Gavin — #255 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Gavin

The Social Security Administration has registered 188,131 babies named Gavin between 1913 and 2024, spanning 112 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gavin currently holds the #255 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 11,863 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gavin performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 88,445 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Gavin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 17,715 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Gavin in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gavin 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 188,131 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.