Garnett
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- GAR-nit
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Garnett is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
Where does Garnett come from?
English: English surname of uncertain origin
Is Garnett a girl's or a boy's name?
Garnett 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 Garnett in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Garnett, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 1920, with 87 boys. It first appears in the records in 1881.
Half of all the boys named Garnett in the US since 1880 were born between 1922 and 1957, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1898, 72% of the babies named Garnett in the US were girls. By 1972 it was 14%, with more boys than girls since 1938.
Garnett in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 11 | #4,521 |
| 1988 | 19 | #2,855 |
| 1987 | 12 | #3,726 |
| 1986 | 14 | #3,265 |
| 1985 | 18 | #2,708 |
| 1984 | 14 | #3,105 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 12 | #3,481 |
| 1981 | 16 | #2,777 |
| 1980 | 17 | #2,728 |
| 1979 | 17 | #2,668 |
| 1978 | 20 | #2,279 |
| 1977 | 14 | #2,909 |
| 1976 | 20 | #2,244 |
| 1975 | 15 | #2,635 |
| 1974 | 15 | #2,547 |
| 1973 | 19 | #2,122 |
| 1972 | 32 | #1,508 |
| 1971 | 30 | #1,596 |
| 1970 | 26 | #1,698 |
| 1969 | 22 | #1,766 |
| 1968 | 21 | #1,730 |
| 1967 | 28 | #1,448 |
| 1966 | 24 | #1,579 |
| 1965 | 30 | #1,404 |
| 1964 | 42 | #1,188 |
| 1963 | 33 | #1,353 |
| 1962 | 29 | #1,453 |
| 1961 | 29 | #1,495 |
| 1960 | 25 | #1,618 |
| 1959 | 35 | #1,323 |
| 1958 | 43 | #1,171 |
| 1957 | 37 | #1,277 |
| 1956 | 37 | #1,256 |
| 1955 | 44 | #1,113 |
| 1954 | 38 | #1,212 |
| 1953 | 41 | #1,154 |
| 1952 | 45 | #1,080 |
| 1951 | 47 | #1,039 |
| 1950 | 52 | #959 |
| 1949 | 49 | #996 |
| 1948 | 55 | #932 |
| 1947 | 62 | #885 |
| 1946 | 51 | #935 |
| 1945 | 35 | #1,102 |
| 1944 | 52 | #878 |
| 1943 | 50 | #943 |
| 1942 | 48 | #958 |
| 1941 | 47 | #925 |
| 1940 | 56 | #841 |
| 1939 | 50 | #867 |
| 1938 | 55 | #834 |
| 1937 | 40 | #1,000 |
| 1936 | 59 | #797 |
| 1935 | 72 | #716 |
| 1934 | 42 | #982 |
| 1933 | 59 | #799 |
| 1932 | 65 | #786 |
| 1931 | 52 | #887 |
| 1930 | 59 | #855 |
| 1929 | 55 | #900 |
| 1928 | 56 | #891 |
| 1927 | 71 | #780 |
| 1926 | 72 | #759 |
| 1925 | 79 | #730 |
| 1924 | 66 | #838 |
| 1923 | 82 | #718 |
| 1922 | 83 | #717 |
| 1921 | 78 | #750 |
| 1920 | 87 | #687 |
| 1919 | 76 | #730 |
| 1918 | 75 | #743 |
| 1917 | 70 | #744 |
| 1916 | 67 | #744 |
| 1915 | 74 | #675 |
| 1914 | 73 | #585 |
| 1913 | 35 | #806 |
| 1912 | 37 | #700 |
| 1911 | 19 | #732 |
| 1910 | 15 | #782 |
| 1909 | 26 | #505 |
| 1908 | 12 | #779 |
| 1907 | 18 | #591 |
| 1906 | 12 | #709 |
| 1905 | 13 | #666 |
| 1904 | 10 | #760 |
| 1903 | 17 | #527 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,136 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,057 |
| 1900 | 10 | #835 |
| 1899 | 9 | #714 |
| 1898 | 9 | #743 |
| 1897 | 8 | #786 |
| 1896 | 9 | #778 |
| 1895 | 8 | #794 |
| 1894 | 7 | #856 |
| 1893 | 7 | #836 |
| 1892 | 8 | #791 |
| 1891 | 8 | #699 |
| 1890 | 7 | #814 |
| 1889 | 5 | #973 |
| 1888 | 6 | #917 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 7 | #758 |
| 1885 | 6 | #835 |
| 1884 | 5 | #971 |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 12 | #540 |
| 1881 | 5 | #865 |
Names like Garnett
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
George William Arthur Robert Walter Forrest Warren Albert Stanley Franklin Francis Lewis
Names related to Garnett
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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, “Garnett: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/garnett, updated 20 October 2026.