Garland
Garland was the 6928th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 12 babies. Its best year was 1899, when it ranked 251st; the most babies were born in 1922 (478). Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,329 places. More babies were named Garland in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Meaning "garland" or a Devon place-name · English, French
Say it GAR-lund /ˈɡɑrlənd/
- Rank in 2025
- #6,928 boys, down 1,394 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 12boys
- Girls and boys
- 6% girls, 94% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1922478 babies
- Total since 1880
- 24,712babies recorded
What does the name Garland mean?
Garland is an English surname with two sources, according to Wiktionary: an occupational name for a maker or seller of garlands (from Old French garlande), or a place-name in Devon from words for "triangular piece of land" (gore) and land. As a first name it was most common in the US in the 1920s to 1940s, mostly for boys.
garlande (Old French, “wreath, garland”)
How sure is this? Uncertain. Two possible origins of the surname.
Related names: Garlan.
See also: English names.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Garland', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Wikipedia, 'Garland', Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation)
Garland popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | #6,928 | — | 12 |
| 2020 | — | #5,534 | — | 16 |
| 2010 | — | #6,151 | — | 14 |
| 2000 | #9,407 | #2,397 | 10 | 40 |
| 1990 | #8,077 | #1,273 | 10 | 76 |
| 1980 | #10,893 | #885 | 5 | 103 |
| 1970 | #8,401 | #631 | 5 | 165 |
| 1960 | #4,909 | #491 | 8 | 261 |
| 1950 | #4,075 | #350 | 8 | 369 |
| 1940 | #2,813 | #292 | 10 | 367 |
| 1930 | #3,460 | #288 | 8 | 392 |
| 1920 | #2,392 | #278 | 15 | 403 |
| 1910 | #1,684 | #284 | 9 | 74 |
| 1900 | — | #368 | — | 36 |
| 1890 | — | #444 | — | 17 |
| 1880 | — | #585 | — | 11 |
How popular is Garland, counting every spelling?
Garland has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Garland?
12 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Garland (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Garland born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 705 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Garland.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Garland?
About 9,000 people born in the US named Garland are alive today, with a median age of 65; half are between 51 and 76. That makes Garland a name most people associate with older generations.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
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Middle names for Garland · Sibling names for Garland
Questions about the name Garland
What does Garland mean?
Garland is usually explained as “"garland" or a Devon place-name”, but this is uncertain. Certainty: uncertain.
How popular is the name Garland?
Garland was the 6928th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 12 babies. Its best year was 1899, when it ranked 251st; the most babies were born in 1922 (478). Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,329 places. More babies were named Garland in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Garland a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 6% girls, 94% boys given the name Garland in the US.