Given name & surname
Garett
“one who is mighty with a spear”
Garett is a variant of Garrett. In English use, Garrett carries the interpretation “one who is mighty with a spear.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Garett is a variant of Garrett. In English use, Garrett carries the interpretation “one who is mighty with a spear.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1952. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Garett through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,941
- 4,941 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 216 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,118 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −60%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,118 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 216 in 2000. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,501 as a first name in 2020; a sample rank of No. 18,700 among surnames in 1990.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Garett
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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