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.

Garnet**

#1,755 most common girls' name of all time · #3,014 across all names · 23% male / 77% female · used 1882–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among girls
#1,755
Rank overall
#3,014 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
139 of 146
All-time
8,923
Since 2016
162
Peak year
1920 #422
Best rank
#378 1911
Girls Boys peak 305/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Garnet first appears in 1882. 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 8 6 14 #10,962
2024 5 5 #15,345
2023 13 8 21 #8,074
2022 11 10 21 #9,073
2021 14 5 19 #7,641
2020 9 5 14 #10,279
2019 9 5 14 #10,491
2018 9 9 18 #10,572
2017 15 15 #7,457
2016 15 6 21 #7,614
2015 7 7 #13,033
2014 5 5
2013 7 7 #13,182
2011 11 11 #9,743
2010 5 5 #17,042
2009 9 8 17 #11,486
2008 5 5 #17,560
2007 5 5
2006 5 5 #17,221
2005 9 5 14 #10,947
2003 7 7
2002 6 6 #13,635
2001 7 7
2000 5 5 #15,079
1999 9 9
1998 8 6 14 #10,156
1997 6 6
1996 5 5
1995 6 7 13 #11,821
1994 6 5 11 #11,822
1992 6 5 11 #11,774
1991 5 5 10 #13,215
1990 7 6 13 #10,237
1989 8 15 23 #8,801
1988 7 8 15 #9,283
1987 5 5 #11,394
1986 12 8 20 #5,778
1985 6 7 13 #9,364
1984 8 9 17 #7,435
1983 5 5 #10,335
1982 6 6
1981 13 5 18 #5,286
1980 14 12 26 #4,998
1979 10 10 #6,223
1978 11 11 #5,587
1977 9 9 18 #6,370
1976 8 9 17 #6,655
1975 16 16 #3,966
1974 18 5 23 #3,573
1973 10 12 22 #5,216
1972 8 11 19 #5,997
1971 16 10 26 #3,810
1970 13 15 28 #4,275
1969 20 12 32 #3,024
1968 23 12 35 #2,643
1967 20 10 30 #2,796
1966 27 12 39 #2,315
1965 17 21 38 #3,060
1964 20 19 39 #2,840
1963 20 11 31 #2,795
1962 24 10 34 #2,483
1961 28 21 49 #2,256
1960 28 18 46 #2,204
1959 30 13 43 #2,063
1958 24 18 42 #2,329
1957 42 10 52 #1,657
1956 35 18 53 #1,807
1955 40 13 53 #1,621
1954 49 19 68 #1,436
1953 60 19 79 #1,253
1952 53 22 75 #1,324
1951 57 14 71 #1,230
1950 53 24 77 #1,264
1949 39 16 55 #1,475
1948 53 24 77 #1,253
1947 59 29 88 #1,175
1946 60 21 81 #1,102
1945 59 21 80 #1,008
1944 66 18 84 #957
1943 78 24 102 #886
1942 107 36 143 #721
1941 73 22 95 #853
1940 93 24 117 #723
1939 70 28 98 #830
1938 93 17 110 #710
1937 104 25 129 #668
1936 77 29 106 #772
1935 97 31 128 #677
1934 89 39 128 #706
1933 112 21 133 #613
1932 101 27 128 #674
1931 108 39 147 #643
1930 106 30 136 #668
1929 139 40 179 #585
1928 117 34 151 #649
1927 138 47 185 #607
1926 138 30 168 #604
1925 156 46 202 #576
1924 166 54 220 #566
1923 187 47 234 #512
1922 163 44 207 #559
1921 203 50 253 #485
1920 250 55 305 #422
1919 221 55 276 #444
1918 258 45 303 #407
1917 232 53 285 #416
1916 209 43 252 #436
1915 193 49 242 #442
1914 158 33 191 #429
1913 133 31 164 #428
1912 107 20 127 #459
1911 116 12 128 #378
1910 74 13 87 #465
1909 80 5 85 #409
1908 70 12 82 #435
1907 77 9 86 #406
1906 67 67 #417
1905 51 6 57 #480
1904 43 15 58 #508
1903 44 8 52 #488
1902 37 37 #535
1901 45 45 #447
1900 29 7 36 #671
1899 32 32 #535
1898 35 35 #536
1897 35 35 #496
1896 29 29 #572
1895 22 22 #680
1894 22 7 29 #639
1893 23 23 #610
1892 16 16 #756
1891 16 16 #691
1890 15 5 20 #721
1889 11 7 18 #832
1887 10 10 #777
1886 5 5 #1,194
1885 8 8 #833
1884 7 7 #905
1882 5 5