Galloway — boys' name
10 babies named Galloway in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Galloway was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Galloway in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Galloway
The Social Security Administration has registered 10 babies named Galloway between 1989 and 2015, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Galloway currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Galloway performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 5 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Galloway shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Galloway 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 10 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.
Galloway at a glance
Last recorded 2015Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Galloway popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1989
- Peak year (1989)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2015.
10 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 5 births in a single year.
Galloway by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 5 births that decade — 50% of Galloway's all-time total
Galloway decade highlights
- Peak decade 5 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Galloway's strongest decade
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1989–2015 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.