How Many People Are Named Garnett?
people named Garnett are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 176,907 people in the US has this name
Based on 6,641 babies named Garnett in Social Security records from 1881 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
186 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of GARNET (2).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Garnett, 29.6% were girls and 70.4% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Garnett fell from 61.5% in the 1890s to 3.6% in the 1980s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Garnett alive today is about 63 years old, and 64% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 52 and 78 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Garnett first appears in the records in 1881 and was given most often in 1920, to 186 babies. In 2025, 5 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1881 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Garnett has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #509, in 1909. In 2025 it ranked #12,649. Among girls, its best rank was #646, in 1904.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #12,649 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #509 (1909) | #646 (1904) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #768 in the 1920s | #859 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Garnett alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Garnett were born in Virginia than in any other state: about 215 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Garnett was given 12.9 times as often in Kentucky, 12.9 times in Virginia and 9.5 times in West Virginia.
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