Name profile

Garth

A name meaning "garden".

PronunciationAmerican English /ˈɡɑɹθ/; British English /ˈɡɑːθ/
Usage languagesEnglish
US rank (2025)#8,910

Meaning and history

Garth is an English surname derived from Old Norse, meaning “garden,” and originally referred to someone who lived near or worked in a garden.

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: 9 births, rank #7,998
2007: 6 births, rank #10,921
2008: 19 births, rank #4,901
2009: 8 births, rank #8,985
2010: 16 births, rank #5,478
20112011: 7 births, rank #9,600
2012: 8 births, rank #8,864
2013: 12 births, rank #6,603
2014: 16 births, rank #5,485
2015: 20 births, rank #4,711
20162016: 13 births, rank #6,349
2017: 15 births, rank #5,788
2018: 15 births, rank #5,770
2019: 16 births, rank #5,555
2020: 20 births, rank #4,698
20212021: 11 births, rank #7,089
2022: 21 births, rank #4,701
2023: 22 births, rank #4,610
2024: 18 births, rank #5,241
20252025: 8 births, rank #8,910

Garth moved from #658 to #969 for boys between 1992 and 1993. Its highest annual birth count came in 1954, with 268 births.