Garner
Recorded 1881–2025 · United States
Garner was most popular in 1932, when 82 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,375 that year. In 2025 it ranked #10,279, with 20 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,338 people named Garner.
Garner over time
How old is the name Garner?
Garner first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1881, which makes it about 144 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 124 of the 145 years since.
How many people are named Garner?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,338 American births named Garner between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 1,344 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Garner in 2025?
20 American babies were named Garner in 2025, ranking #10,279 that year.
Is Garner getting more or less popular?
Garner is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 23 births a year, against 25 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -6% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Garner a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Garner is a boy’s name — 2.5% of the 2,338 Americans given it were girls and 97.5% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 17% girls and 83% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Garner?
Roughly 1,344 Americans named Garner are alive today — 58% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 31 years old, and half are between 14 and 61. That is a wide band, the mark of a name in steady use across generations rather than a passing fashion.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Garner is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org