Garfield

Popularity Trends

The name Garfield is the #3,646 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 5,561 recorded births since 1880. This represents the 52.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 52.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,591 (65.3% percentile) for all time with 5,561 births since 1880.

Garfield has appeared in U.S. birth records since the beginning of our dataset in 1880 Birth data for Garfield is available in 135 out of the 142 years between 1880 and 2021. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For boys, Garfield reached its peak popularity in 1881, achieving the 58.4% percentile (ranked #78) with 1,358 births per million. The name was most common in 1881, with 1,358 births per million (ranked 58.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2021.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Garfield".

1880 2021 18802021

Key Statistics

Total Births

5,561

Peak Births

147

Peak Year

1881

First Recorded

1880

Peak Percentile

58.4%

Current Percentile

—

Peak Rank

#78

Current Rank

—

Male statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Garfield", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Garfield.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Garfield's popularity from 1880 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Garfield at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Garfield range from Winfield at 92.3% correlation to Ole at 82.1% correlation, with an average correlation level of 84.7%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Bert with 34.2K births (98% boys) and the least popular is Matie with 579 births (100% girls).

Garfield's share of births peaked at 1,357.6 births per million for boys in 1881. It reached its lowest point of 2.3 births per million (0% of peak) in 2006. In 2021, the most recent period with data, the name Garfield had 2.7 births per million, 0% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Winfield

5,197

92.32% (very strong)

Lemuel

9,820

88.97% (very strong)

Pink

1,127

86.16% (very strong)

Louisa

21.1k

84.17% (very strong)

Burt

6,555

84.09% (very strong)

Loula

641

83.89% (very strong)

Perley

1,052

83.83% (very strong)

Lucretia

10.4k

83.60% (very strong)

Bert

34.2k

82.90% (very strong)

Minta

1,283

82.28% (very strong)

Matie

579

82.13% (very strong)

Ole

2,080

82.10% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Garfield

Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Garfield. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 66.7% confident that Garfield is pronounced as GAHR-feeld, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is GAHR-FEELD, at 33.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.

GAHR-feeld

66.7%

GAHR-FEELD

33.3%

GAHR-feeld (2 syllables)

Verified

66.7% confidence

G AA1 R F IY0 L D

GAHR-FEELD (2 syllables)

Verified

33.3% confidence

G AA1 R F IY1 L D

Possible Additional Pronunciations

If none of the pronunciations above sound right to you, could you please check whether any of these related pronunciations should be applied to the name Garfield? These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Garfield. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Garfield, please vote using the thumbs up button.

About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like G AA1 R F IY0 L D) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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