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 reached its best rank, #74, in 2000 and ranked #564 in 2025. Roughly 136,000 boys have been named Garrett since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records. A popular twin pairing with Garrett is Gavin for a boy.

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:

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

Similar names: Jarrett · Devon · Gavin · Dalton · Barrett · Rhett

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