girls:
48 births since 2010
#5668 (1st percentile)
boys:
2.2k births since 1881
#2663 (42nd percentile)
overall:
2.3k births since 1881
#5511 (29th percentile)
The name Garner is the #5,511 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,292 recorded births since 1881. This represents the 28.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 28.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,663 (41.9% percentile) for all time with 2,244 births since 1881. For girls, it ranks #5,668 (0.8% percentile) for all time with 48 births since 2010.
Garner first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1881 (1881 for boys and 2010 for girls). Birth data for Garner is available in 122 out of the 143 years between 1881 and 2023 (122 years for boys and 8 years for girls). 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.
The name Garner has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 97.9% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Garner reached its peak popularity in 1932, achieving the 14.6% percentile (ranked #453) with 76 births per million. The name was most common in 1932, with 76 births per million (ranked 14.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Garner ranks #898 for boys (1.4% percentile) with 10 births per million, which is 12.9% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Garner reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #943) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Garner".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Garner. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 97.6% confident that Garner is pronounced as GAHR-ner, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is GAHR-nuh, at 2.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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