Garret Boy
How popular is Garret?
#7,190 boy name in 2025
11 baby boys were named Garret in the US in 2025, making it the 7190th most popular boy name.
Garret popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #7,190 for boys (▼ 726 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 11 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-82% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,212 in 2015, #3,808 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2000 (590 boys) |
| Highest rank | #420 in 2000 |
| First recorded | 1881 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Garret counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Garrett family of names ranked #536 for boys in 2025 (#532 the year before), with 543 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Garret is most popular
Babies named Garret per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 boys)
Garret by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11 | #780 |
| 1890s | 5 | #1,078 |
| 1900s | 5 | #1,309 |
| 1910s | 85 | #1,802 |
| 1920s | 103 | #1,959 |
| 1930s | 107 | #1,848 |
| 1940s | 205 | #1,279 |
| 1950s | 333 | #1,180 |
| 1960s | 884 | #750 |
| 1970s | 791 | #775 |
| 1980s | 2,192 | #532 |
| 1990s | 4,492 | #437 |
| 2000s | 3,192 | #420 |
| 2010s | 713 | #1,309 |
| 2020s | 129 | #3,736 |
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Questions
- Is Garret a boy or girl name?
- Garret is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Garret were boys.
- How popular is the name Garret?
- 11 baby boys were named Garret in the US in 2025, making it the 7190th most popular boy name.
- When was Garret most popular?
- Garret peaked in 2000, when 590 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #420 in 2000.
- How many people are named Garret?
- 13,252 babies have been named Garret in the US since 1880. We estimate about 12,223 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 31.
- Where is Garret most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Garret was most common in Texas, at 0.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.