Meaning not yet researched.
Gavin: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,125 in 2025. Its best rank was #30 in 2008.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #30 in 2008; #303 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Gavin in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#303 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2008, at #30.
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Gavin: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,125 boys in 2025. Peak: #30 in 2008 · most boys in one year: 11,863 (2007).
In 2025, 1,125 US boys were named Gavin, making it the 303rd most common boys’ name of the year, down 48 places from #255 in 2024. That is 259 fewer than the 1,384 boys named Gavin in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #30, reached in 2008. The most boys given the name in a single year was 11,863, in 2007. For comparison, it was #70 in 2015 and #1,408 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Gavin in 111 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1913 with 5 babies. In all, 189,665 US babies have been given the name, 0.2% of them girls and 99.7% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 88,670 babies named Gavin.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 26,218 US boys were named Gavin; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 4,944. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,518 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Gavin ranked highest in Vermont in 2025, at #88 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 1 state (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Gavyn (5,339 babies since 1880), Gaven (3,839 babies since 1880) and Gavan (987 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Gavon, Gavynn and Gavinn are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Gavon (429), Gavynn (223), Gavinn (129), Gavvin (6), Gavien (5), Gavian (5), Gavyne (5), Gawaine (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Gavin in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 6 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont | 6 | #88 | #68 |
| New Hampshire | 12 | #123 | #30 |
| Rhode Island | 7 | #167 | #33 |
| Massachusetts | 38 | #180 | #49 |
| Delaware | 6 | #181 | #61 |
| Connecticut | 19 | #182 | #60 |
| Pennsylvania | 71 | #182 | #49 |
| Maine | 7 | #185 | #83 |
| New Jersey | 46 | #206 | #63 |
| West Virginia | 9 | #209 | #68 |
| Ohio | 61 | #213 | #45 |
| Wisconsin | 28 | #218 | #50 |
| Iowa | 17 | #234 | #38 |
| Minnesota | 26 | #238 | #44 |
| Illinois | 46 | #249 | #67 |
| Kansas | 15 | #251 | #65 |
| Montana | 5 | #252 | #69 |
| Maryland | 22 | #253 | #66 |
| Nebraska | 10 | #254 | #56 |
| Colorado | 26 | #255 | #61 |
| Indiana | 32 | #258 | #51 |
| South Dakota | 5 | #273 | #48 |
| Michigan | 36 | #279 | #53 |
| Washington | 26 | #292 | #73 |
| New York | 64 | #293 | #72 |
| North Carolina | 42 | #297 | #70 |
| Kentucky | 17 | #309 | #65 |
| Tennessee | 28 | #314 | #83 |
| Virginia | 26 | #319 | #69 |
| Nevada | 9 | #334 | #76 |
| South Carolina | 16 | #334 | #70 |
| Oregon | 12 | #337 | #113 |
| Mississippi | 9 | #347 | #118 |
| Arizona | 22 | #348 | #83 |
| Idaho | 7 | #349 | #69 |
| Oklahoma | 13 | #362 | #57 |
| Alabama | 14 | #382 | #100 |
| Utah | 12 | #391 | #72 |
| Florida | 49 | #397 | #82 |
| Missouri | 16 | #401 | #69 |
| Arkansas | 8 | #408 | #80 |
| Georgia | 24 | #455 | #85 |
| California | 70 | #456 | #91 |
| Texas | 70 | #478 | #103 |
| Louisiana | 9 | #504 | #96 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 1,125 | #303 |
| 2024 | — | — | 1,384 | #255 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,607 | 1,515 | #232 |
| 2022 | 5 | #16,144 | 1,798 | #206 |
| 2021 | — | — | 2,216 | #174 |
| 2020 | — | — | 2,589 | #142 |
| 2019 | 5 | #16,366 | 3,013 | #128 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,929 | 3,475 | #111 |
| 2017 | — | — | 4,159 | #96 |
| 2016 | 5 | #17,135 | 4,944 | #80 |
| 2015 | 5 | #17,367 | 5,794 | #70 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,414 | 6,622 | #61 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,513 | 7,422 | #50 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,964 | 8,260 | #40 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,224 | 9,016 | #37 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,425 | 9,626 | #38 |
| 2009 | 13 | #9,067 | 10,742 | #33 |
| 2008 | 33 | #4,576 | 11,752 | #30 |
| 2007 | 26 | #5,427 | 11,863 | #32 |
| 2006 | 21 | #6,208 | 10,479 | #38 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,936 | 9,340 | #47 |
| 2004 | 55 | #2,897 | 8,610 | #52 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,889 | 8,764 | #51 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,815 | 6,951 | #61 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,373 | 5,260 | #78 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,409 | 4,686 | #85 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,387 | 3,659 | #101 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,548 | 3,195 | #116 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,625 | 2,758 | #136 |
| 1996 | 5 | #14,250 | 1,633 | #192 |
| 1995 | — | — | 1,193 | #242 |
| 1994 | — | — | 1,121 | #257 |
| 1993 | 6 | #12,302 | 945 | #294 |
| 1992 | — | — | 1,067 | #266 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,887 | 849 | #302 |
| 1990 | — | — | 860 | #294 |
| 1989 | — | — | 629 | #360 |
| 1988 | 5 | #12,436 | 544 | #370 |
| 1987 | 7 | #9,098 | 630 | #327 |
| 1986 | — | — | 535 | #355 |
| 1985 | — | — | 522 | #352 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,949 | 513 | #355 |
| 1983 | — | — | 690 | #291 |
| 1982 | — | — | 477 | #368 |
| 1981 | — | — | 492 | #359 |
| 1980 | — | — | 350 | #444 |
| 1979 | — | — | 317 | #460 |
| 1978 | — | — | 366 | #403 |
| 1977 | 5 | #10,118 | 303 | #461 |
| 1976 | — | — | 317 | #439 |
| 1975 | — | — | 261 | #495 |
| 1974 | — | — | 270 | #485 |
| 1973 | — | — | 232 | #514 |
| 1972 | — | — | 174 | #604 |
| 1971 | — | — | 218 | #546 |
| 1970 | — | — | 207 | #564 |
| 1969 | — | — | 223 | #524 |
| 1968 | — | — | 189 | #550 |
| 1967 | — | — | 173 | #574 |
| 1966 | — | — | 147 | #615 |
| 1965 | — | — | 161 | #600 |
| 1964 | — | — | 152 | #631 |
| 1963 | — | — | 159 | #617 |
| 1962 | — | — | 154 | #626 |
| 1961 | — | — | 113 | #723 |
| 1960 | — | — | 100 | #766 |
| 1959 | — | — | 57 | #1,022 |
| 1958 | — | — | 71 | #899 |
| 1957 | — | — | 37 | #1,287 |
| 1956 | — | — | 65 | #928 |
| 1955 | — | — | 61 | #960 |
| 1954 | — | — | 76 | #830 |
| 1953 | — | — | 42 | #1,142 |
| 1952 | — | — | 38 | #1,201 |
| 1951 | — | — | 30 | #1,356 |
| 1950 | — | — | 27 | #1,408 |
| 1949 | — | — | 25 | #1,474 |
| 1948 | — | — | 24 | #1,504 |
| 1947 | — | — | 28 | #1,405 |
| 1946 | — | — | 22 | #1,530 |
| 1945 | — | — | 12 | #2,042 |
| 1944 | — | — | 13 | #2,027 |
| 1943 | — | — | 6 | #3,351 |
| 1942 | — | — | 17 | #1,762 |
| 1941 | — | — | 17 | #1,714 |
| 1940 | — | — | 13 | #2,021 |
| 1939 | — | — | 10 | #2,338 |
| 1938 | — | — | 10 | #2,382 |
| 1937 | — | — | 15 | #1,861 |
| 1936 | — | — | 9 | #2,513 |
| 1935 | — | — | 14 | #1,969 |
| 1934 | — | — | 5 | #3,879 |
| 1933 | — | — | 13 | #2,031 |
| 1932 | — | — | 15 | #1,948 |
| 1931 | — | — | 13 | #2,141 |
| 1930 | — | — | 9 | #2,857 |
| 1929 | — | — | 7 | #3,358 |
| 1928 | — | — | 13 | #2,314 |
| 1927 | — | — | 13 | #2,337 |
| 1926 | — | — | 15 | #2,118 |
| 1925 | — | — | 14 | #2,236 |
| 1924 | — | — | 11 | #2,718 |
| 1923 | — | — | 12 | #2,501 |
| 1922 | — | — | 12 | #2,544 |
| 1921 | — | — | 15 | #2,184 |
| 1920 | — | — | 12 | #2,510 |
| 1919 | — | — | 16 | #2,005 |
| 1917 | — | — | 9 | #2,819 |
| 1915 | — | — | 9 | #2,706 |
| 1914 | — | — | 10 | #2,161 |
| 1913 | — | — | 5 | #2,996 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).