# Garrett (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/garrett/  
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 | /ˈɡæɹɪt/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 136,214 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 135,762 / 452 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 80, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A medieval English and Irish form of the Germanic given names Gerard and Gerald. Of Old High German origin.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 14 | 6,497 |
| 1997 | 14 | 6,600 |
| 1998 | 7 | 11,540 |
| 1999 | 12 | 7,883 |
| 2000 | 10 | 9,408 |
| 2001 | 17 | 6,427 |
| 2003 | 8 | 11,680 |
| 2004 | 18 | 6,582 |
| 2005 | 7 | 13,486 |
| 2006 | 8 | 12,779 |
| 2008 | 11 | 10,314 |
| 2010 | 5 | 17,915 |
| 2011 | 5 | 17,683 |
| 2013 | 5 | 17,452 |
| 2014 | 6 | 15,242 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,942 | 191 |
| 2012 | 1,745 | 213 |
| 2013 | 1,616 | 228 |
| 2014 | 1,563 | 237 |
| 2015 | 1,352 | 269 |
| 2016 | 1,149 | 309 |
| 2017 | 1,062 | 322 |
| 2018 | 1,022 | 327 |
| 2019 | 973 | 345 |
| 2020 | 857 | 364 |
| 2021 | 775 | 401 |
| 2022 | 665 | 461 |
| 2023 | 630 | 480 |
| 2024 | 530 | 560 |
| 2025 | 526 | 564 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 3 | 2,901 |
| 1999 | 4 | 2,425 |
| 2000 | 8 | 1,552 |
| 2001 | 7 | 1,746 |
| 2002 | 3 | 3,225 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3,467 |
| 2004 | 5 | 2,578 |
| 2005 | 4 | 3,208 |
| 2007 | 5 | 3,095 |
| 2008 | 5 | 3,158 |
| 2009 | 4 | 3,744 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3,865 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3,315 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3,411 |

## People named Garrett

- Garrett Hedlund, American actor (born 1984)
- Garrett Reisman, American astronaut
- Garrett Hardin, American ecologist (1915–2003)
- Garrett Morris, American actor
- Garrett Wang, American actor
- Garrett Clayton, American actor, singer and dancer
- Garrett Birkhoff, American mathematician (1911–1996)
- Garrett Temple, American basketball player (born 1986)
- Garrett Weber-Gale, American swimmer
- Garrett Morgan, American inventor (1877–1963)
- Garrett Hines, American bobsledder
- Garrett Serviss, American high jumper

## 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.