Garner
Garner was the 5948th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 15 babies. Its best year was 1932, when it ranked 675th with 82 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,506 places. More babies were named Garner in the 1930s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #5,948 boys, down 413 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 15boys
- Girls and boys
- 14% girls, 86% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 193282 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,338babies recorded
Garner popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #15,693 | #5,948 | 5 | 15 |
| 2020 | — | #5,535 | — | 16 |
| 2010 | #15,618 | #3,745 | 6 | 28 |
| 2000 | — | #7,696 | — | 8 |
| 1990 | — | #5,126 | — | 10 |
| 1980 | — | #3,156 | — | 14 |
| 1970 | — | #2,155 | — | 18 |
| 1960 | — | #2,066 | — | 16 |
| 1950 | — | #1,768 | — | 18 |
| 1940 | — | #1,535 | — | 20 |
| 1930 | — | #1,916 | — | 16 |
| 1920 | — | #1,243 | — | 34 |
| 1910 | — | #889 | — | 13 |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Garner, counting every spelling?
Garner has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Garner?
15 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Garner (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Garner 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 554 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Garner.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Garner?
About 1,300 people born in the US named Garner are alive today, with a median age of 32; half are between 16 and 61. That makes Garner mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
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.
Garner by state
How common Garner was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 49 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Garner
How popular is the name Garner?
Garner was the 5948th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 15 babies. Its best year was 1932, when it ranked 675th with 82 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,506 places. More babies were named Garner in the 1930s than in any other decade.
Is Garner a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 14% girls, 86% boys given the name Garner in the US.
Where is Garner most popular?
In 2021–2025, Garner was most common in Tennessee (0.04 per 1,000 boys), followed by Texas and Texas.