# Garret (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/garret/  
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 |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 13,252 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 13,247 / 5 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 6, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Variant of Garrett.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 5 | 11,038 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 123 | 1,366 |
| 2012 | 109 | 1,482 |
| 2013 | 66 | 2,050 |
| 2014 | 62 | 2,185 |
| 2015 | 61 | 2,217 |
| 2016 | 43 | 2,804 |
| 2017 | 45 | 2,729 |
| 2018 | 45 | 2,719 |
| 2019 | 28 | 3,833 |
| 2020 | 27 | 3,854 |
| 2021 | 29 | 3,763 |
| 2022 | 29 | 3,800 |
| 2023 | 20 | 4,942 |
| 2024 | 13 | 6,584 |
| 2025 | 11 | 7,341 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 3 | 2,901 |
| 2004 | 3 | 3,651 |

## People named Garret

- Garret Dillahunt, American actor
- Garret Graves, American politician (born 1972)
- Garret Anderson, American baseball player (1972–2026)
- Garret Dorset Wall, American politician (1783-1850)
- Garret Kusch, Canadian soccer footballer
- Garret Sparks, American ice hockey goaltender

## 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.