Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Garfield

Gender

Male

Origin

English
From the triangular field
From the spear field; surname

Syllables

2

Themes

  • Presidential
  • Surname

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Garfield

Pronunciation

g(a)-rfie-ld, gar-field

Famous People

President James A. Garfield

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1881 (rank #88, 147 births); most recent 2025 (rank #12008, 5 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoys
20255
2024–
2023–
2022–
20215
2020–
20198
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 1943 (rank #162, 5 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoys
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence