Gavyn
Last seen for girls in 2019 at #15,539 · #4,139 for boys in 2025, 25 births
Given to boys 97.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2008 · 390 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,219since 1986
Gavyn over time
Rank among boys' names. Gavyn has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #4,139 | 25 | |
| 2024 | — | #4,701 | 21 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,228 | 37 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,003 | 41 | |
| 2021 | — | #2,732 | 46 | |
| 2020 | — | #2,347 | 57 | |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | #2,213 | 63 |
| 2018 | — | #1,707 | 92 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,525 | 108 | |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 | #1,356 | 131 |
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 | #1,119 | 171 |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | #947 | 223 |
| 2013 | — | #897 | 232 | |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 | #813 | 273 |
| 2011 | — | #768 | 292 | |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 | #718 | 321 |
| 2009 | #7,679 | 16 | #700 | 344 |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #631 | 390 |
| 2007 | #10,818 | 10 | #644 | 377 |
| 2006 | #7,868 | 15 | #710 | 308 |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 | #707 | 289 |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 | #749 | 248 |
| 2003 | — | #715 | 260 | |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 | #862 | 192 |
| 2001 | — | #955 | 161 | |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 | #1,040 | 139 |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 | #1,194 | 107 |
| 1998 | — | #1,271 | 95 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,571 | 65 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,590 | 29 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,020 | 23 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,911 | 16 | |
| 1993 | — | #3,368 | 19 | |
| 1992 | — | #5,660 | 9 | |
| 1991 | — | #8,236 | 5 | |
| 1990 | — | #8,117 | 5 | |
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| 1986 | — | #6,721 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Gavyn! It came in at #6,721, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1986–1991, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Gavyn is popular in 2008
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New Hampshire#215 · 1 in 1,056
- West Virginia#237 · 1 in 1,238
- Louisiana#271 · 1 in 1,324
- Wisconsin#375 · 1 in 2,258
- Nebraska#388 · 1 in 2,067
Best ever in a state: #158 in North Dakota, 2006.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire | #215 | 5 | 1 in 1,056 |
| West Virginia | #237 | 7 | 1 in 1,238 |
| Louisiana | #271 | 19 | 1 in 1,324 |
| Wisconsin | #375 | 13 | 1 in 2,258 |
| Nebraska | #388 | 5 | 1 in 2,067 |
| Michigan | #397 | 20 | 1 in 2,570 |
| Missouri | #424 | 13 | 1 in 2,655 |
| Indiana | #455 | 13 | 1 in 2,945 |
| Minnesota | #490 | 9 | 1 in 3,315 |
| Ohio | #503 | 17 | 1 in 3,790 |
| Iowa | #506 | 5 | 1 in 3,295 |
| Texas | #580 | 42 | 1 in 4,505 |
| Oklahoma | #605 | 6 | 1 in 3,572 |
| Maryland | #606 | 7 | 1 in 4,272 |
| Oregon | #606 | 5 | 1 in 4,027 |
| Washington | #606 | 9 | 1 in 4,138 |
| Colorado | #609 | 7 | 1 in 4,239 |
| Utah | #620 | 6 | 1 in 3,952 |
| Arizona | #621 | 9 | 1 in 4,823 |
| Florida | #632 | 22 | 1 in 4,569 |
| Tennessee | #633 | 8 | 1 in 4,715 |
| Virginia | #641 | 9 | 1 in 4,775 |
| Pennsylvania | #659 | 11 | 1 in 5,806 |
| New Jersey | #696 | 8 | 1 in 5,698 |
| Georgia | #706 | 12 | 1 in 5,099 |
| California | #791 | 30 | 1 in 8,472 |
| North Carolina | #885 | 7 | 1 in 7,959 |
| Illinois | #922 | 9 | 1 in 8,306 |
| New York | #1,033 | 11 | 1 in 9,920 |
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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 Gavyn
- 562 spots since 2024 (#4,701 → #4,139)
- 1,792 spots since 2020 (#2,347 → #4,139)
- 3,020 spots since 2015 (#1,119 → #4,139)
- Biggest jump: 147 spots in 2003 (#862 → #715)
- Biggest drop: 172 spots in 2015 (#947 → #1,119)
- Debuted 1986
- Peaked 2008 at #631 (390 births)
- Births halved by 2015, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 14 yrs · run 2001–2014
- Highest: 1 in 5,231 boys born in 2008 were named Gavyn (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 68,323 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 51.9% of all boys named Gavyn (2,708) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 5 | #6,721 (1986) | #6,721 |
| 1990s | 373 | #1,194 (1999) | #3,894 |
| 2000s | 2,708 | #631 (2008) | #771 |
| 2010s | 1,906 | #718 (2010) | #1,206 |
| 2020s | 227 | #2,347 (2020) | #3,358 |
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.
Gavyn in 2008
Top girls' names in 2008
Top boys' names in 2008
More about 2008
girls
1,890,938 girls got a published name in 2008; 1 in 378,188 of them was named Gavyn, which outranked 14.5% of the 20,482 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
2,040,150 boys got a published name in 2008; 1 in 5,231 of them was named Gavyn, which outranked 95.7% of the 14,625 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.