Meaning and history
From a surname meaning “triangle field” in Old English, the name Garfield was notably borne by American president James A. Garfield (1831–1881) and is now also associated with the cat in Jim Davis’s cartoon strip Garfield.
20062006: 5 births, rank #12,055
2007: 7 births, rank #9,788
2008: 10 births, rank #7,698
2009: 11 births, rank #7,236
2010: 5 births, rank #12,231
20112011: no US SSA record for this spelling
2012: no US SSA record for this spelling
2013: 8 births, rank #8,789
2014: no US SSA record for this spelling
2015: 8 births, rank #8,744
20162016: no US SSA record for this spelling
2017: no US SSA record for this spelling
2018: no US SSA record for this spelling
2019: 8 births, rank #8,889
2020: no US SSA record for this spelling
20212021: 5 births, rank #12,146
2022: no US SSA record for this spelling
2023: no US SSA record for this spelling
2024: no US SSA record for this spelling
20252025: 5 births, rank #12,008
Garfield moved from #844 to #865 for boys between 1952 and 1953. Its highest annual birth count came in 1881, with 147 births.