Boy or Girl

Is Garrett a boy or girl name?

Garrett is a boy name in the US. In 2024, 0 girls and 527 boys were named Garrett, so 0% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 0.3% of the 135,674 US babies named Garrett were girls.

Boy rank, 2024
#562
Girl rank, 2024
Not ranked
Babies named Garrett since 1880
135,674
Most popular year
2000
5,850 babies
Babies named Garrett each year in the US
Line chart of US births named Garrett from 1880 to 2024, boys and girls. The table below has every value.01,5003,0004,5006,00018801900192019401960198020002020

Boys and girls named Garrett, by decade

DecadeBoysGirlsShare girls
1880s12800%
1890s21000%
1900s17200%
1910s54400%
1920s78600%
1930s72600%
1940s1,32400%
1950s1,77300%
1960s3,08780.3%
1970s6,619550.8%
1980s20,4751510.7%
1990s45,3271380.3%
2000s36,223790.2%
2010s14,381210.1%
2020s3,44700%
Every year
YearBoysBoy rankGirlsGirl rank
2024527#5620–
2023626#4830–
2022664#4620–
2021774#4010–
2020856#3640–
2019972#3450–
20181,022#3260–
20171,061#3230–
20161,149#3090–
20151,352#2690–
20141,563#2376#15,239
20131,616#2285#17,450
20121,745#2130–
20111,942#1915#17,682
20101,959#1885#17,915
20092,060#1840–
20082,448#16111#10,312
20072,561#1620–
20062,965#1398#12,778
20053,262#1247#13,485
20043,688#11418#6,582
20033,981#1068#11,680
20024,357#910–
20015,061#8017#6,427
20005,840#7410#9,408
19995,075#7812#7,883
19984,789#807#11,540
19974,545#8514#6,600
19964,653#8514#6,497
19954,711#8011#7,696
19944,762#8223#4,416
19934,711#7913#6,762
19924,270#8813#6,779
19914,054#9117#5,496
19903,757#9914#6,236
19893,315#10223#4,158
19882,650#11822#4,060
19872,583#11314#5,393
19862,390#11722#3,797
19852,052#13820#4,021
19841,731#15614#5,031
19831,516#17311#5,940
19821,454#1807#8,520
19811,497#1678#7,630
19801,287#19110#6,444
19791,205#20111#5,866
1978806#25110#6,083
1977721#2715#10,116
1976560#3149#6,207
1975565#3160–
1974528#3300–
1973490#3470–
1972542#3298#6,134
1971602#3147#6,835
1970600#3205#8,403
1969487#3588#5,611
1968384#3990–
1967336#4160–
1966316#4290–
1965287#4580–
1964310#4530–
1963318#4450–
1962249#5040–
1961218#5390–
1960182#5780–
1959195#5540–
1958180#5780–
1957200#5460–
1956172#5800–
1955174#5590–
1954169#5630–
1953166#5490–
1952169#5410–
1951184#4990–
1950164#5220–
1949168#5160–
1948167#5080–
1947152#5460–
1946155#5180–
1945119#5490–
1944110#5860–
1943143#5250–
1942103#6200–
194198#6040–
1940109#5690–
193999#5770–
193875#7050–
193775#6910–
193669#7200–
193579#6720–
193474#7120–
193358#8160–
193273#7310–
193172#7240–
193052#9310–
192977#7080–
192862#8370–
192779#7390–
192683#6960–
192573#7730–
192475#7800–
192382#7210–
192293#6690–
192179#7460–
192083#7170–
191984#6790–
191881#7040–
191767#7680–
191662#7840–
191575#6730–
191461#6470–
191332#8630–
191242#6540–
191123#6580–
191017#7400–
190910#9750–
190828#4680–
190721#5220–
190621#4940–
190512#7190–
190413#6600–
190315#5850–
190212#6650–
190111#6540–
190029#4210–
189916#4890–
189823#4090–
189735#3120–
189647#2620–
189519#4620–
189411#6470–
189315#4860–
189217#4860–
189112#5350–
189015#4970–
188916#4720–
188810#6680–
188714#4680–
188616#4590–
18859#6650–
188415#4950–
188313#5020–
188215#4770–
18817#7390–
188013#5100–

Highest rank

As a boy name, Garrett reached #74 in 2000. As a girl name, it reached #3,797 in 1986. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.

Names from the same era

These names were also most popular in the 2000s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.

Names spelled like Garrett

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Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.