Garret

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Garret: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Garret: Recorded since 1965, it reached #121 in 1976, and it was last ranked in 2008.

2registrars recorded it
35times a registrar ranked it
44years from first to last
#121highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1998–2004

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#2901
2004	#3651

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 33 of the 44 years from 1965 to 2008.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1965–2008 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1965
First recorded at #194 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1965 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1965–2008
Highest recorded position: #121 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1976 (recorded 1965–2008).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2008
Most recently recorded at #698 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2008.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Garret appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 33 years beginning in 1965, and has registered 412 births with the name.

Garret across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Garret's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#194 (1965)	#121 (1976)	#698 (2008)	33 of 44	412 (1965–2008)	37 (1976)
England and Wales · Boys	#2901 (1998)	#2901 (1998)	#3651 (2004)	2 of 7	6 (1998–2004)	3 (1998)

Garret by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Garret in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	48	5 of 10	10
1970sbusiest	204	10 of 10	20
1980s	126	10 of 10	13
1990s	25	5 of 10	5
2000s	9	3 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 20 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Garret appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1965 to 2008. Highest recorded position: #121 in Republic of Ireland in 1976.

Garret's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#698	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#629	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	3	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#334	3	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#302	4	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#251	6	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#263	5	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#229	7	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#208	8	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#201	9	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#235	6	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#217	8	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#181	12	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#234	6	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#164	16	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#171	15	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#150	25	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#157	21	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#152	20	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#184	13	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#166	18	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#121	37	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#141	24	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#164	18	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#140	24	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#154	18	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#159	17	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#163	15	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#163	13	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#187	8	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#196	7	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#139	14	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#194	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1965 and 2008, ranked in 35 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #121, first reached in 1976.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 37 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1976.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1998, and 33 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Gard · #117, 69y
Gareth · #30, 61y
Garreth · #112, 39y
Garrett · #66, 52y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Loraine · #117, 30y
Daren · #126, 39y
Alida · #127, 35y
Lin · #114, 33y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Pierce · #122, 61y
Anya · #123, 34y
Artur · #123, 64y
Eithne · #119, 47y

Garret was ranked #121 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1976. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Garret and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Garret without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Garret

Andreas Compare
In 2006 they stood at #150 and #322 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2007 that had become #629 and #435.
Cameron Compare
In 1994 they stood at #302 and #339 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1995 that had become #334 and #191.
Callum Compare
In 1994 they stood at #302 and #339 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1995 that had become #334 and #206.
Tobias Compare
In 2002 they stood at #208 and #307 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2003 that had become #500 and #375.

Moved the opposite way to Garret

Aaron Compare
Between 1965 and 2008 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Garret went from #194 to #698 while Aaron went from #222 to #12.
Adam Compare
Between 1965 and 2008 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Garret went from #194 to #698 while Adam went from #157 to #7.
Alexander Compare
Between 1965 and 2008 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Garret went from #194 to #698 while Alexander went from #115 to #45.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1965 and 2008 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Garret went from #194 to #698 while Benjamin went from #148 to #63.

Moved the same way as Garret

Adrian Compare
Between 1965 and 2008 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Garret went from #194 to #698 and Adrian from #62 to #141.
Alan Compare
Between 1965 and 2008 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Garret went from #194 to #698 and Alan from #27 to #73.
Alfred Compare
Between 1965 and 2008 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Garret went from #194 to #698 and Alfred from #167 to #368.
Anthony Compare
Between 1965 and 2008 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Garret went from #194 to #698 and Anthony from #12 to #80.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1965 to 2008. Highest recorded position: #121 in Republic of Ireland in 1976. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Garret

Garret at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Garret across 2 official records

Garret by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Garret appears in

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Garret at a glance

Garret across 2 official records

Garret by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Garret appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Garret

Garret and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Garret

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