Garvin
Garvin was last recorded in 2024, when 6 babies were given it; 2,424 Americans have been recorded with it between 1894 and 2024 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,200 Americans named Garvin and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (50% of everyone recorded); the median is 52 years old and half are between 29 and 69.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Garvin by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Garvin?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #11,375, in 2024; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
52 babies in 1921, the peak
Garvin peaked in 1921, when 52 boys were given it, #976 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #11,375 | 3.5 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,980 | 2.9 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,819 | 5.6 |
| 2018 | 6 | #11,227 | 3.3 |
| 2017 | 8 | #9,118 | 4.3 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,847 | 2.6 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,449 | 6.8 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,769 | 6.2 |
| 2013 | 14 | #6,016 | 7.4 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,320 | 9.0 |
Every recorded year (117)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 14 | #6,042 | 7.4 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,470 | 6.8 |
| 2009 | 6 | #11,455 | 3.0 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,175 | 6.9 |
| 2007 | 15 | #5,736 | 7.2 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,741 | 9.2 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,850 | 4.5 |
| 2004 | 10 | #7,155 | 5.0 |
| 2003 | 20 | #4,163 | 10.1 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,769 | 8.2 |
| 2001 | 16 | #4,744 | 8.2 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,864 | 7.6 |
| 1999 | 18 | #4,045 | 9.4 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,245 | 6.3 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,113 | 8.5 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,702 | 4.2 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,605 | 6.8 |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,612 | 6.7 |
| 1993 | 18 | #3,544 | 9.2 |
| 1992 | 20 | #3,253 | 10.0 |
| 1991 | 13 | #4,307 | 6.4 |
| 1990 | 19 | #3,211 | 9.3 |
| 1989 | 15 | #3,681 | 7.5 |
| 1988 | 17 | #3,118 | 8.9 |
| 1987 | 10 | #4,353 | 5.4 |
| 1986 | 17 | #2,925 | 9.2 |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,149 | 5.4 |
| 1984 | 13 | #3,341 | 7.2 |
| 1983 | 17 | #2,707 | 9.5 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,173 | 7.7 |
| 1981 | 21 | #2,369 | 11.7 |
| 1980 | 16 | #2,871 | 9.0 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,596 | 3.5 |
| 1978 | 14 | #2,972 | 8.5 |
| 1977 | 19 | #2,395 | 11.6 |
| 1976 | 10 | #3,568 | 6.4 |
| 1975 | 11 | #3,309 | 7.0 |
| 1974 | 17 | #2,390 | 10.8 |
| 1973 | 13 | #2,763 | 8.3 |
| 1972 | 14 | #2,580 | 8.6 |
| 1971 | 20 | #2,078 | 11.3 |
| 1970 | 20 | #2,018 | 10.8 |
| 1969 | 30 | #1,477 | 16.8 |
| 1968 | 25 | #1,594 | 14.4 |
| 1967 | 20 | #1,778 | 11.5 |
| 1966 | 19 | #1,777 | 10.7 |
| 1965 | 14 | #2,208 | 7.5 |
| 1964 | 20 | #1,817 | 10.0 |
| 1963 | 22 | #1,713 | 10.8 |
| 1962 | 35 | #1,320 | 16.9 |
| 1961 | 26 | #1,578 | 12.2 |
| 1960 | 29 | #1,495 | 13.6 |
| 1959 | 27 | #1,532 | 12.6 |
| 1958 | 18 | #1,918 | 8.5 |
| 1957 | 25 | #1,595 | 11.6 |
| 1956 | 35 | #1,306 | 16.5 |
| 1955 | 18 | #1,866 | 8.7 |
| 1954 | 27 | #1,475 | 13.2 |
| 1953 | 28 | #1,438 | 14.2 |
| 1952 | 34 | #1,276 | 17.5 |
| 1951 | 31 | #1,334 | 16.5 |
| 1950 | 21 | #1,627 | 11.7 |
| 1949 | 21 | #1,635 | 11.8 |
| 1948 | 37 | #1,177 | 21.1 |
| 1947 | 33 | #1,282 | 18.0 |
| 1946 | 29 | #1,309 | 17.9 |
| 1945 | 28 | #1,252 | 20.8 |
| 1944 | 25 | #1,346 | 18.3 |
| 1943 | 23 | #1,472 | 16.1 |
| 1942 | 33 | #1,220 | 23.9 |
| 1941 | 28 | #1,262 | 22.8 |
| 1940 | 36 | #1,097 | 31.1 |
| 1939 | 25 | #1,336 | 22.6 |
| 1938 | 28 | #1,256 | 25.2 |
| 1937 | 31 | #1,193 | 29.1 |
| 1936 | 33 | #1,150 | 31.8 |
| 1935 | 21 | #1,513 | 20.2 |
| 1934 | 33 | #1,155 | 32.0 |
| 1933 | 23 | #1,423 | 23.2 |
| 1932 | 34 | #1,162 | 32.6 |
| 1931 | 19 | #1,660 | 18.3 |
| 1930 | 36 | #1,179 | 32.8 |
| 1929 | 28 | #1,351 | 26.0 |
| 1928 | 30 | #1,335 | 27.1 |
| 1927 | 32 | #1,306 | 28.4 |
| 1926 | 31 | #1,308 | 27.9 |
| 1925 | 37 | #1,172 | 33.2 |
| 1924 | 32 | #1,303 | 28.3 |
| 1923 | 37 | #1,182 | 33.8 |
| 1922 | 38 | #1,168 | 34.9 |
| 1921 | 52 | #976 | 47.2 |
| 1920 | 47 | #1,006 | 44.2 |
| 1919 | 43 | #1,040 | 43.9 |
| 1918 | 35 | #1,183 | 34.5 |
| 1917 | 31 | #1,227 | 33.5 |
| 1916 | 26 | #1,353 | 29.2 |
| 1915 | 33 | #1,130 | 38.9 |
| 1914 | 26 | #1,140 | 39.7 |
| 1913 | 19 | #1,185 | 37.1 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,665 | 23.3 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,322 | 35.4 |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,070 | 51.5 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,348 | 36.6 |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,464 | 32.4 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,135 | 47.7 |
| 1902 | 9 | #815 | 73.4 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,146 | 43.2 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Garvin a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Garvin has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 117 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Garvin: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Garvin, and how old are they?
1,200 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 50% of the 2,424 Americans ever recorded as Garvin. The median Garvin alive today is 52 years old; half are between 29 and 69.
The 2020 Census counted 1,489 people named Garvin (15 women and girls, 1,474 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,339 born in the U.S. The Census count is 11% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 98 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 337 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 235 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 226 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 226 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 78 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Garvin
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Garvin and names like it
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- The top names of 1921The year the most babies were named Garvin.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Garvin alive today were born 1946-1964.
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