How Many People Are Named Garnette?
An estimated 201 people in the United States have the first name Garnette. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 75 years old, and Garnette peaked in popularity in 1920 with 40 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Garnette as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Garnette paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- With an average bearer age of 75, Garnette is a vintage name most associated with earlier generations. Most living bearers were born before 1961.
Estimated Living Americans
201
About 1 in 1,705,245 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
75
years old
Peak Year
1920
40 births
Total Registered
945
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Garnette
Garnette is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 945 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Garnette as a female name
Ranked #10,705 in 1979
5 female births in 1979
Peak: 1920 (40 births)
Garnette: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Garnette span from the 1890s to the 1970s, covering 9 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1920s, when 235 babies were registered. Garnette has declined significantly from its peak in the 1920s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Garnette by Decade
How has Garnette tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Garnette by State
Birth registrations for Garnette span all 4 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in West Virginia, Virginia, Ohio. The lowest are in Indiana, Ohio, Virginia. On average, about 25 Garnettes were registered per state.
Garnette + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Garnette as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Garnette
Other first names starting with G with a similar number of bearers.
Garnette: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Garnette?
We estimate approximately 201 people named Garnette are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,705,245 Americans share this first name.
Is Garnette a common name?
Garnette is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 74.3% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 945 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Garnette most popular?
Garnette reached peak popularity in 1920, when 40 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Garnette is approximately 75 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Garnette a female name?
Garnette is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Garnette Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Garnette Smith, Garnette Johnson, Garnette Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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