Gavin Boy
How popular is Gavin?
#303 boy name in 2025
1,125 baby boys were named Gavin in the US in 2025, making it the 303rd most popular boy name.
Gavin popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #303 for boys (▼ 48 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,125 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-81% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #70 in 2015, #142 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2007 (11,863 boys) |
| Highest rank | #30 in 2008 |
| First recorded | 1913 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.8% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Gavin counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Gavin family of names ranked #289 for boys in 2025 (#258 the year before), with 1,161 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Gavin is most popular
Babies named Gavin per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Hampshire: 2.8 per 1,000 (63 boys)
- Maine: 2.7 per 1,000 (53 boys)
- Rhode Island: 2.3 per 1,000 (38 boys)
- North Dakota: 2.1 per 1,000 (36 boys)
- Pennsylvania: 1.9 per 1,000 (517 boys)
Gavin by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 49 | #1,972 |
| 1920s | 124 | #2,074 |
| 1930s | 113 | #1,828 |
| 1940s | 177 | #1,393 |
| 1950s | 504 | #828 |
| 1960s | 1,571 | #523 |
| 1970s | 2,665 | #403 |
| 1980s | 5,382 | #291 |
| 1990s | 17,280 | #101 |
| 2000s | 88,447 | #30 |
| 2010s | 62,331 | #37 |
| 2020s | 10,627 | #142 |
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Questions
- Is Gavin a boy or girl name?
- Gavin is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Gavin were boys.
- How popular is the name Gavin?
- 1,125 baby boys were named Gavin in the US in 2025, making it the 303rd most popular boy name.
- When was Gavin most popular?
- Gavin peaked in 2007, when 11,863 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #30 in 2008.
- How many people are named Gavin?
- 189,665 babies have been named Gavin in the US since 1880. We estimate about 186,114 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 18.
- Where is Gavin most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Gavin was most common in New Hampshire, at 2.8 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.