boy's name

Garet

  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 5
  • Births on record 1,508

Garet is a boy's name. In 2020 it was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1999, when 71 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1941.

Garet over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1940s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2020, not a full ten years.

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'40 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Garet by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1940s 13
1960s 59
1970s 125
1980s 299
1990s 468
2000s 419
2010s 96
2020s (to 2020) 7

How popular is Garet?

In 2020, Garet was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Garet is used

Canada #2,507 5 in 2006
United States #9,622 7 in 2020

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Garet

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Garet also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Garet over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Garet

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Garet — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Garet

How popular is the name Garet?

In 2020, Garet was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Garet a girl's or a boy's name?

Garet is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Garet most popular?

Garet peaked in 1999, when 71 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.