Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

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
192019401960198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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