Garret
Garret was the 7341st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 11 babies. Its best year was 2000, when it ranked 420th with 590 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 5,124 places. More babies were named Garret in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Garrett) spear + strong (from Gerard) · Germanic, English, Irish
- Rank in 2025
- #7,341 boys, down 3,487 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 11boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2000590 babies
- Total since 1880
- 13,252babies recorded
What does the name Garret mean?
Garret is a spelling of Garrett, pronounced the same way, so it shares Garrett's meaning and origin.
Garrett is a medieval English and Irish form of the Germanic names Gerard and Gerald, as Wiktionary notes; the Random House dictionary calls it a form of Gerald. DMNES derives Gerard from gēr, "spear", and hart, "strong, hard", and Gerald from gēr and walt, "power", and notes that Gerard, Gerald and Garet were often confused.
gēr (Old High German, “spear”)hart (Old High German, “strong, hard”)walt (Old High German, “power, rule”)
How sure is this? Probable. From Gerard or Gerald, which share 'spear' but differ in the second element.
Related names: Gerard, Gerald, Garret, Jarrett.
See also: Germanic names, names that mean warrior.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Garrett', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources (ed. S. L. Uckelman), Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Gerard', DMNES, Durham University
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources (ed. S. L. Uckelman), Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Gerald', DMNES, Durham University
- Dictionary.com Unabridged (based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary), with Collins English Dictionary, s.v. 'Garrett', Dictionary.com / Random House / HarperCollins
Garret popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 5 since 1982.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #7,341 | 11 |
| 2020 | #3,854 | 27 |
| 2010 | #1,312 | 131 |
| 2000 | #420 | 590 |
| 1990 | #505 | 380 |
| 1980 | #731 | 144 |
| 1970 | #807 | 101 |
| 1960 | #989 | 60 |
| 1950 | #1,348 | 29 |
| 1940 | #1,651 | 18 |
| 1930 | #2,222 | 13 |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | #1,391 | 5 |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Garret, counting every spelling?
Garret is a spelling of Garrett, a name family that ranked #550 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #7,341 for Garret on its own. Together these spellings went to 543 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garrett | 526 | #564 | 3,126 |
| Garret | 11 | #7,341 | 102 |
| Garett | 6 | #11,118 | 40 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Garret?
11 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Garret (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Garret 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 750 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Garret.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Garret?
About 12,100 people born in the US named Garret are alive today, with a median age of 31; half are between 25 and 39. That makes Garret mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
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.
Garret by state
How common Garret was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 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
These names rose and fell in step with Garret: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Garret, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Garret
What does Garret mean?
Garret is a spelling of Garrett, which means “spear + strong (from Gerard)” (Germanic, English, Irish origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Garret?
Garret was the 7341st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 11 babies. Its best year was 2000, when it ranked 420th with 590 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 5,124 places. More babies were named Garret in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Garret a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Garret in the US.
Where is Garret most popular?
In 2021–2025, Garret was most common in Texas (0.01 per 1,000 boys).