Is Garland a boy or girl name?

Garland is primarily a boy name in U.S. records: about 3% of recorded births are female.

What is the average age of someone named Garland?

The average Garland alive today is an estimated 62 years old. People named Garland were most often born around 1951.

When was the name Garland most popular?

Garland peaked in 1922 with 499 recorded births in the United States.

What vibe does the name Garland have?

In one report's words: agrarian, provincial, weathered. Garland ranks #1658 among all U.S. first names since 1880.

Garland — Name Meaning, Age & Vibe

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Origin & Meaning

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The name derives from Old French and Middle English terms for a wreath. It entered American usage as an English surname tied to triangular plots of land. Nineteenth-century families favored it as a given name for eldest sons.

Also answers toGar, Gari

Fig. 1 — Births per annum, 1880–2025

SSA Data

1880 peak: 499 souls, A.D. 1922 2025

2025: 12 born, holding steady

Estimated Age

62 yrs

Most Garlands were born around 1951 — remembers exactly where the TV was in July 1969.

Peak Reign

1922

№258 that year

Generation

Boomer, 43%

then Gen X 22% · Silent 16%

Rarity

Top 2000 all-time

≈25K ever born · holding steady

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Garland grew up with

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Davy Crockett caps·TV dinners·duck-and-cover drills

Generation Distribution — Living Garlands

SSA Data

Silent 16%Boomer 43%Gen X 22%Millennial 12%Gen Z 5%Gen Alpha 3%

Data vs. Humans

What the data says

SSA Data

SSA: Garland peaked in 1922.

Estimated average age: 62.

What people think

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Fig. 2 — Style Coordinates

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Vintage Modern

Formal Casual

Soft Strong

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First Impressions

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The name reads as a grandfather who kept bees or owned a hardware store with creaky floorboards. It suggests someone born when country roads were still mostly dirt. Despite sharing a spelling with holiday trimmings, it rarely reads as festive. It sounds instead like heavy woolen coats and tobacco tins.

Field Notes

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Field Note 01

Peak usage arrived in 1922, when 499 boys received the name in a single year.

Field Note 02

More than forty percent of living bearers belong to the Baby Boomer generation, keeping the average age anchored firmly in the early sixties.

Field Note 03

Though three percent of historical bearers were female, the name functioned almost exclusively as a masculine staple throughout the twentieth century.

Notable Garlands

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Garland Jeffreyssinger-songwriter, b. 1943

Garland Greensoul singer and pianist, b. 1942

Garland Wilsonjazz pianist, b. 1909

Adjacent Names

Leland · Hoyt · Delmar · Orval · Harlan · Elvin

Ephemera — If Garland were a…

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City

Roanoke, Virginia

Color

Pressed fern green

Job

County surveyor

Object

Pocket transit compass

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