Boys' name · since 1998
Gavinn
Gavinn has 129 recorded births since 1998 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2005 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,745 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 129
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
129 boys have been named Gavinn since 1998, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Gavinn has 129 recorded births among boys since 1998, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2015.
- #15,745 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 129 born since 1998
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gavinn ranks #15,745 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 129 born since 1998, peaking in the 2000s.
- #15,745 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 129
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Gavinn's 129 recorded births place it above 65.29% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Gavinn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Gavinn's SSA record in two at 2007 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1998, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2005 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Gavinn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2015
- Peak year (2005)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Gavinn by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (81 births, 63% of the file).
2000s was Gavinn's strongest decade.
81 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Gavinn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
81 births
- 2010s
2010s
43 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 81 births (63% of all-time use).
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- Gavinn's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (81 total births) through the 2010s (43) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Gavinn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~17 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, 1998–2015 (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 Gavinn 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.