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Garland

A name meaning "triangle land".

PronunciationAmerican English /ˈɡɑɹ.lənd/; British English /ˈɡɑː.lənd/
Usage languagesEnglish
US rank (2025)#6,803

Meaning and history

Garland is a surname derived from an Old English term meaning “triangle land,” formed from gara and land, and it originally referred to someone who owned a triangular-shaped piece of land.

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: 26 births, rank #3,782
2007: 25 births, rank #4,011
2008: 25 births, rank #4,044
2009: 20 births, rank #4,748
2010: 14 births, rank #6,036
20112011: 21 births, rank #4,509
2012: 23 births, rank #4,251
2013: 18 births, rank #4,981
2014: 12 births, rank #6,632
2015: 21 births, rank #4,545
20162016: 22 births, rank #4,470
2017: 16 births, rank #5,526
2018: 21 births, rank #4,610
2019: 20 births, rank #4,806
2020: 16 births, rank #5,451
20212021: 15 births, rank #5,776
2022: 17 births, rank #5,445
2023: 23 births, rank #4,456
2024: 16 births, rank #5,659
20252025: 12 births, rank #6,803

Garland rose from #959 to #953 for boys between 1983 and 1984. Its highest annual birth count came in 1922, with 478 births.