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Garth

Gender
Boy
Origin
Welsh
US rank, 2025
#8,906 for boys

Garth is a boys' name of Welsh origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).

What does Garth mean?

Welsh

A male given name from Welsh, shortened form of Gareth

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Garth a girl's or a boy's name?

Garth is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Garth in the UK?

No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 11 boys.

Half of all the boys named Garth in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2004. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

1996Busiest: 11 in 19962010
Garth in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20103#4,865
20090–
20085#3,305
20070–
20060–
20056#2,545
20044#3,147
20030–
20024#2,751
20014#2,714
20006#1,977
19999#1,451
19986#1,932
19977#1,678
199611#1,215

How popular is Garth in the US?

Rank in 2025
#8,906among boys
Babies in 2025
8about 1 in 210,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 6% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Garth, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,694th. Its busiest year was 1954, with 268 boys. It first appears in the records in 1906.

2025 had fewer boys named Garth than any year since 2012.

Half of all the boys named Garth in the US since 1880 were born between 1946 and 1977, the years shaded on the chart below.

1906Busiest: 268 in 19542025
Garth in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20258#8,906
202418#5,237
202322#4,606
202221#4,697
202111#7,084
202020#4,694
201916#5,551
201815#5,766
201715#5,784
201613#6,344
201520#4,709
201416#5,481
201312#6,598
20128#8,858
20117#9,593
201016#5,475
20098#8,980
200819#4,897
20076#10,915
20069#7,992
200514#5,572
200416#5,002
200315#5,030
200217#4,496
200130#2,983
200022#3,634
199937#2,395
199850#1,928
199746#1,961
199650#1,813
199556#1,618
199462#1,511
1993124#962
1992249#656
1991200#713
199082#1,196
198954#1,511
198854#1,422
198759#1,270
198661#1,226
198561#1,213
198474#1,032
198372#1,040
198298#903
1981133#757
1980108#850
1979124#777
1978118#774
1977106#828
1976110#790
1975137#707
1974157#644
1973150#648
1972151#651
1971147#683
1970190#588
1969192#566
1968133#655
1967157#598
1966170#579
1965159#605
1964239#507
1963209#550
1962184#578
1961211#544
1960199#559
1959186#571
1958156#614
1957146#636
1956175#575
1955200#515
1954268#443
1953158#566
1952106#672
1951109#667
195099#684
194998#688
194880#755
1947100#692
194680#729
194563#775
194483#679
194386#692
1942101#629
194173#723
194086#646
193960#784
193882#660
193783#650
193659#797
193571#725
193473#716
193372#710
193269#756
193153#879
193054#909
192973#734
192868#786
192780#726
192675#737
192568#801
192478#752
1923100#640
192266#840
192177#760
192080#724
191980#695
191859#855
191777#687
191653#864
191568#715
191422#1,260
191324#1,023
19126#2,268
19116#1,536
19100–
19095#1,439
19080–
19070–
19065#1,252

Names like Garth

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Billy James Michael Patrick Thomas David John George Joseph Charles Robert Jack

Names related to Garth

Gareth Garret Garett Garhett Garet Garreth Garrit

More Welsh names

Dylan Owen Winnie Maddox Morgan Idris Reese Bowen Griffin Rhys Gavin Reece Nia Seren Gwendolyn Winifred

Every Welsh name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Garth: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/garth, updated 20 October 2026.