How Many People Are Named Garrit?
An estimated 174 people in the United States have the first name Garrit. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 31 years old, and Garrit peaked in popularity in 2002 with 12 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Garrit 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 Garrit paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
174
About 1 in 1,969,853 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
31
years old
Peak Year
2002
12 births
Total Registered
184
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Garrit
Garrit is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 184 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Garrit as a male name
Ranked #12,924 in 2011
5 male births in 2011
Peak: 2002 (12 births)
Garrit: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Garrit span from the 1920s to the 2010s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 73 babies were registered. Garrit has declined significantly from its peak in the 1990s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Garrit by Decade
How has Garrit 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.
Garrit + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Garrit as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Garrit
Other first names starting with G with a similar number of bearers.
Garrit: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Garrit?
We estimate approximately 174 people named Garrit 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 1,969,853 Americans share this first name.
Is Garrit a common name?
Garrit is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 72.3% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 184 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Garrit most popular?
Garrit reached peak popularity in 2002, when 12 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Garrit is approximately 31 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Garrit a male name?
Garrit is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Garrit Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Garrit Smith, Garrit Johnson, Garrit 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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