Garvin
Last seen for boys in 2024 at #10,938
- Peak · boys
- 1902 · 9 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,424since 1894
Garvin over time
Rank among boys' names. Garvin has never cracked the top 700 here.
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 | — | |
| 2024 | #10,938 | 6 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #12,330 | 5 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #7,643 | 10 |
| 2018 | #10,760 | 6 |
| 2017 | #8,840 | 8 |
| 2016 | #12,185 | 5 |
| 2015 | #6,324 | 13 |
| 2014 | #6,632 | 12 |
| 2013 | #5,923 | 14 |
| 2012 | #5,256 | 17 |
| 2011 | #5,945 | 14 |
| 2010 | #6,359 | 13 |
| 2009 | #10,994 | 6 |
| 2008 | #6,070 | 14 |
| 2007 | #5,661 | 15 |
| 2006 | #4,675 | 19 |
| 2005 | #7,640 | 9 |
| 2004 | #6,976 | 10 |
| 2003 | #4,114 | 20 |
| 2002 | #4,703 | 16 |
| 2001 | #4,676 | 16 |
| 2000 | #4,785 | 15 |
| 1999 | #3,986 | 18 |
| 1998 | #5,159 | 12 |
| 1997 | #4,059 | 16 |
| 1996 | #6,496 | 8 |
| 1995 | #4,508 | 13 |
| 1994 | #4,537 | 13 |
| 1993 | #3,501 | 18 |
| 1992 | #3,220 | 20 |
| 1991 | #4,231 | 13 |
| 1990 | #3,166 | 19 |
| 1989 | #3,618 | 15 |
| 1988 | #3,079 | 17 |
| 1987 | #4,239 | 10 |
| 1986 | #2,891 | 17 |
| 1985 | #4,052 | 10 |
| 1984 | #3,270 | 13 |
| 1983 | #2,676 | 17 |
| 1982 | #3,108 | 14 |
| 1981 | #2,338 | 21 |
| 1980 | #2,831 | 16 |
| 1979 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #2,929 | 14 |
| 1977 | #2,361 | 19 |
| 1976 | #3,471 | 10 |
| 1975 | #3,246 | 11 |
| 1974 | #2,358 | 17 |
| 1973 | #2,716 | 13 |
| 1972 | #2,534 | 14 |
| 1971 | #2,052 | 20 |
| 1970 | #1,989 | 20 |
| 1969 | #1,463 | 30 |
| 1968 | #1,574 | 25 |
| 1967 | #1,758 | 20 |
| 1966 | #1,757 | 19 |
| 1965 | #2,178 | 14 |
| 1964 | #1,793 | 20 |
| 1963 | #1,695 | 22 |
| 1962 | #1,311 | 35 |
| 1961 | #1,570 | 26 |
| 1960 | #1,486 | 29 |
| 1959 | #1,522 | 27 |
| 1958 | #1,896 | 18 |
| 1957 | #1,583 | 25 |
| 1956 | #1,298 | 35 |
| 1955 | #1,845 | 18 |
| 1954 | #1,466 | 27 |
| 1953 | #1,427 | 28 |
| 1952 | #1,268 | 34 |
| 1951 | #1,332 | 31 |
| 1950 | #1,615 | 21 |
| 1949 | #1,616 | 21 |
| 1948 | #1,173 | 37 |
| 1947 | #1,271 | 33 |
| 1946 | #1,299 | 29 |
| 1945 | #1,249 | 28 |
| 1944 | #1,328 | 25 |
| 1943 | #1,461 | 23 |
| 1942 | #1,214 | 33 |
| 1941 | #1,254 | 28 |
| 1940 | #1,090 | 36 |
| 1939 | #1,323 | 25 |
| 1938 | #1,247 | 28 |
| 1937 | #1,180 | 31 |
| 1936 | #1,142 | 33 |
| 1935 | #1,494 | 21 |
| 1934 | #1,150 | 33 |
| 1933 | #1,405 | 23 |
| 1932 | #1,157 | 34 |
| 1931 | #1,643 | 19 |
| 1930 | #1,173 | 36 |
| 1929 | #1,339 | 28 |
| 1928 | #1,323 | 30 |
| 1927 | #1,293 | 32 |
| 1926 | #1,296 | 31 |
| 1925 | #1,164 | 37 |
| 1924 | #1,287 | 32 |
| 1923 | #1,177 | 37 |
| 1922 | #1,158 | 38 |
| 1921 | #973 | 52 |
| 1920 | #1,004 | 47 |
| 1919 | #1,034 | 43 |
| 1918 | #1,172 | 35 |
| 1917 | #1,222 | 31 |
| 1916 | #1,335 | 26 |
| 1915 | #1,124 | 33 |
| 1914 | #1,127 | 26 |
| 1913 | #1,173 | 19 |
| 1912 | #1,619 | 10 |
| 1911 | #1,290 | 8 |
| 1910 | #1,045 | 10 |
| 1909 | #1,277 | 6 |
| 1908 | #1,373 | 5 |
| 1907 | #1,094 | 7 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | #794 | 9 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,074 | 5 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Garvin! It came in at #1,074, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1894–1901, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Garvin is popular in 1920
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Oklahoma#322 · 1 in 2,717
- Mississippi#397 · 1 in 3,854
Best ever in a state: #297 in Mississippi, 1917.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Oklahoma | #322 | 8 | 1 in 2,717 |
| Mississippi | #397 | 5 | 1 in 3,854 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Garvin
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 31 spots in 1921 (#1,004 → #973)
- Biggest drop: 185 spots in 1922 (#973 → #1,158)
- Debuted 1894
- Peaked 1902 at #794 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1903, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1902–1921
- Highest: 1 in 13,629 boys born in 1902 were named Garvin (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 287,148 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 15.0% of all boys named Garvin (364) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,074 (1894) | #1,074 |
| 1900s | 27 | #794 (1902) | #1,135 |
| 1910s | 241 | #1,034 (1919) | #1,214 |
| 1920s | 364 | #973 (1921) | #1,201 |
| 1930s | 283 | #1,142 (1936) | #1,291 |
| 1940s | 293 | #1,090 (1940) | #1,296 |
| 1950s | 264 | #1,268 (1952) | #1,525 |
| 1960s | 240 | #1,311 (1962) | #1,659 |
| 1970s | 144 | #1,989 (1970) | #2,901 |
| 1980s | 150 | #2,338 (1981) | #3,210 |
| 1990s | 150 | #3,166 (1990) | #4,286 |
| 2000s | 140 | #4,114 (2003) | #6,029 |
| 2010s | 112 | #5,256 (2012) | #7,587 |
| 2020s | 11 | #10,938 (2024) | #11,634 |
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.
Garvin in 1920
Top boys' names in 1920
More about 1920
boys
1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 22,646 of them was named Garvin, which outranked 79.9% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #987Reno48
- #987Wilfrid48
- #987Zigmund48
- #1,004Garvin47
- #1,004Deward47
- #1,004Furman47
- #1,004Gust47
- #1,020Adolf46
- #1,020Attilio46
- #1,020Berton46
Tied with 15 names at #1,004; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.