Feminine dossier · first seen 1884

Garnet

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

Endangered Down 98.1% from peak

Peak era

1918

Peak rank proxy

258

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1884Peak 19182024

Peak year

1918

Decline from peak

98.1%

2024

All-time

6,905

Garnet once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1918, when 258 girls were named Garnet.

In 2024, only 5 girls were given the name.

Down 98.1% from its peak.

All told, about 6,905 Americans have been named Garnet and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1884.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 98.1% from peak

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