How Many People Are Named Garth?
people named Garth are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 53,554 people in the US has this name
Based on 9,666 babies named Garth in Social Security records from 1906 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
268 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname meaning "garden" in Old Norse, originally denoting one who lived near or worked in a garden.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Garth in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Garth alive today is about 53 years old, and 51% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 41 and 65 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Garth first appears in the records in 1906 and was given most often in 1954, to 268 babies. In 2025, 8 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1906 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Garth has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #443, in 1954. In 2025 it ranked #9,179.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #9,179 |
| Best rank | #443 (1954) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #571 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Garth alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Garth were born in California than in any other state: about 790 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Garth was given 17.7 times as often in Utah, 11.9 times in Idaho and 3.7 times in Oregon.
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