Girls' name · since 1922
Gavina
Since 1922, U.S. Social Security records show 80 babies named Gavina, peaking in 1925. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #29,601 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 80
- born since 1922
- 1920s
- peak decade
Gavina is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 80 have been recorded since 1922.
Gavina has 80 recorded births among girls since 1922, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1922 to 1976.
- #29,601 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 80 born since 1922
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gavina ranks #29,601 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 80 born since 1922, peaking in the 1920s.
- #29,601 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 80
- born since 1922
- 1920s
- peak decade
Gavina's 80 recorded births place it above 58.94% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Gavina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Gavina's full recorded timeline at 1927, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1923, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1925 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Gavina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1922–1976
- Peak year (1925)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 55 years of records
Gavina by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (62 births, 78% of the file).
1920s was Gavina's strongest decade.
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 78% of all-time use.
Gavina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
62 births
- 1930s 11
1930s
11 births
- 1970s 7
1970s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 62 births (78% of all-time use).
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- Gavina's decade-level peak was the 1920s (62 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Gavina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1925)
Similar record span (~54 yrs)
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, 1922–1976 (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 Gavina 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.