How Many People Are Named Garfield?
people named Garfield are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 211,108 people in the US has this name
Based on 5,566 babies named Garfield in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
147 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname meaning "triangle field" in Old English. A famous bearer was American president James A. Garfield (1831-1881). It is now associated with the cat in Jim Davis's cartoon strip 'Garfield'.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Garfield in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Garfield alive today is about 58 years old, and 54% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 43 and 75 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Garfield first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1881, to 147 babies. In 2025, 5 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Garfield never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #88, in 1881, and it was in the top 100 in 1881. In 2025 it ranked #12,647.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #12,647 |
| Best rank | #88 (1881) |
| Years in the top 100 | 1 (1881 to 1881) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #660 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Garfield alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Garfield were born in New York than in any other state: about 105 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Garfield was given 7.2 times as often in Virginia, 6.5 times in North Carolina and 3.9 times in Georgia.
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