first name
GARRETT
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 116,551 people named Garrett, 86.8% reported their origin as White, 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 4% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Garrett peaked in 2000, when 5,850 babies got the name.
At least 136,214 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.
Garrett by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #162. The largest share of babies named Garrett, 41.4%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
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 Garrett is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Garrett has been most common in Alaska (2.5×), Wyoming (2.3×), and Utah (2×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.33×).
131,708 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 Garrett
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Garrett, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Garrett ranks #301 of 156,621, with 102,634 people. See Garrett as a last name
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