Gavin
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #10,312 · #303 for boys in 2025, 1,125 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time
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- Peak · boys
- 2008 · 11,752 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 18 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 189,270since 1913
Gavin over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #303 | 1,125 | |
| 2024 | — | #255 | 1,384 | |
| 2023 | #10,312 | 9 | #232 | 1,515 |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | #206 | 1,798 |
| 2021 | — | #174 | 2,216 | |
| 2020 | — | #142 | 2,589 | |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | #128 | 3,013 |
| 2018 | #12,464 | 7 | #111 | 3,475 |
| 2017 | — | #96 | 4,159 | |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | #80 | 4,944 |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | #70 | 5,794 |
| 2014 | #10,129 | 10 | #61 | 6,622 |
| 2013 | #7,372 | 16 | #50 | 7,422 |
| 2012 | #7,804 | 15 | #40 | 8,260 |
| 2011 | #7,118 | 17 | #37 | 9,016 |
| 2010 | #9,231 | 12 | #38 | 9,626 |
| 2009 | #8,888 | 13 | #33 | 10,742 |
| 2008 | #4,550 | 33 | #30 | 11,752 |
| 2007 | #5,377 | 26 | #32 | 11,863 |
| 2006 | #6,125 | 21 | #38 | 10,479 |
| 2005 | #6,820 | 17 | #47 | 9,340 |
| 2004 | #2,889 | 55 | #52 | 8,610 |
| 2003 | #5,795 | 20 | #51 | 8,764 |
| 2002 | #6,698 | 16 | #61 | 6,951 |
| 2001 | #8,196 | 12 | #78 | 5,260 |
| 2000 | #9,163 | 10 | #85 | 4,686 |
| 1999 | #7,239 | 13 | #101 | 3,659 |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 | #116 | 3,195 |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | #136 | 2,758 |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | #192 | 1,633 |
| 1995 | — | #242 | 1,193 | |
| 1994 | — | #257 | 1,121 | |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 | #294 | 945 |
| 1992 | — | #266 | 1,067 | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #302 | 849 |
| 1990 | — | #294 | 860 | |
| 1989 | — | #360 | 629 | |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | #370 | 544 |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | #326 | 630 |
| 1986 | — | #355 | 535 | |
| 1985 | — | #352 | 522 | |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | #355 | 513 |
| 1983 | — | #291 | 690 | |
| 1982 | — | #368 | 477 | |
| 1981 | — | #358 | 492 | |
| 1980 | — | #443 | 350 | |
| 1979 | — | #459 | 317 | |
| 1978 | — | #403 | 366 | |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #460 | 303 |
| 1976 | — | #438 | 317 | |
| 1975 | — | #493 | 261 | |
| 1974 | — | #485 | 270 | |
| 1973 | — | #513 | 232 | |
| 1972 | — | #603 | 174 | |
| 1971 | — | #546 | 218 | |
| 1970 | — | #563 | 207 | |
| 1969 | — | #523 | 223 | |
| 1968 | — | #548 | 189 | |
| 1967 | — | #571 | 173 | |
| 1966 | — | #614 | 147 | |
| 1965 | — | #599 | 161 | |
| 1964 | — | #629 | 152 | |
| 1963 | — | #616 | 159 | |
| 1962 | — | #624 | 154 | |
| 1961 | — | #720 | 113 | |
| 1960 | — | #764 | 100 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,019 | 57 | |
| 1958 | — | #892 | 71 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,278 | 37 | |
| 1956 | — | #924 | 65 | |
| 1955 | — | #957 | 61 | |
| 1954 | — | #829 | 76 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,139 | 42 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,195 | 38 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,344 | 30 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,395 | 27 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,462 | 25 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,487 | 24 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,394 | 28 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,509 | 22 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,009 | 12 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,988 | 13 | |
| 1943 | — | #3,231 | 6 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,730 | 17 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,685 | 17 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,983 | 13 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,288 | 10 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,326 | 10 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,828 | 15 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,452 | 9 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,929 | 14 | |
| 1934 | — | #3,679 | 5 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,997 | 13 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,922 | 15 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,101 | 13 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,781 | 9 | |
| 1929 | — | #3,247 | 7 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,270 | 13 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,298 | 13 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,074 | 15 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,193 | 14 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,641 | 11 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,446 | 12 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,486 | 12 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,152 | 15 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,459 | 12 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,973 | 16 | |
| 1918 | — | — | ||
| 1917 | — | #2,732 | 9 | |
| 1916 | — | — | ||
| 1915 | — | #2,621 | 9 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,101 | 10 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,821 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1913
The first year at least five boys were named Gavin! It came in at #2,821, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1916, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Gavin is popular in 1979
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Hawaii#71 · 1 in 322
- Utah#225 · 1 in 1,901
- Oregon#247 · 1 in 2,152
- Washington#247 · 1 in 2,280
- Maryland#303 · 1 in 3,237
Best ever in a state: #3 in South Dakota, 2009.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #71 | 20 | 1 in 322 |
| Utah | #225 | 10 | 1 in 1,901 |
| Oregon | #247 | 9 | 1 in 2,152 |
| Washington | #247 | 13 | 1 in 2,280 |
| Maryland | #303 | 7 | 1 in 3,237 |
| Kentucky | #325 | 7 | 1 in 4,022 |
| Virginia | #354 | 9 | 1 in 3,697 |
| Wisconsin | #359 | 6 | 1 in 5,755 |
| Indiana | #364 | 9 | 1 in 4,562 |
| Massachusetts | #369 | 5 | 1 in 6,783 |
| California | #386 | 48 | 1 in 3,744 |
| Oklahoma | #390 | 5 | 1 in 4,269 |
| New Jersey | #408 | 9 | 1 in 4,716 |
| Tennessee | #433 | 6 | 1 in 5,476 |
| New York | #443 | 22 | 1 in 5,046 |
| Missouri | #470 | 5 | 1 in 7,347 |
| Alabama | #474 | 5 | 1 in 5,398 |
| Pennsylvania | #478 | 9 | 1 in 8,452 |
| Louisiana | #488 | 8 | 1 in 4,362 |
| Michigan | #489 | 9 | 1 in 7,448 |
| Ohio | #500 | 9 | 1 in 8,932 |
| Georgia | #545 | 6 | 1 in 6,548 |
| Florida | #571 | 8 | 1 in 6,843 |
| Texas | #624 | 16 | 1 in 7,707 |
| Illinois | #800 | 6 | 1 in 13,958 |
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| Vermont | — | — | — |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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.
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Momentum · boys
Falling
- 48 spots since 2024 (#255 → #303)
- 161 spots since 2020 (#142 → #303)
- 233 spots since 2015 (#70 → #303)
- Biggest jump: 386 spots in 1958 (#1,278 → #892)
- Biggest drop: 354 spots in 1957 (#924 → #1,278)
Rise & fade · boys
95 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1913
- Peaked 2008 at #30 (11,752 births)
- Births halved by 2015, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 18 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 18 yrs · run 2000–2017
- Top 1,000: 70 yrs · run 1960–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 174
- Highest: 1 in 174 boys born in 2008 were named Gavin (0.58%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,518 boys born in 2025 (0.07%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 46.7% of all boys named Gavin (88,447) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 49 | #1,973 (1919) | #2,450 |
| 1920s | 124 | #2,074 (1926) | #2,427 |
| 1930s | 113 | #1,828 (1937) | #2,330 |
| 1940s | 177 | #1,394 (1947) | #1,848 |
| 1950s | 504 | #829 (1954) | #1,097 |
| 1960s | 1,571 | #523 (1969) | #621 |
| 1970s | 2,665 | #403 (1978) | #496 |
| 1980s | 5,382 | #291 (1983) | #358 |
| 1990s | 17,280 | #101 (1999) | #220 |
| 2000s | 88,447 | #30 (2008) | #51 |
| 2010s | 62,331 | #37 (2011) | #71 |
| 2020s | 10,627 | #142 (2020) | #219 |
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.
Gavin in 1979
boys
#459
317 births · 1 in 5,431 boys
Top boys' names in 1979
More about 1979
boys
1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 5,431 of them was named Gavin, which outranked 93.5% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).