Garvey — boys' name

What the Data Says About Garvey

The Social Security Administration has registered 319 babies named Garvey between 1916 and 2023, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Garvey currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Garvey performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 69 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Garvey shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Garvey in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Garvey 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 319 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.