Garnette
Recorded 1890–1979 · United States
Garnette was most popular in 1920, when 40 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,240 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 945 people named Garnette.
Garnette over time
How old is the name Garnette?
Garnette first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1890, which makes it about 135 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 69 of the 136 years since. It was last recorded in 1979.
How many people are named Garnette?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 945 American births named Garnette 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 242 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Garnette in 2025?
Garnette was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
Is Garnette a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Garnette is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 945 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were 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 Garnette?
Roughly 242 Americans named Garnette are alive today — 26% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 75 years old, and half are between 67 and 83.
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.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org