Garth

maleStatistical record

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

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

Garth: Recorded since 1978, with a gap of 12 years, it reached #240 in 1998, and it was last ranked in 2010.

3registrars recorded it
16times a registrar ranked it
33years from first to last
#240highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Garth's record

Absent from every published list for 12 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2010

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1235
1997	#1761
1999	#2097
2000	#2501
2001	#2587
2002	#2636
2004	#3009
2005	#2418
2008	#3158
2010	#4678

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 4 of the 18 years from 1978 to 1995.

In 1999: #277 among boys in Northern Ireland, #2097 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1978–2010 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1978
First recorded at #326 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1978 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1998–1999
Highest recorded position: #240 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 1998 (recorded 1998–1999).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2010
Most recently recorded at #4678 among boys in England and Wales, in 2010.
England and Wales · Boys

Garth appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 10 ranked years and 51 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1978.

Garth across 3 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.

Garth'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	#326 (1978)	#322 (1981)	#334 (1995)	4 of 18	12 (1978–1995)	3 (1978)
England and Wales · Boys	#1235 (1996)	#1235 (1996)	#4678 (2010)	10 of 15	51 (1996–2010)	10 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#240 (1998)	#240 (1998)	#277 (1999)	2 of 2	7 (1998–1999)	4 (1998)

Garth by decade in England and Wales · 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 Garth in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	21	3 of 10	7
2000sbusiest	27	6 of 10	5
2010s	3	1 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Garth 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 3 regions, from 1978 to 2010. Highest recorded position: #240 in Northern Ireland in 1998.

Garth'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
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3158	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2418	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2636	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2501	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2097	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1761	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1235	10	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#277	3	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#240	4	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#334	3	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#342	3	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#322	3	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#326	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
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 3 registrars between 1978 and 2010, ranked in 15 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #240, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 12 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 20 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.

5decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 5 decades →
9 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
12 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period10 to 19 years missing →
#4,678position in 2010, its most recent recorded year
20 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 11 to 20 years →
10births registered in its largest year, 1996Under 25 births →

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.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Amy-Lee · #238, 16y
Ariah · #238, 18y
Eimile · #243, 13y
Damir · #244, 16y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Emlyn · #240, 34y
Tadas · #240, 33y
Kelley · #242, 29y
Lyndsay · #242, 22y

Garth was ranked #240 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 1998. 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.

Garth 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 Garth without appearing here.

Garth moved ahead of

Shannon Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3009 and #2304 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #3158 and #4432.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2636 and #1651 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #2418 and #2754.

Moved ahead of Garth

Tor Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3158 and #4432 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #4678 and #2400.
Harper Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2418 and #2754 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #3158 and #1294.
Isak Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3158 and #3687 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #4678 and #2941.
Ollie Compare
In 1998 they stood at #1761 and #2022 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #2097 and #655.

Moved the opposite way to Garth

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2010 in England and Wales · Boys, Garth went from #1235 to #4678 while Albie went from #853 to #288.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2010 in England and Wales · Boys, Garth went from #1235 to #4678 while Alfie went from #119 to #4.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2010 in England and Wales · Boys, Garth went from #1235 to #4678 while Archie went from #192 to #24.
Arthur Compare
Between 1996 and 2010 in England and Wales · Boys, Garth went from #1235 to #4678 while Arthur went from #234 to #82.

Moved the same way as Garth

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2010 in England and Wales · Boys, Garth went from #1235 to #4678 and Aaron from #33 to #55.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2010 in England and Wales · Boys, Garth went from #1235 to #4678 and Adam from #16 to #39.
Alexander Compare
Between 1996 and 2010 in England and Wales · Boys, Garth went from #1235 to #4678 and Alexander from #14 to #21.
Andreas Compare
Between 1996 and 2010 in England and Wales · Boys, Garth went from #1235 to #4678 and Andreas from #358 to #721.

What's not yet available

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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 3 regions, from 1978 to 2010. Highest recorded position: #240 in Northern Ireland in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Garth

Garth at a glance

What stands out in Garth's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Garth across 3 official records

Garth by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Garth at a glance

What stands out in Garth's record

Garth across 3 official records

Garth by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What the record shows

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