Boys' name · since 1948
Gawain
Gawain has 90 recorded births since 1948 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1974 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,073 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,222 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 90
- born since 1948
- 1970s
- peak decade
Gawain currently ranks #12222 among boys' names in America, with 90 babies recorded since 1948.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gawain has been recorded 90 times among boys since 1948, currently ranked #12222 nationally and more common than 12% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1948 to 2025.
- #18,073 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,222 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 90 born since 1948
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gawain ranks #18,073 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,222 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 90 born since 1948, peaking in the 1970s.
- #18,073 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,222 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 90
- born since 1948
- 1970s
- peak decade
Gawain's 90 recorded births place it above 60.14% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Gawain compares
90 24th 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
Gawain's all-time total is 76% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Gawain | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 90 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 34 | 22,252 |
Gawain's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Gawain splits its recorded history at 2000: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1948 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1974 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Gawain popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1948–2025
- Peak year (1974)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 78 years of records
Gawain by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (26 births, 29% of the file).
1970s was Gawain's strongest decade.
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Gawain births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1960s
1960s
11 births
- 1970s
1970s
26 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
22 births
- 2010s 10
2010s
10 births
- 2020s
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 26 births (29% of all-time use).
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What to do with Gawain's data
- Gawain's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (26 total births) through the 2020s (11) -- 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 Gawain: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1974)
Similar record span (~77 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, 1948–2025 (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 Gawain 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.