Garnet
Mostly girls · GAR-nit · English
Garnet is a name of English origin, meaning “dark red gemstone”. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Garnet mean?
English: gemstone name, via Old French grenat
“dark red gemstone”
The garnet is January's birthstone; its name is linked to Latin granatum, 'pomegranate', for its seed-red colour.
- Say it
- GAR-nit
Is Garnet a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Garnet has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls and 6 boys in the US.
How popular is Garnet in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Garnet, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 1918, with 258 girls. It first appears in the records in 1884. 6 boys were also named Garnet in 2025 (10,690th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Garnet in the US since 1880 were born between 1916 and 1940, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 81% of the babies named Garnet in the US in 1900, and 63% in 1969.
Garnet in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,754 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,396 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,253 |
| 1980 | 14 | #4,977 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,188 |
| 1978 | 11 | #5,562 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,338 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 16 | #3,948 |
| 1974 | 18 | #3,558 |
| 1973 | 10 | #5,189 |
| 1972 | 8 | #5,957 |
| 1971 | 16 | #3,787 |
| 1970 | 13 | #4,245 |
| 1969 | 20 | #3,011 |
| 1968 | 23 | #2,630 |
| 1967 | 20 | #2,781 |
| 1966 | 27 | #2,307 |
| 1965 | 17 | #3,049 |
| 1964 | 20 | #2,824 |
| 1963 | 20 | #2,779 |
| 1962 | 24 | #2,462 |
| 1961 | 28 | #2,249 |
| 1960 | 28 | #2,195 |
| 1959 | 30 | #2,053 |
| 1958 | 24 | #2,321 |
| 1957 | 42 | #1,651 |
| 1956 | 35 | #1,795 |
| 1955 | 40 | #1,616 |
| 1954 | 49 | #1,435 |
| 1953 | 60 | #1,247 |
| 1952 | 53 | #1,315 |
| 1951 | 57 | #1,223 |
| 1950 | 53 | #1,258 |
| 1949 | 39 | #1,468 |
| 1948 | 53 | #1,249 |
| 1947 | 59 | #1,169 |
| 1946 | 60 | #1,100 |
| 1945 | 59 | #1,003 |
| 1944 | 66 | #953 |
| 1943 | 78 | #884 |
| 1942 | 107 | #720 |
| 1941 | 73 | #851 |
| 1940 | 93 | #721 |
| 1939 | 70 | #824 |
| 1938 | 93 | #710 |
| 1937 | 104 | #666 |
| 1936 | 77 | #768 |
| 1935 | 97 | #675 |
| 1934 | 89 | #705 |
| 1933 | 112 | #612 |
| 1932 | 101 | #670 |
| 1931 | 108 | #640 |
| 1930 | 106 | #667 |
| 1929 | 139 | #582 |
| 1928 | 117 | #648 |
| 1927 | 138 | #604 |
| 1926 | 138 | #602 |
| 1925 | 156 | #575 |
| 1924 | 166 | #565 |
| 1923 | 187 | #511 |
| 1922 | 163 | #559 |
| 1921 | 203 | #485 |
| 1920 | 250 | #422 |
| 1919 | 221 | #443 |
| 1918 | 258 | #407 |
| 1917 | 232 | #416 |
| 1916 | 209 | #436 |
| 1915 | 193 | #441 |
| 1914 | 158 | #428 |
| 1913 | 133 | #427 |
| 1912 | 107 | #457 |
| 1911 | 116 | #377 |
| 1910 | 74 | #463 |
| 1909 | 80 | #408 |
| 1908 | 70 | #430 |
| 1907 | 77 | #404 |
| 1906 | 67 | #415 |
| 1905 | 51 | #476 |
| 1904 | 43 | #500 |
| 1903 | 44 | #482 |
| 1902 | 37 | #528 |
| 1901 | 45 | #441 |
| 1900 | 29 | #656 |
| 1899 | 32 | #526 |
| 1898 | 35 | #527 |
| 1897 | 35 | #491 |
| 1896 | 29 | #565 |
| 1895 | 22 | #658 |
| 1894 | 22 | #628 |
| 1893 | 23 | #594 |
| 1892 | 16 | #726 |
| 1891 | 16 | #669 |
| 1890 | 15 | #693 |
| 1889 | 11 | #802 |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 10 | #733 |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,108 |
| 1885 | 8 | #793 |
| 1884 | 7 | #851 |
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