Unisex name · since 2018
Gavi
Gavi has 62 recorded births since 2018 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2023 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #20,641 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,153 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 62
- born since 2018
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Gavi is the #7153 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 62 recorded since 2018.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gavi has been recorded 62 times among boys since 2018, currently ranked #7153 nationally and more common than 49% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2018 to 2025.
- #20,641 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,153 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 62 born since 2018
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gavi ranks #20,641 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,153 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 62 born since 2018, peaking in the 2020s.
- #20,641 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,153 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 62
- born since 2018
- 2020s
- peak decade
Gavi's 62 recorded births place it above 54.44% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Gavi compares
62 19th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Gavi's all-time total is 83% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Gavi | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 62 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 34 | 22,252 |
Gavi's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Gavi's full recorded timeline at 2023, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2018, with just 8 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 18 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Gavi popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Gavi popularity over time - girls
22 total births recorded since 1994 (Gavi as girls' name)
Gavi by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (54 births, 87% of the file).
2020s was Gavi's strongest decade.
54 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 87% of all-time use.
Gavi births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 8
2010s
8 births
- 2020s
2020s
54 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 54 births (87% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Gavi: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2018–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Gavi draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.