Galen — #2744 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Galen

The Social Security Administration has registered 16,476 babies named Galen between 1889 and 2024, spanning 136 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Galen currently holds the #2744 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1949, when 433 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Galen performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 2,938 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Galen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 1,427 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Kansas. In total, SSA state-level files list Galen in 41 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Galen in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 16,476 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.