Garreth
Boy · GARR-eth · Welsh
Garreth is a boys' name of Welsh origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Garreth mean?
Welsh: spelling of Gareth
Sir Gareth is a Knight of the Round Table in Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur; the name may come from Welsh gwaredd, gentleness.
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Meaning borrowed from Gareth. More on Wiktionary.
Is Garreth a girl's or a boy's name?
Garreth is a boys' name.
How popular is Garreth in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1990, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 1940.
Half of all the boys named Garreth in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
Garreth in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,697 |
| 2001 | 16 | #4,670 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 18 | #3,845 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,502 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 16 | #3,740 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 19 | #3,160 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 17 | #3,074 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 12 | #3,649 |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,698 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 9 | #4,232 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,620 |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 11 | #2,890 |
| 1969 | 11 | #2,681 |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,364 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 8 | #2,980 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,638 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,688 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 5 | #3,458 |
Nicknames for Garreth
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Names like Garreth
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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