Gareth
#1,894 most common boys' name of all time · #4,580 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1916–2025
Rank among boys
#1,894
Rank overall
#4,580 of 105,966
First appeared
1916
Years on the list
108 of 146
All-time
4,394
Since 2016
606
Peak year
2016 #1,576
Best rank
#1,088 1970
Girls
Boys
peak 104/yr
Gareth first appears in 1916. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 46 | 46 | #2,773 |
| 2024 | — | 50 | 50 | #2,645 |
| 2023 | — | 47 | 47 | #2,741 |
| 2022 | — | 55 | 55 | #2,500 |
| 2021 | — | 44 | 44 | #2,833 |
| 2020 | — | 47 | 47 | #2,665 |
| 2019 | — | 58 | 58 | #2,344 |
| 2018 | — | 67 | 67 | #2,109 |
| 2017 | — | 88 | 88 | #1,753 |
| 2016 | — | 104 | 104 | #1,576 |
| 2015 | — | 102 | 102 | #1,583 |
| 2014 | — | 102 | 102 | #1,562 |
| 2013 | — | 53 | 53 | #2,375 |
| 2012 | — | 45 | 45 | #2,686 |
| 2011 | — | 52 | 52 | #2,411 |
| 2010 | — | 49 | 49 | #2,522 |
| 2009 | — | 44 | 44 | #2,763 |
| 2008 | — | 52 | 52 | #2,439 |
| 2007 | — | 54 | 54 | #2,383 |
| 2006 | — | 56 | 56 | #2,260 |
| 2005 | — | 75 | 75 | #1,759 |
| 2004 | — | 66 | 66 | #1,865 |
| 2003 | — | 81 | 81 | #1,567 |
| 2002 | — | 80 | 80 | #1,547 |
| 2001 | — | 71 | 71 | #1,650 |
| 2000 | — | 79 | 79 | #1,523 |
| 1999 | — | 82 | 82 | #1,424 |
| 1998 | — | 73 | 73 | #1,507 |
| 1997 | — | 74 | 74 | #1,457 |
| 1996 | — | 77 | 77 | #1,378 |
| 1995 | — | 75 | 75 | #1,361 |
| 1994 | — | 52 | 52 | #1,722 |
| 1993 | — | 72 | 72 | #1,346 |
| 1992 | — | 78 | 78 | #1,287 |
| 1991 | — | 58 | 58 | #1,516 |
| 1990 | — | 64 | 64 | #1,399 |
| 1989 | — | 53 | 53 | #1,543 |
| 1988 | — | 69 | 69 | #1,230 |
| 1987 | — | 59 | 59 | #1,277 |
| 1986 | — | 65 | 65 | #1,180 |
| 1985 | — | 49 | 49 | #1,401 |
| 1984 | — | 60 | 60 | #1,184 |
| 1983 | — | 53 | 53 | #1,270 |
| 1982 | — | 69 | 69 | #1,100 |
| 1981 | — | 49 | 49 | #1,350 |
| 1980 | — | 51 | 51 | #1,317 |
| 1979 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,399 |
| 1978 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,552 |
| 1977 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,558 |
| 1976 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,688 |
| 1975 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,683 |
| 1974 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,718 |
| 1973 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,902 |
| 1972 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,800 |
| 1971 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,657 |
| 1970 | — | 57 | 57 | #1,088 |
| 1969 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,482 |
| 1968 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,598 |
| 1967 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,469 |
| 1966 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,098 |
| 1965 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,614 |
| 1964 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,769 |
| 1963 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,481 |
| 1962 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,702 |
| 1961 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,514 |
| 1960 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,018 |
| 1959 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,960 |
| 1958 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,584 |
| 1957 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,344 |
| 1956 | 5 | 17 | 22 | #1,996 |
| 1955 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,776 |
| 1954 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,754 |
| 1953 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,819 |
| 1952 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,452 |
| 1951 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,546 |
| 1950 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,391 |
| 1949 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,343 |
| 1948 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,484 |
| 1947 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,294 |
| 1946 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,434 |
| 1945 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,321 |
| 1944 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,279 |
| 1943 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,105 |
| 1942 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,332 |
| 1941 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,371 |
| 1940 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,181 |
| 1939 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,487 |
| 1938 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,219 |
| 1937 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,478 |
| 1936 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,500 |
| 1935 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,388 |
| 1934 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,723 |
| 1933 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,203 |
| 1932 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,096 |
| 1931 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,093 |
| 1930 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,994 |
| 1929 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,747 |
| 1928 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,046 |
| 1927 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,188 |
| 1926 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,072 |
| 1925 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,306 |
| 1924 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,231 |
| 1923 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,019 |
| 1922 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,764 |
| 1921 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,295 |
| 1920 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,701 |
| 1919 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,684 |
| 1916 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,377 |