Garfield comes from the English tradition, meaning A Triangular Bit of Land.
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How popular is Garfield?
1881peak year
The name Garfield reached its peak in 1881, with 147 registrations (ranked #88). It had only entered records 1 years earlier, in 1880. Since the peak, the name has eased to well outside the top 1,000 (around #10311) today, averaging about 7 new babies per year. Across all years on record, approximately 5,561 American babies have carried this name.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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