Garret
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Garret is a boys' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Garret mean?
Germanic: spelling of Garrett
A male given name from the Germanic languages, transferred from an English and an Irish surname, or in Ireland directly from Gerard.
Meaning borrowed from Garrett. From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Garret a girl's or a boy's name?
Garret is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Garret in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 56% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Garret, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,808th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 590 boys. It first appears in the records in 1881.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Garret than any year since 1942.
Half of all the boys named Garret in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 543 boys in the US were given Garret or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #543, up from #7,190 for this spelling alone.
Garret in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 20 | #4,882 |
| 2022 | 29 | #3,772 |
| 2021 | 29 | #3,736 |
| 2020 | 27 | #3,808 |
| 2019 | 28 | #3,791 |
| 2018 | 45 | #2,707 |
| 2017 | 45 | #2,714 |
| 2016 | 43 | #2,782 |
| 2015 | 61 | #2,212 |
| 2014 | 62 | #2,173 |
| 2013 | 66 | #2,043 |
| 2012 | 109 | #1,478 |
| 2011 | 123 | #1,364 |
| 2010 | 131 | #1,309 |
| 2009 | 155 | #1,169 |
| 2008 | 164 | #1,115 |
| 2007 | 211 | #940 |
| 2006 | 277 | #762 |
| 2005 | 300 | #689 |
| 2004 | 301 | #672 |
| 2003 | 343 | #609 |
| 2002 | 383 | #572 |
| 2001 | 468 | #491 |
| 2000 | 590 | #420 |
| 1999 | 527 | #437 |
| 1998 | 458 | #477 |
| 1997 | 477 | #463 |
| 1996 | 455 | #479 |
| 1995 | 438 | #491 |
| 1994 | 416 | #493 |
| 1993 | 484 | #451 |
| 1992 | 498 | #442 |
| 1991 | 359 | #533 |
| 1990 | 380 | #504 |
| 1989 | 326 | #532 |
| 1988 | 254 | #578 |
| 1987 | 252 | #569 |
| 1986 | 272 | #541 |
| 1985 | 261 | #544 |
| 1984 | 191 | #617 |
| 1983 | 196 | #611 |
| 1982 | 156 | #695 |
| 1981 | 140 | #730 |
| 1980 | 144 | #729 |
| 1979 | 125 | #775 |
| 1978 | 83 | #950 |
| 1977 | 64 | #1,079 |
| 1976 | 63 | #1,050 |
| 1975 | 62 | #1,053 |
| 1974 | 77 | #923 |
| 1973 | 66 | #992 |
| 1972 | 86 | #868 |
| 1971 | 64 | #1,014 |
| 1970 | 101 | #806 |
| 1969 | 88 | #822 |
| 1968 | 89 | #784 |
| 1967 | 95 | #757 |
| 1966 | 97 | #750 |
| 1965 | 95 | #759 |
| 1964 | 101 | #760 |
| 1963 | 104 | #756 |
| 1962 | 91 | #796 |
| 1961 | 64 | #957 |
| 1960 | 60 | #980 |
| 1959 | 33 | #1,359 |
| 1958 | 34 | #1,320 |
| 1957 | 29 | #1,456 |
| 1956 | 35 | #1,297 |
| 1955 | 40 | #1,180 |
| 1954 | 39 | #1,199 |
| 1953 | 30 | #1,377 |
| 1952 | 33 | #1,296 |
| 1951 | 31 | #1,331 |
| 1950 | 29 | #1,339 |
| 1949 | 31 | #1,296 |
| 1948 | 21 | #1,610 |
| 1947 | 28 | #1,393 |
| 1946 | 26 | #1,381 |
| 1945 | 15 | #1,771 |
| 1944 | 19 | #1,573 |
| 1943 | 29 | #1,279 |
| 1942 | 9 | #2,522 |
| 1941 | 9 | #2,491 |
| 1940 | 18 | #1,627 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,288 |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,533 |
| 1937 | 14 | #1,913 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 1935 | 10 | #2,396 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,393 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,541 |
| 1932 | 16 | #1,848 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,327 |
| 1930 | 13 | #2,178 |
| 1929 | 13 | #2,198 |
| 1928 | 16 | #1,960 |
| 1927 | 17 | #1,959 |
| 1926 | 10 | #2,723 |
| 1925 | 6 | #3,739 |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1923 | 15 | #2,122 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,485 |
| 1921 | 9 | #2,985 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 15 | #2,062 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,216 |
| 1916 | 16 | #1,848 |
| 1915 | 15 | #1,877 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,270 |
| 1913 | 10 | #1,802 |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,543 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,309 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,078 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 5 | #891 |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 6 | #780 |
Names like Garret
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Derek Gerardo Matthew Justin Gavin Tyler Grant Jeffrey Jason Gabriel Jared Carlos
Other spellings of Garret
Names related to Garret
More Germanic names
Amelia Liam Henry Charlotte William Archie Charlie Emma Freddie Ella Harry Millie Albie Matilda Louie Miles
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, “Garret: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/garret, updated 20 October 2026.