Garnet
Garnet was the 11263rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 8 babies. Its best year was 1911, when it ranked 378th; the most babies were born in 1918 (258). Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,218 places. More babies were named Garnet in the 1920s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #11,263 girls, down 712 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 8girls
- Girls and boys
- 64% girls, 36% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1918258 babies
- Total since 1880
- 8,923babies recorded
Garnet popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #11,263 | #11,119 | 8 | 6 |
| 2020 | #10,551 | #12,692 | 9 | 5 |
| 2010 | #17,914 | — | 5 | — |
| 2000 | #15,863 | — | 5 | — |
| 1990 | #10,576 | #7,483 | 7 | 6 |
| 1980 | #5,061 | #3,484 | 14 | 12 |
| 1970 | #4,322 | #2,431 | 13 | 15 |
| 1960 | #2,211 | #1,932 | 28 | 18 |
| 1950 | #1,261 | #1,510 | 53 | 24 |
| 1940 | #721 | #1,379 | 93 | 24 |
| 1930 | #668 | #1,311 | 106 | 30 |
| 1920 | #422 | #933 | 250 | 55 |
| 1910 | #464 | #890 | 74 | 13 |
| 1900 | #663 | #1,090 | 29 | 7 |
| 1890 | #704 | #1,058 | 15 | 5 |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Garnet, counting every spelling?
Garnet has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Garnet?
8 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Garnet (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Garnet 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 1,057 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Garnet.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Garnet?
About 1,500 people born in the US named Garnet are alive today, with a median age of 72; half are between 55 and 83. That makes Garnet 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.
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Questions about the name Garnet
How popular is the name Garnet?
Garnet was the 11263rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 8 babies. Its best year was 1911, when it ranked 378th; the most babies were born in 1918 (258). Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,218 places. More babies were named Garnet in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Garnet a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 64% girls, 36% boys given the name Garnet in the US.