 |
| 1927 | 20 | #1,748 |
| 1926 | 23 | #1,565 |
| 1925 | 17 | #1,934 |
| 1924 | 23 | #1,628 |
| 1923 | 33 | #1,256 |
| 1922 | 29 | #1,367 |
| 1921 | 27 | #1,448 |
| 1920 | 34 | #1,234 |
| 1919 | 30 | #1,297 |
| 1918 | 29 | #1,312 |
| 1917 | 27 | #1,322 |
| 1916 | 27 | #1,304 |
| 1915 | 25 | #1,342 |
| 1914 | 22 | #1,260 |
| 1913 | 19 | #1,173 |
| 1912 | 14 | #1,267 |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,536 |
| 1910 | 13 | #859 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,020 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,112 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,204 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,012 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,057 |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,056 |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 7 | #765 |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 5 | #865 |
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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, “Garner: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/garner, updated 20 October 2026.