Gareth is a distinctive choice, ranked #2089 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Gareth in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#2089
About the Name Gareth
Gareth has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 264 places in five years. It was most popular in 1996 at #117 â parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Gareth is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school â standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Gareth
Unlikely. With around 11 UK babies named Gareth per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Gareth in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Gareth has been declining in UK popularity, dropping 264 places in the last five years. Its peak was #117 in 1996. Choosing it now means he is likely to be among the last of his generation with this name.
Gareth is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Gareth include: Gareth Potts â Gareth David Potts is an English pool player, nicknamed "the Golden Boy".; Gareth Owen (rugby league, born 1992) â Gareth Owen is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays for Oldham in League 1.; Gareth Reynolds â Gareth Patrick Reynolds is an American comedian, podcaster, producer, and writer..
Gareth does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice â your child is unlikely to encounter American Gareths in the wild.
11
UK babies named Gareth (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↓ 264 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Gareth
Likely around 1 other Gareth in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Gareth
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Gareth David Potts is an English pool player, nicknamed "the Golden Boy". He is a two-time amateur and four-time professional world champion in British-style eightball/blackball, a co-champion in that discipline's pairs (doubles) event, and a three-time champion of a leading Chinese eight-ball competition.
Gareth Richard Vaughan Jones was a Welsh journalist who in March 1933 first reported in the Western world, without equivocation and under his own name, the existence of the Soviet famine of 1930â1933, including the Holodomor and the Asharshylyk. Jones had reported anonymously in The Times in 1931 on starvation in both Soviet Russia and Soviet Ukraine.
Gareth Patrick Reynolds is an American comedian, podcaster, producer, and writer. He is best known for co-hosting The Dollop, a weekly comedy history podcast in which his friend and fellow comedian Dave Anthony surprises him each time with a shocking or notable story from American history that he hears for the first time during the recording.