Galvin
- #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
- Peak · boys
- 1952 · 13 births
- Debut · boys
- 11 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 911since 1917
Galvin over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Galvin has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #12,008 | 5 |
| 2024 | #8,312 | 9 |
| 2023 | #8,921 | 8 |
| 2022 | #8,300 | 9 |
| 2021 | #8,825 | 8 |
| 2020 | #5,041 | 18 |
| 2019 | #8,889 | 8 |
| 2018 | #10,760 | 6 |
| 2017 | #6,685 | 12 |
| 2016 | #4,624 | 21 |
| 2015 | #5,999 | 14 |
| 2014 | #4,702 | 20 |
| 2013 | #5,404 | 16 |
| 2012 | #5,035 | 18 |
| 2011 | #4,822 | 19 |
| 2010 | #6,359 | 13 |
| 2009 | #8,985 | 8 |
| 2008 | #4,044 | 25 |
| 2007 | #4,996 | 18 |
| 2006 | #5,072 | 17 |
| 2005 | #4,631 | 18 |
| 2004 | #5,007 | 16 |
| 2003 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #5,131 | 14 |
| 2001 | #4,476 | 17 |
| 2000 | #5,040 | 14 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #5,159 | 12 |
| 1997 | #4,668 | 13 |
| 1996 | #4,878 | 12 |
| 1995 | #5,928 | 9 |
| 1994 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | #5,002 | 11 |
| 1992 | #3,748 | 16 |
| 1991 | #5,096 | 10 |
| 1990 | #4,407 | 12 |
| 1989 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | #4,162 | 11 |
| 1987 | #3,731 | 12 |
| 1986 | #3,131 | 15 |
| 1985 | #4,052 | 10 |
| 1984 | #4,215 | 9 |
| 1983 | #2,493 | 19 |
| 1982 | #3,282 | 13 |
| 1981 | #3,858 | 10 |
| 1980 | #3,838 | 10 |
| 1979 | #4,842 | 7 |
| 1978 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #3,836 | 9 |
| 1976 | #4,012 | 8 |
| 1975 | #3,246 | 11 |
| 1974 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #3,445 | 9 |
| 1972 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1971 | #2,973 | 11 |
| 1970 | #3,071 | 10 |
| 1969 | #2,217 | 15 |
| 1968 | #3,673 | 6 |
| 1967 | #2,985 | 8 |
| 1966 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,282 | 7 |
| 1963 | #3,044 | 8 |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | #3,665 | 6 |
| 1959 | #3,290 | 7 |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,257 | 7 |
| 1956 | #2,628 | 10 |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,449 | 11 |
| 1953 | #3,143 | 7 |
| 1952 | #2,153 | 13 |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,681 | 5 |
| 1949 | #2,453 | 10 |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,096 | 7 |
| 1946 | #2,271 | 11 |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | #3,212 | 6 |
| 1941 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #3,459 | 5 |
| 1939 | — | |
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| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | #3,277 | 6 |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,361 | 6 |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | #4,001 | 5 |
| 1929 | #3,247 | 7 |
| 1928 | #4,151 | 5 |
| 1927 | #2,703 | 10 |
| 1926 | #3,708 | 6 |
| 1925 | #4,197 | 5 |
| 1924 | #3,867 | 6 |
| 1923 | #3,467 | 7 |
| 1922 | — | |
| 1921 | — | |
| 1920 | #3,208 | 8 |
| 1919 | — | |
| 1918 | — | |
| 1917 | #2,423 | 11 |
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First appearance
1917
The first year at least five boys were named Galvin! It came in at #2,423, and was given to 11 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1918–1919, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Galvin is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Galvin in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Galvin
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 3,696 spots since 2024 (#8,312 → #12,008)
- 6,967 spots since 2020 (#5,041 → #12,008)
- 6,009 spots since 2015 (#5,999 → #12,008)
Rise & fade · boys
35 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1917
- Peaked 1952 at #2,153 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1955, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 81,606
- Highest: 1 in 81,606 boys born in 2008 were named Galvin (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,153 in 1952, was only 1 in 149,510 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 16.7% of all boys named Galvin (152) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 11 | #2,423 (1917) | #2,423 |
| 1920s | 54 | #2,703 (1927) | #3,569 |
| 1930s | 17 | #3,277 (1934) | #3,546 |
| 1940s | 49 | #2,271 (1946) | #3,076 |
| 1950s | 60 | #2,153 (1952) | #2,943 |
| 1960s | 60 | #2,217 (1969) | #3,360 |
| 1970s | 85 | #2,973 (1971) | #3,858 |
| 1980s | 116 | #2,493 (1983) | #3,899 |
| 1990s | 103 | #3,748 (1992) | #5,029 |
| 2000s | 152 | #4,044 (2008) | #5,828 |
| 2010s | 147 | #4,624 (2016) | #6,328 |
| 2020s | 57 | #5,041 (2020) | #8,568 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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