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Origin & history of Gareth1
English / Welsh roots
Gareth comes from the English / Welsh tradition, meaning A Gentle Person.
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How popular is Gareth?
2016
peak year
Gareth has been losing ground. Once far more common, it has been declining steadily in recent years. It currently ranks well outside the top 1,000 (around #2275), with about 66 babies named Gareth each year. In 2016, 104 babies received the name (ranked #1580). Total registrations across all years since 1880: roughly 4,347.
Year-by-year registrations
1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
104
Babies named in peak year
(ranked #1,580)
(ranked #1,580)
66
Avg. per year
(last decade)
(last decade)
660
Total registrations
last 10 years
last 10 years
4,347
All-time total
(since 1880)
(since 1880)
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Numerology of Gareth5
Life path number
The Adventurer
Freedom, adventure and curiosity.
🌍Adventurous
🦋Free spirit
🎭Adaptable
💬Magnetic
G7
A1
R9
E5
T2
H8
Sum: 32 → Life path 5
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Personality of Gareth🌍
Free spirit
Adventure calls and they always answer.
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Electric energy
Things happen around them — exciting, unexpected.
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Adaptable
New situations are opportunities, never threats.
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Natural charmer
There's something magnetic about them.
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