How rare is the name Garth?

7,806 people in the United States have the first name Garth, about 1 in 38,692. It ranks #2,916 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

GARTH

#2,916

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,806
About
1 in 38,692
This common or more
81.2%
Who bears it

Of the 7,806 people named Garth, 81.8% reported their origin as White, 12% as Black and 2.8% 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.

Garth peaked in 1954, when 268 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19062025
Peak year
1954
Births that year
268
In 2025*
8 ▼97%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 9,666 babies have been given the name since 1906. 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.

Garth by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #1,295. The largest share of babies named Garth, 31.1%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1900s#4,32210
1910s#1,784395
1920s#1,542765
1930s#1,531676
1940s#1,533850
1950s#1,3231,603
1960s#1,2951,853
1970s#1,6121,390
1980s#2,553774
1990s#2,746956
2000s#12,069156
2010s#13,610138
2020s#11,649100
Greatest Generation 1901–2710.6%
Silent Generation 1928–4513.5%
Baby boom 1946–6431.1%
Generation X 1965–8023.9%
Millennials 1981–9615.4%
Generation Z 1997–123.3%
2013 and later2.1%

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 Garth is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Garth has been most common in Utah (14×), Idaho (11×), and Oregon (3.6×), and least common in New Jersey (0.2×).

5,295 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 Garth

#2,913 Zariah · 7,810#2,915 Katelin · 7,807#2,917 Deacon · 7,805#2,918 Maxim · 7,803

Spelled almost the same

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

#4,056 Gareth · 4,779#48,840 Gart · 129

Also a last name

As a last name, Garth ranks #10,473 of 156,621, with 2,926 people. See Garth as a last name

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