# Garth (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/garth/  
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 | Welsh |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 9,666 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 9,666 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 51, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Welsh garth probably has its influence on Welsh place names.

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 9,984 |
| 2012 | 8 | 9,144 |
| 2013 | 12 | 6,747 |
| 2014 | 16 | 5,557 |
| 2015 | 20 | 4,774 |
| 2016 | 13 | 6,467 |
| 2017 | 15 | 5,892 |
| 2018 | 15 | 5,865 |
| 2019 | 16 | 5,648 |
| 2020 | 20 | 4,757 |
| 2021 | 11 | 7,264 |
| 2022 | 21 | 4,761 |
| 2023 | 22 | 4,647 |
| 2024 | 18 | 5,303 |
| 2025 | 8 | 9,183 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 10 | 1,235 |
| 1997 | 6 | 1,761 |
| 1999 | 5 | 2,097 |
| 2000 | 4 | 2,501 |
| 2001 | 4 | 2,587 |
| 2002 | 4 | 2,636 |
| 2004 | 4 | 3,009 |
| 2005 | 6 | 2,418 |
| 2008 | 5 | 3,158 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |

## People named Garth

- Garth Brooks, American country music singer and songwriter
- Garth Hudson, Canadian multi-instrumentalist (1937–2025)
- Garth Ennis, British comics writer
- Garth Nix, Australian fantasy writer
- Garth Manton, Australian rower (1929–2024)
- Garth Davis, Australian film and television director
- Garth Jennings, English filmmaker
- Garth Crooks, English footballer (born 1958)
- Garth Snow, American ice hockey goaltender
- Garth Stein, American writer
- Garth Williams, American children's illustrator (1912-1996)
- Garth Joseph, Dominica basketball player

## 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.