Garfield

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: English

Garfield first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 135 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1881 with 147 babies (rank #88 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Garfield

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Garfield yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

8Destiny numberThe achieverDriven, capable, comfortable wielding influence.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
6Soul urgeThe carerNurturing, responsible, family at the centre.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
11PersonalityThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

5,561

Total babies (all years)

135

Years in the data

147

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	122	#111
1881	147	#88
1882	69	#190
1883	49	#222
1884	30	#320
1885	34	#286
1886	38	#276
1887	26	#328
1888	31	#326
1889	29	#328
1890	28	#331
1891	23	#360
1892	26	#377
1893	12	#587
1894	20	#426
1895	15	#537
1896	20	#447
1897	18	#462
1898	22	#423
1899	19	#429
1900	32	#394
1901	24	#384
1902	26	#396
1903	19	#492
1904	31	#362
1905	23	#470
1906	31	#389
1907	37	#368
1908	29	#456
1909	35	#423
1910	43	#409
1911	38	#473
1912	57	#525
1913	70	#513
1914	81	#549
1915	101	#564
1916	98	#588
1917	101	#593
1918	119	#549
1919	111	#568
1920	104	#620
1921	102	#636
1922	104	#635
1923	99	#647
1924	94	#667
1925	95	#656
1926	86	#685
1927	97	#644
1928	74	#744
1929	77	#707
1930	72	#751
1931	70	#735
1932	69	#758
1933	54	#844
1934	60	#800
1935	54	#853
1936	48	#886
1937	54	#832
1938	63	#773
1939	67	#735
1940	79	#681
1941	70	#740
1942	62	#825
1943	42	#1,041
1944	66	#771
1945	59	#812
1946	61	#846
1947	48	#1,041
1948	62	#869
1949	67	#838
1950	70	#815
1951	43	#1,101
1952	69	#844
1953	69	#865
1954	50	#1,059
1955	43	#1,141
1956	49	#1,086
1957	46	#1,140
1958	39	#1,242
1959	31	#1,421
1960	31	#1,446
1961	46	#1,163
1962	26	#1,562
1963	47	#1,132
1964	34	#1,357
1965	29	#1,443
1966	25	#1,552
1967	33	#1,321
1968	27	#1,523
1969	35	#1,366
1970	28	#1,634
1971	21	#2,003
1972	26	#1,740
1973	17	#2,346
1974	28	#1,718
1975	23	#2,027
1976	16	#2,641
1977	20	#2,298
1978	24	#2,030
1979	15	#2,938
1980	17	#2,761
1981	23	#2,224
1982	14	#3,173
1983	18	#2,610
1984	19	#2,560
1985	9	#4,445
1986	9	#4,598
1987	20	#2,663
1988	12	#3,995
1989	18	#3,250
1990	26	#2,574
1991	17	#3,515
1992	20	#3,259
1993	10	#5,487
1994	26	#2,798
1995	12	#4,897
1996	11	#5,306
1997	14	#4,525
1998	13	#4,968
1999	14	#4,853
2000	12	#5,687
2001	11	#6,163
2002	11	#6,227
2003	13	#5,656
2004	11	#6,689
2005	11	#6,786
2006	5	#12,669
2007	7	#10,130
2008	10	#7,879
2009	11	#7,368
2010	5	#12,900
2013	8	#9,066
2015	8	#9,019
2019	8	#9,161
2021	5	#12,752