How rare is the name Garland?

9,805 people in the United States have the first name Garland, about 1 in 30,804. It ranks #2,495 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

GARLAND

#2,495

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,805
About
1 in 30,804
This common or more
80%
Who bears it

Of the 9,805 people named Garland, 68.7% reported their origin as White, 24.6% as Black and 3.3% as two or more races. 95.6% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Garland peaked in 1922, when 499 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1922
Births that year
499
In 2025*
12 ▼98%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 24,712 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Garland by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1910s, when it ranked #593. The largest share of babies named Garland, 27.9%, were born between 1928 and 1945, the Silent Generation's birth years.

1880s#1,082133
1890s#889278
1900s#795458
1910s#5932,777
1920s#5994,293
1930s#6053,780
1940s#6893,929
1950s#8953,304
1960s#1,1702,282
1970s#1,6091,391
1980s#2,362875
1990s#3,870579
2000s#7,491306
2010s#9,856223
2020s#11,317104
Before 19011.8%
Greatest Generation 1901–2727.1%
Silent Generation 1928–4527.9%
Baby boom 1946–6425.2%
Generation X 1965–809.9%
Millennials 1981–964.9%
Generation Z 1997–122%
2013 and later1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Garland is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Garland has been most common in Virginia (6.7×), West Virginia (5.2×), and Arkansas (5×), and least common in Wisconsin (0.09×).

19,084 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Garland

#2,493 Houston · 9,835#2,494 Matilde · 9,811#2,496 Arden · 9,804#2,497 Roselyn · 9,798

Spelled almost the same

6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Garland, most common first.

#33,663 Garlan · 245#36,737 Garlin · 215#43,336 Garlon · 163#47,684 Garlene · 136#50,309 Garlyn · 120#51,177 Garlen · 115

Also a last name

As a last name, Garland ranks #1,394 of 156,621, with 24,966 people. See Garland as a last name

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