Boys' name · peaked in 1905
Garland name popularity since 1925
18,803 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Garland (3.2% girls, 96.8% boys). Half of them were born in 1949 or earlier, so the typical Garland is about 77 years old in 2026. Garland peaked in 1905 as the #251 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 18,803
- Named Garland, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1905
- #251 for boys that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #6,928 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 96.8% boys
- 604 girls · 18,199 boys
- Most popular in
- Virginia
- 6.82× its national share
Peak year is the year Garland made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Garland births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1943. Measured as a share of all babies, Garland peaked earlier, in 1905.
- Steepest fall: Between 1975 and 1980, Garland's share of baby boys fell by 37%, from 1 in 10,800 to 1 in 17,300.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Garland's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Garland.
Decade by decade
Babies named Garland in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 68 | 1,962 | – |
| 1930s | 85 | 3,695 | #285 |
| 1940s | 119 | 3,810 | #337 |
| 1950s | 83 | 3,221 | #400 |
| 1960s | 66 | 2,216 | #526 |
| 1970s | 42 | 1,349 | #690 |
| 1980s | 35 | 840 | #1,174 |
| 1990s | 34 | 545 | #1,763 |
| 2000s | 32 | 274 | #3,652 |
| 2010s | 35 | 188 | #4,599 |
| 2020–25 | 5 | 99 | #6,928 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
36.7% of babies named Garland from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Garland is most popular
The index compares Garland's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Garland.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Virginia | 6.82× | 2,300 |
| West Virginia | 5.24× | 690 |
| North Carolina | 4.56× | 1,934 |
| Arkansas | 4.37× | 673 |
| Kentucky | 3.40× | 853 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Garland's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Garland.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Garland (1905).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data