Garmon

Boys' name

Possibly short, through Germanus

Garmon has been given to 86 babies in the U.S. since 1914. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1920, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Garmon, 1951

1 in 526,000

Garmon over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Garmon: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly short, through Germanus

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Garmon means

Garmon belongs to the name family reached through Garmon → Germanus. Its meaning is “short”.

Origin, language, and formation

Garmon is used in Welsh.

Garmon comes through Latin Germanus.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Germanus.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Welsh, Garmon is pronounced /ˈɡarmɔn/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 86 boys were recorded with the name Garmon between 1914 and 1951. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1920; its best national rank was #3,055 in 1920.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Garmon?

Garmon had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1951, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1951: 1 in 526,000; 7 of 3,682,692 births
Among boys only: 1 in 269,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1951: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 364,665 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Garmon sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1951 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 364,665 children born in 1951 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Garmon. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Garmons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Garmon was born before 1921 — so the typical Garmon is around 104 today.

Median birth year: 1921; About 104 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 47.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 26.7%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 7; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 47.7% of all recorded uses (41).

Is Garmon rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1920 (9)
Years since peak: 105; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 13.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,055; 1920

Spellings of Garmon

Garmon is not the most common spelling — Aaron is, with 43.5% against Garmon's <0.01%.

Aaron43.5%614,462
Gordon11.0%154,909
Carson9.4%132,774
Ramon5.5%77,429
Marion5.1%72,495
Damon4.9%68,841
Marlon2.2%30,956
Karson1.5%21,394

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Garmon around the world

Where Garmon ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2006–2007
#4,333
in 2007

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Garmon by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,055; 1920
Peak year: 1920; 9 that year
First recorded: 1914
Last recorded: 1951
All-time count: 86
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Garmon

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Garrus Garris Garson Garrel Garlen Garion Garney Garyn Garrod Garang Garick Garrit Gariel Saimon Usmon Garik Garred Garnie Garwood Gardy Garrik Garan Garvie Garyson

Sibling names for Garmon

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Norine Vina Mozelle Marcelle Oleta Syble Adella Mittie

For a brother

Junius Dock Rupert Orin Otha Hilton Casimir Edd

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