Garnet is an uncommon name used for both girls and boys that peaked in 1920 and has since faded.
Garnet is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #11,263 among girls (8) and #11,119 among boys (6) — overall #13,108 across all names. The charts below show girls and boys separately.
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | 14 | #11,263 | #11,119 |
| 2024 | 5 | 5 | #16,103 | — |
| 2023 | 21 | 21 | #8,206 | #9,193 |
| 2022 | 21 | 21 | #9,259 | #7,956 |
| 2021 | 19 | 19 | #7,763 | #12,760 |
| 2020 | 14 | 14 | #10,551 | #12,692 |
| 2019 | 14 | 14 | #10,767 | #12,787 |
| 2018 | 18 | 18 | #10,851 | #8,380 |
| 2017 | 15 | 15 | #7,587 | — |
| 2016 | 21 | 21 | #7,729 | #11,182 |
| 2015 | 7 | 7 | #13,481 | — |
| 2014 | 5 | 5 | — | #12,684 |
| 2013 | 7 | 7 | #13,655 | — |
| 2011 | 11 | 11 | #9,942 | — |
| 2010 | 5 | 5 | #17,914 | — |
| 2009 | 17 | 17 | #11,799 | #9,268 |
| 2008 | 5 | 5 | #18,457 | — |
| 2007 | 5 | 5 | — | #12,982 |
| 2006 | 5 | 5 | #18,082 | — |
| 2005 | 14 | 14 | #11,204 | #12,029 |
| 2003 | 7 | 7 | — | #8,983 |
| 2002 | 6 | 6 | #14,184 | — |
| 2001 | 7 | 7 | — | #8,611 |
| 2000 | 5 | 5 | #15,863 | — |
| 1999 | 9 | 9 | — | #6,707 |
| 1998 | 14 | 14 | #10,438 | #8,849 |
| 1997 | 6 | — | — | #8,522 |
| 1996 | 5 | — | — | #9,498 |
| 1995 | 13 | — | #12,283 | #7,262 |
| 1994 | 11 | — | #12,302 | #9,298 |
| 1992 | 11 | — | #12,273 | #8,875 |
| 1991 | 10 | — | #13,885 | #8,646 |
| 1990 | 13 | — | #10,576 | #7,483 |
| 1989 | 23 | — | #9,017 | #3,686 |
| 1988 | 15 | — | #9,584 | #5,376 |
| 1987 | 5 | — | #11,909 | — |
| 1986 | 20 | — | #5,882 | #5,024 |
| 1985 | 13 | — | #9,697 | #5,346 |
| 1984 | 17 | — | #7,616 | #4,322 |
| 1983 | 5 | — | #10,812 | — |
| 1982 | 6 | — | — | #5,894 |
| 1981 | 18 | — | #5,358 | #6,610 |
| 1980 | 26 | — | #5,061 | #3,484 |
| 1979 | 10 | — | #6,346 | — |
| 1978 | 11 | — | #5,677 | — |
| 1977 | 18 | — | #6,509 | #3,946 |
| 1976 | 17 | — | #6,814 | #3,824 |
| 1975 | 16 | — | #4,003 | — |
| 1974 | 23 | — | #3,596 | #5,485 |
| 1973 | 22 | — | #5,298 | #2,913 |
| 1972 | 19 | — | #6,133 | #3,033 |
| 1971 | 26 | — | #3,840 | #3,225 |
| 1970 | 28 | — | #4,322 | #2,431 |
| 1969 | 32 | — | #3,044 | #2,597 |
| 1968 | 35 | — | #2,656 | #2,489 |
| 1967 | 30 | — | #2,808 | #2,659 |
| 1966 | 39 | — | #2,318 | #2,375 |
| 1965 | 38 | — | #3,088 | #1,742 |
| 1964 | 39 | — | #2,851 | #1,866 |
| 1963 | 31 | — | #2,808 | #2,587 |
| 1962 | 34 | — | #2,484 | #2,735 |
| 1961 | 49 | — | #2,262 | #1,792 |
| 1960 | 46 | — | #2,211 | #1,932 |
| 1959 | 43 | — | #2,069 | #2,335 |
| 1958 | 42 | — | #2,345 | #1,918 |
| 1957 | 52 | — | #1,663 | #2,717 |
| 1956 | 53 | — | #1,809 | #1,905 |
| 1955 | 53 | — | #1,622 | #2,250 |
| 1954 | 68 | — | #1,439 | #1,784 |
| 1953 | 79 | — | #1,253 | #1,786 |
| 1952 | 75 | — | #1,323 | #1,637 |
| 1951 | 71 | — | #1,228 | #2,084 |
| 1950 | 77 | — | #1,261 | #1,510 |
| 1949 | 55 | — | #1,475 | #1,891 |
| 1948 | 77 | — | #1,255 | #1,503 |
| 1947 | 88 | — | #1,175 | #1,377 |
| 1946 | 81 | — | #1,101 | #1,577 |
| 1945 | 80 | — | #1,005 | #1,463 |
| 1944 | 84 | — | #955 | #1,650 |
| 1943 | 102 | — | #885 | #1,441 |
| 1942 | 143 | — | #722 | #1,149 |
| 1941 | 95 | — | #852 | #1,466 |
| 1940 | 117 | — | #721 | #1,379 |
| 1939 | 98 | — | #831 | #1,250 |
| 1938 | 110 | — | #710 | #1,711 |
| 1937 | 129 | — | #666 | #1,353 |
| 1936 | 106 | — | #770 | #1,235 |
| 1935 | 128 | — | #676 | #1,212 |
| 1934 | 128 | — | #706 | #1,045 |
| 1933 | 133 | — | #613 | #1,516 |
| 1932 | 128 | — | #671 | #1,336 |
| 1931 | 147 | — | #640 | #1,084 |
| 1930 | 136 | — | #668 | #1,311 |
| 1929 | 179 | — | #583 | #1,099 |
| 1928 | 151 | — | #649 | #1,236 |
| 1927 | 185 | — | #606 | #1,023 |
| 1926 | 168 | — | #603 | #1,339 |
| 1925 | 202 | — | #575 | #1,015 |
| 1924 | 220 | — | #567 | #953 |
| 1923 | 234 | — | #511 | #1,034 |
| 1922 | 207 | — | #559 | #1,062 |
| 1921 | 253 | — | #485 | #994 |
| 1920 | 305 | — | #422 | #933 |
| 1919 | 276 | — | #443 | #903 |
| 1918 | 303 | — | #407 | #1,002 |
| 1917 | 285 | — | #417 | #878 |
| 1916 | 252 | — | #436 | #976 |
| 1915 | 242 | — | #442 | #885 |
| 1914 | 191 | — | #428 | #973 |
| 1913 | 164 | — | #427 | #886 |
| 1912 | 127 | — | #459 | #1,041 |
| 1911 | 128 | — | #378 | #1,004 |
| 1910 | 87 | — | #464 | #890 |
| 1909 | 85 | — | #408 | #1,542 |
| 1908 | 82 | — | #432 | #795 |
| 1907 | 86 | — | #405 | #955 |
| 1906 | 67 | — | #418 | — |
| 1905 | 57 | — | #478 | #1,150 |
| 1904 | 58 | — | #503 | #594 |
| 1903 | 52 | — | #485 | #866 |
| 1902 | 37 | — | #529 | — |
| 1901 | 45 | — | #444 | — |
| 1900 | 36 | — | #663 | #1,090 |
| 1899 | 32 | — | #529 | — |
| 1898 | 35 | — | #533 | — |
| 1897 | 35 | — | #492 | — |
| 1896 | 29 | — | #569 | — |
| 1895 | 22 | — | #667 | — |
| 1894 | 29 | — | #633 | #895 |
| 1893 | 23 | — | #605 | — |
| 1892 | 16 | — | #740 | — |
| 1891 | 16 | — | #678 | — |
| 1890 | 20 | — | #704 | #1,058 |
| 1889 | 18 | — | #821 | #834 |
| 1887 | 10 | — | #755 | — |
| 1886 | 5 | — | #1,174 | — |
| 1885 | 8 | — | #815 | — |
| 1884 | 7 | — | #881 | — |
| 1882 | 5 | — | — | #994 |