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Garth

Garth: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“enclosure, garden”
Origin
Old Norse
Say it
GARTH · 1 syllable
Used for
Boys

From Old Norse garðr, brought into English and Scots as garth. It has long been used as both a surname and given name.

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How popular is Garth?

20245.4 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Garth in 202418

Peak year1954

Total US babies since 18809,659

Garth is rising: use over the last five years is 1.7× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Garth

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

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  • Gunnarwarrior · Old Norse
  • Skycloud · Old Norse

Garth questions

What does the name Garth mean?

Garth means "enclosure, garden". It comes from Old Norse. From Old Norse garðr, brought into English and Scots as garth. It has long been used as both a surname and given name.

Is Garth a boy or girl name?

Garth is mainly a boy's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Garth?

18 US babies were named Garth in 2024. Its peak year was 1954.

How do you pronounce Garth?

Garth is usually pronounced GARTH.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.