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Garrett

“From Gerard or Gerald; contains the Germanic word for spear” — Old High German origin

Boy's name · #564 in the US (2025) · 90s

Garrett has appeared in US records since 1880 — best rank #74 (2000) · 135,762 babies named Garrett all-time · 1 in 3,200 boys born in 2025.

Around the world: about 1 in 5,100 boys in Canada (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 40 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Garretts

• Garrett Hedlund — American actor
• Garrett Reisman — American astronaut
• Garrett Hardin — American ecologist (1915–2003)
• Garrett Wang — American actor
• Garrett Clayton — American actor, singer and dancer

In stories & tradition

• Garrett — Thief
• Garrett Deasy — Ulysses · Nestor
• Garrett McNeil — Superstore

What Garretts become

Among 346 notable people named Garrett:

Athletes appear 2.66× more often than among typical names — e.g. Garrett Temple, American basketball player.

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