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.

Garth

#1,200 most common boys' name of all time · #2,867 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1906–2025

Rank among boys
#1,200
Rank overall
#2,867 of 105,966
First appeared
1906
Years on the list
117 of 146
All-time
9,666
Since 2016
159
Peak year
1954 #445
Best rank
#445 1954
Girls Boys peak 268/yr
192019401960198020002020

Garth first appears in 1906. 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 8 #8,957
2024 — 18 18 #5,259
2023 — 22 22 #4,624
2022 — 21 21 #4,718
2021 — 11 11 #7,115
2020 — 20 20 #4,713
2019 — 16 16 #5,576
2018 — 15 15 #5,787
2017 — 15 15 #5,817
2016 — 13 13 #6,385
2015 — 20 20 #4,732
2014 — 16 16 #5,499
2013 — 12 12 #6,631
2012 — 8 8 #8,920
2011 — 7 7 #9,667
2010 — 16 16 #5,501
2009 — 8 8 #9,035
2008 — 19 19 #4,919
2007 — 6 6 #10,982
2006 — 9 9 #8,034
2005 — 14 14 #5,600
2004 — 16 16 #5,038
2003 — 15 15 #5,051
2002 — 17 17 #4,522
2001 — 30 30 #2,999
2000 — 22 22 #3,656
1999 — 37 37 #2,409
1998 — 50 50 #1,937
1997 — 46 46 #1,966
1996 — 50 50 #1,823
1995 — 56 56 #1,630
1994 — 62 62 #1,520
1993 — 124 124 #968
1992 — 249 249 #660
1991 — 200 200 #717
1990 — 82 82 #1,206
1989 — 54 54 #1,525
1988 — 54 54 #1,435
1987 — 59 59 #1,275
1986 — 61 61 #1,231
1985 — 61 61 #1,217
1984 — 74 74 #1,037
1983 — 72 72 #1,047
1982 — 98 98 #903
1981 — 133 133 #758
1980 — 108 108 #853
1979 — 124 124 #779
1978 — 118 118 #776
1977 — 106 106 #829
1976 — 110 110 #793
1975 — 137 137 #710
1974 — 157 157 #644
1973 — 150 150 #649
1972 — 151 151 #653
1971 — 147 147 #683
1970 — 190 190 #590
1969 — 192 192 #567
1968 — 133 133 #657
1967 — 157 157 #598
1966 — 170 170 #581
1965 — 159 159 #607
1964 — 239 239 #507
1963 — 209 209 #551
1962 — 184 184 #578
1961 — 211 211 #545
1960 — 199 199 #559
1959 — 186 186 #572
1958 — 156 156 #616
1957 — 146 146 #637
1956 — 175 175 #577
1955 — 200 200 #516
1954 — 268 268 #445
1953 — 158 158 #568
1952 — 106 106 #676
1951 — 109 109 #671
1950 — 99 99 #690
1949 — 98 98 #691
1948 — 80 80 #759
1947 — 100 100 #694
1946 — 80 80 #735
1945 — 63 63 #779
1944 — 83 83 #682
1943 — 86 86 #696
1942 — 101 101 #634
1941 — 73 73 #728
1940 — 86 86 #651
1939 — 60 60 #792
1938 — 82 82 #665
1937 — 83 83 #655
1936 — 59 59 #804
1935 — 71 71 #730
1934 — 73 73 #720
1933 — 72 72 #720
1932 — 69 69 #762
1931 — 53 53 #885
1930 — 54 54 #913
1929 — 73 73 #740
1928 — 68 68 #793
1927 — 80 80 #732
1926 — 75 75 #744
1925 — 68 68 #808
1924 — 78 78 #757
1923 — 100 100 #643
1922 — 66 66 #848
1921 — 77 77 #767
1920 — 80 80 #731
1919 — 80 80 #703
1918 — 59 59 #866
1917 — 77 77 #693
1916 — 53 53 #875
1915 — 68 68 #724
1914 — 22 22 #1,293
1913 — 24 24 #1,046
1912 — 6 6 #2,401
1911 — 6 6 #1,693
1909 — 5 5 #1,627
1906 — 5 5 #1,401