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Garrett

Pronounced /ˈɡæɹɪt/

Rank in 2024
#562
Born in 2024
527
Peak year
2000 · #74
Origin
Germanic

1880 to 2024

Cooling
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 527 boys were named Garrett, about 1 in every 3,255.
  • It peaked in 2000 with 5,840 babies, ranked #74.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 135,222 boys have been named Garrett since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Garrett per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. <0.1
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. 0.4
    Gen X
  5. 1.6
    Millennials
  6. 1.8
    Gen Z
  7. 0.6
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 1,334 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Silent: 1,547 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Boomers: 3,692 babies, 0.10 per 1,000. Gen X: 9,716 babies, 0.36 per 1,000. Millennials: 50,106 babies, 1.65 per 1,000. Gen Z: 56,278 babies, 1.79 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 12,182 babies, 0.56 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

A medieval English and Irish form of the Germanic given names Gerard and Gerald. Of Old High German origin.

  • A medieval English and Irish form of the Germanic given names Gerard and Gerald. Of Old High German origin.
  • A male given name from the Germanic languages, transferred from an English and an Irish surname, or in Ireland directly from Gerard.
Origin
Germanic
Say it
/ˈɡæɹɪt/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Garrett, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Gareth

    Rank
    #2,654
    Born '24
    50
    Origin
    Welsh
    1880peak 20162024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Garret

    Rank
    #6,690
    Born '24
    13
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20002024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Garett

    Rank
    unranked
    Born '24
    0
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20002024