girls:
6.9k births since 1884
#1978 (65th percentile)
boys:
2k births since 1882
#2804 (39th percentile)
overall:
8.9k births since 1882
#2860 (63rd percentile)
The name Garnet is the #2,860 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 8,904 recorded births since 1882. This represents the 63.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 63.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,978 (65.4% percentile) for all time with 6,900 births since 1884. For boys, it ranks #2,804 (38.8% percentile) for all time with 2,004 births since 1882.
Garnet first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1882 (1882 for boys and 1884 for girls). Birth data for Garnet is available in 137 out of the 142 years between 1882 and 2023 (128 years for girls and 108 years for boys). 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 Garnet has been given predominantly to girls, with 77.5% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 61.9% of babies named Garnet were girls. Interestingly, until around 1884, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1882 to 1883), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (77.5% girls from 1884 to 2023).
For girls, Garnet reached its peak popularity in 1918, achieving the 37.9% percentile (ranked #367) with 215 births per million. The name was most common in 1911, with 263 births per million (ranked 25.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2010, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Garnet ranks #939 for girls (0.8% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 2.8% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Garnet reached its peak popularity in 1919, achieving the 9.4% percentile (ranked #485) with 54 births per million. The name was most common in 1904, with 108 births per million (ranked 4.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Garnet ranks #908 for boys (0.3% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 4.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Garnet".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Garnet. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 62.2% confident that Garnet is pronounced as GAHR-nuht, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is GAHR-niht, at 28.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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