How Many People Are Named Garnet?
people named Garnet are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 151,904 people in the US has this name
Based on 8,923 babies named Garnet in Social Security records from 1882 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
305 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Garnet, 71.1% were girls and 28.9% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Garnet fell from 95.3% in the 1890s to 75.7% in the 2010s. It was lowest in the 1980s, at 52.7%.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Garnet alive today is about 62 years old, and 65% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 50 and 80 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Garnet first appears in the records in 1882 and was given most often in 1920, to 305 babies. In 2025, 14 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1882 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Garnet has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #378, in 1911. In 2025 it ranked #11,259. Among boys, its best rank was #594, in 1904.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #11,259 | #11,115 |
| Best rank | #378 (1911) | #594 (1904) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #428 in the 1910s | #1,048 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Garnet alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Garnet were born in Ohio than in any other state: about 159 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Garnet was given 13.2 times as often in West Virginia, 5.3 times in Ohio and 3.9 times in Kentucky.
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