Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Garfield

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Garfield
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1881

Peak era

1881

Peak rank proxy

147

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 18812024

Peak year

1881

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

5,561

Garfield is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1881, when 147 boys were named Garfield.

No boys were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 5,561 Americans have been named Garfield and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1881

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