Garnett
Garnett is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Garnett Adrain (1815–1878), American politician from New Jersey Garnett Bankhead (1928–1991), American baseball player Garnett Blair (1921–1996), American baseball player Garnett Brown (1936–2021), American jazz musician Garnett Bruce, American opera director Garnett Duncan (1800–1875), American politician from Kentucky Garnett Thomas…
- English
Meaning & Origin of Garnett
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Garnett is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Garnett Adrain (1815–1878), American politician from New Jersey Garnett Bankhead (1928–1991), American baseball player Garnett Blair (1921–1996), American baseball player Garnett Brown (1936–2021), American jazz musician Garnett Bruce, American opera director Garnett Duncan (1800–1875), American politician from Kentucky Garnett Thomas…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Garnett
As a girl name
American parents first put Garnett on the record books as a girl name in 1889, with 12 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1920, when 99 Garnetts were born — ranking #727 that year. About 27% of every Garnett on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Garnett last appeared in the published SSA data in 1991, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 3K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Garnett first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1881, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1920: 87 births, good for #687 nationwide. Garnett last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 4K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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About the name Garnett
Garnett is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1881 and has accumulated 4K births in the dataset. Garnett's peak popularity came in 1920 when it ranked #687. Use the chart and map above to compare Garnett'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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