Garnet
A unisex name of Latin origin, meaning the garnet gemstone; deep red.
Babies a year
15
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Garnet by the numbers
Garnet was given to 15 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 258 babies in 1918, so it is a 1910s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Garnet. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean red
Like Garnet, each of these has red in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Scarlettdeep red; a dyer of cloth7,679 in the US (2017)
- Rowanlittle red one; the rowan tree1,398 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rubydeep red gemstone1,032 in England and Wales (2025)
- Roryred king1,760 in England and Wales (2025)
- Reidred; ruddy-complexioned1,286 in the US (2017)
- Reedred-haired or one who lives by reeds872 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Garnet
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