# Garnet (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/garnet/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | French |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 8,923 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,010 / 6,913 (77% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

Named after the garnet gemstone.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 9 | 11,799 |
| 2010 | 5 | 17,914 |
| 2011 | 11 | 9,942 |
| 2013 | 7 | 13,655 |
| 2015 | 7 | 13,481 |
| 2016 | 15 | 7,729 |
| 2017 | 15 | 7,587 |
| 2018 | 9 | 10,851 |
| 2019 | 9 | 10,767 |
| 2020 | 9 | 10,551 |
| 2021 | 14 | 7,763 |
| 2022 | 11 | 9,259 |
| 2023 | 13 | 8,206 |
| 2024 | 5 | 16,103 |
| 2025 | 8 | 11,263 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 9 | 6,707 |
| 2001 | 7 | 8,611 |
| 2003 | 7 | 8,983 |
| 2005 | 5 | 12,029 |
| 2007 | 5 | 12,982 |
| 2009 | 8 | 9,268 |
| 2014 | 5 | 12,684 |
| 2016 | 6 | 11,182 |
| 2018 | 9 | 8,380 |
| 2019 | 5 | 12,787 |
| 2020 | 5 | 12,692 |
| 2021 | 5 | 12,760 |
| 2022 | 10 | 7,956 |
| 2023 | 8 | 9,193 |
| 2025 | 6 | 11,119 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.