Garrett Boy
How popular is Garrett?
#564 boy name in 2025
526 baby boys were named Garrett in the US in 2025, making it the 564th most popular boy name.
Garrett popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #564 for boys (▼ 4 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 526 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-61% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #269 in 2015, #364 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2000 (5,840 boys) |
| Highest rank | #74 in 2000 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Garrett 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 Garrett is most popular
Babies named Garrett per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- West Virginia: 1.0 per 1,000 (33 boys)
- Iowa: 1.0 per 1,000 (67 boys)
- New Hampshire: 0.9 per 1,000 (19 boys)
- Montana: 0.9 per 1,000 (15 boys)
- Nebraska: 0.8 per 1,000 (34 boys)
Garrett by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 128 | #451 |
| 1890s | 210 | #262 |
| 1900s | 172 | #419 |
| 1910s | 544 | #644 |
| 1920s | 786 | #666 |
| 1930s | 726 | #574 |
| 1940s | 1,324 | #508 |
| 1950s | 1,773 | #498 |
| 1960s | 3,087 | #358 |
| 1970s | 6,619 | #201 |
| 1980s | 20,476 | #102 |
| 1990s | 45,326 | #78 |
| 2000s | 36,225 | #74 |
| 2010s | 14,383 | #188 |
| 2020s | 3,983 | #364 |
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Questions
- Is Garrett a boy or girl name?
- Garrett is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Garrett were boys.
- How popular is the name Garrett?
- 526 baby boys were named Garrett in the US in 2025, making it the 564th most popular boy name.
- When was Garrett most popular?
- Garrett peaked in 2000, when 5,840 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #74 in 2000.
- How many people are named Garrett?
- 136,214 babies have been named Garrett in the US since 1880. We estimate about 128,358 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 29.
- Where is Garrett most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Garrett was most common in West Virginia, at 1.0 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.