Masculine dossier · first seen 1881

Garner

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1932

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Silent Generation

1881Peak 19322024

Peak year

1932

Decline from peak

78%

2024

All-time

2,263

Garner has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1932, when 82 boys were named Garner.

In 2024, only 18 boys were given the name.

Down 78% from its peak.

All told, about 2,263 Americans have been named Garner and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1881.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationSilent Generation

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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