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.

Garner

#2,859 most common boys' name of all time · #6,894 across all names · 97% boys / 3% girls · used 1881–2025

Rank among boys
#2,859
Rank overall
#6,894 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
124 of 146
All-time
2,338
Since 2016
242
Peak year
1932 #676
Best rank
#676 1932
📖The word “garner” appears in the Bible↗
Girls Boys peak 82/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Garner first appears in 1881. 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 5 15 20 #5,877
2024 — 18 18 #5,249
2023 5 19 24 #5,085
2022 6 15 21 #5,884
2021 — 33 33 #3,431
2020 — 16 16 #5,460
2019 7 26 33 #4,011
2018 7 20 27 #4,748
2017 6 17 23 #5,305
2016 5 22 27 #4,474
2015 5 22 27 #4,413
2014 7 28 35 #3,697
2013 — 24 24 #4,075
2012 — 25 25 #4,012
2011 — 12 12 #6,585
2010 6 28 34 #3,716
2009 — 14 14 #6,107
2008 — 29 29 #3,651
2007 — 17 17 #5,217
2006 — 25 25 #3,894
2005 — 31 31 #3,248
2004 — 28 28 #3,373
2003 — 19 19 #4,282
2002 — 27 27 #3,264
2001 — 20 20 #3,983
2000 — 8 8 #7,443
1999 — 15 15 #4,549
1998 — 17 17 #4,030
1997 — 18 18 #3,744
1996 — 13 13 #4,628
1995 — 8 8 #6,428
1994 — 22 22 #3,119
1993 — 14 14 #4,249
1992 — 5 5 #8,468
1991 — 10 10 #5,124
1990 — 10 10 #5,013
1989 — 12 12 #4,292
1988 — 7 7 #5,793
1987 — 7 7 #5,495
1986 — 8 8 #4,887
1985 — 8 8 #4,725
1984 — 8 8 #4,582
1983 — 8 8 #4,528
1982 — 7 7 #5,042
1981 — 9 9 #4,176
1980 — 14 14 #3,113
1979 — 11 11 #3,589
1978 — 15 15 #2,824
1977 — 16 16 #2,680
1976 — 10 10 #3,489
1975 — 14 14 #2,766
1974 — 15 15 #2,564
1973 — 13 13 #2,736
1972 — 11 11 #3,006
1971 — 15 15 #2,479
1970 — 18 18 #2,139
1969 — 27 27 #1,578
1968 — 13 13 #2,335
1967 — 19 19 #1,820
1966 — 9 9 #2,811
1965 — 18 18 #1,867
1964 — 23 23 #1,673
1963 — 19 19 #1,850
1962 — 27 27 #1,522
1961 — 28 28 #1,527
1960 — 16 16 #2,056
1959 — 24 24 #1,631
1958 — 12 12 #2,395
1957 — 19 19 #1,845
1956 — 13 13 #2,279
1955 — 10 10 #2,594
1954 — 20 20 #1,719
1953 — 16 16 #1,975
1952 — 15 15 #2,019
1951 — 13 13 #2,152
1950 — 18 18 #1,766
1949 — 13 13 #2,143
1948 — 18 18 #1,772
1947 — 24 24 #1,527
1946 — 11 11 #2,291
1945 — 13 13 #1,945
1944 — 23 23 #1,410
1943 — 14 14 #2,011
1942 — 11 11 #2,292
1941 — 20 20 #1,548
1940 — 20 20 #1,535
1939 — 21 21 #1,468
1938 — 23 23 #1,407
1937 — 29 29 #1,240
1936 — 24 24 #1,363
1935 — 19 19 #1,603
1934 — 24 24 #1,394
1933 — 63 63 #772
1932 — 82 82 #676
1931 — 19 19 #1,654
1930 — 16 16 #1,902
1929 — 24 24 #1,494
1928 — 26 26 #1,459
1927 — 20 20 #1,754
1926 — 23 23 #1,575
1925 — 17 17 #1,953
1924 — 23 23 #1,641
1923 — 33 33 #1,263
1922 — 29 29 #1,377
1921 — 27 27 #1,453
1920 — 34 34 #1,241
1919 — 30 30 #1,302
1918 — 29 29 #1,323
1917 — 27 27 #1,339
1916 — 27 27 #1,315
1915 — 25 25 #1,354
1914 — 22 22 #1,276
1913 — 19 19 #1,184
1912 — 14 14 #1,293
1911 — 6 6 #1,599
1910 — 13 13 #902
1909 — 9 9 #1,052
1908 — 7 7 #1,155
1904 — 5 5 #1,280
1902 — 6 6 #1,077
1901 — 5 5 #1,135
1897 — 5 5 #1,139
1885 — 7 7 #819
1881 — 5 5 #954