Garnell
The Story of Garnell
As a girl name
American parents first put Garnell on the record books as a girl name in 1921, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1922, when 14 Garnells were born — ranking #2,479 that year. About 45% of every Garnell on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Garnell last appeared in the published SSA data in 1962, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 99 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Garnell on the record books as a boy name in 1912, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1964, when 15 Garnells were born — ranking #2,114 that year. About 24% of every Garnell on record arrived during the 1950s, its defining decade. Garnell last appeared in the published SSA data in 2003, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 406 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Garnell
Garnell is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1912 and has accumulated 406 births in the dataset. Garnell's peak popularity came in 1964 when it ranked #2,114. Use the chart and map above to compare Garnell's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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