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.

Garret

#1,008 most common boys' name of all time · #2,382 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1881–2025

Rank among boys
#1,008
Rank overall
#2,382 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
117 of 146
All-time
13,252
Since 2016
290
Peak year
2000 #420
Best rank
#420 2000
Girls Boys peak 590/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Garret 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 — 11 11 #7,206
2024 — 13 13 #6,482
2023 — 20 20 #4,893
2022 — 29 29 #3,779
2021 — 29 29 #3,745
2020 — 27 27 #3,817
2019 — 28 28 #3,798
2018 — 45 45 #2,710
2017 — 45 45 #2,720
2016 — 43 43 #2,786
2015 — 61 61 #2,213
2014 — 62 62 #2,176
2013 — 66 66 #2,045
2012 — 109 109 #1,479
2011 — 123 123 #1,364
2010 — 131 131 #1,311
2009 — 155 155 #1,171
2008 — 164 164 #1,115
2007 — 211 211 #940
2006 — 277 277 #762
2005 — 300 300 #690
2004 — 301 301 #674
2003 — 343 343 #610
2002 — 383 383 #572
2001 — 468 468 #491
2000 — 590 590 #420
1999 — 527 527 #437
1998 — 458 458 #477
1997 — 477 477 #463
1996 — 455 455 #479
1995 — 438 438 #491
1994 — 416 416 #493
1993 — 484 484 #451
1992 — 498 498 #442
1991 — 359 359 #534
1990 — 380 380 #506
1989 — 326 326 #533
1988 — 254 254 #580
1987 — 252 252 #569
1986 — 272 272 #541
1985 — 261 261 #545
1984 — 191 191 #617
1983 — 196 196 #611
1982 5 156 161 #695
1981 — 140 140 #730
1980 — 144 144 #729
1979 — 125 125 #775
1978 — 83 83 #950
1977 — 64 64 #1,084
1976 — 63 63 #1,052
1975 — 62 62 #1,056
1974 — 77 77 #926
1973 — 66 66 #995
1972 — 86 86 #868
1971 — 64 64 #1,018
1970 — 101 101 #806
1969 — 88 88 #823
1968 — 89 89 #784
1967 — 95 95 #757
1966 — 97 97 #752
1965 — 95 95 #760
1964 — 101 101 #762
1963 — 104 104 #756
1962 — 91 91 #797
1961 — 64 64 #959
1960 — 60 60 #989
1959 — 33 33 #1,371
1958 — 34 34 #1,327
1957 — 29 29 #1,466
1956 — 35 35 #1,303
1955 — 40 40 #1,186
1954 — 39 39 #1,206
1953 — 30 30 #1,383
1952 — 33 33 #1,304
1951 — 31 31 #1,334
1950 — 29 29 #1,348
1949 — 31 31 #1,305
1948 — 21 21 #1,619
1947 — 28 28 #1,408
1946 — 26 26 #1,388
1945 — 15 15 #1,790
1944 — 19 19 #1,590
1943 — 29 29 #1,291
1942 — 9 9 #2,555
1941 — 9 9 #2,513
1940 — 18 18 #1,640
1939 — 10 10 #2,325
1938 — 5 5 #3,577
1937 — 14 14 #1,933
1936 — 9 9 #2,486
1935 — 10 10 #2,419
1934 — 10 10 #2,416
1933 — 9 9 #2,574
1932 — 16 16 #1,870
1931 — 11 11 #2,357
1930 — 13 13 #2,203
1929 — 13 13 #2,228
1928 — 16 16 #1,984
1927 — 17 17 #1,976
1926 — 10 10 #2,746
1925 — 6 6 #3,772
1924 — 5 5 #4,392
1923 — 15 15 #2,140
1922 — 12 12 #2,499
1921 — 9 9 #3,010
1919 — 15 15 #2,085
1918 — 8 8 #3,127
1917 — 7 7 #3,242
1916 — 16 16 #1,873
1915 — 15 15 #1,904
1914 — 9 9 #2,306
1913 — 10 10 #1,832
1912 — 5 5 #2,580
1900 — 5 5 #1,369
1895 — 5 5 #1,153
1883 — 5 5 #965
1881 — 6 6 #852