Garland

Boy name

Garland has been given to 24,712 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1922.

Meaning & origin

English surname, from the noun garland. Also derived from Garland in Devon, from an ancestor of the noun gore (“triangular piece of land”) + land.

Origin: surnames

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

24,712

Peak year

1922 (499 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1880

10-year trend

▼ -43%

Gender split

3% girls / 97% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Garland.

24,900 babies since 1880

26,074 babies since 1880

26,157 babies since 1881

22,534 babies since 1880

22,522 babies since 1880

26,980 babies since 1880

22,299 babies since 1880

22,170 babies since 1880

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