Galen
Last seen for girls in 2005 at #14,502 · #4,396 for boys in 2025, 23 births
Given to boys 96.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1949 · 433 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 16,500since 1889
Galen over time
Rank among boys' names. Galen has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #4,396 | 23 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,750 | 47 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,177 | 38 | |
| 2022 | — | #2,616 | 51 | |
| 2021 | — | #2,775 | 45 | |
| 2020 | — | #2,728 | 45 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,626 | 49 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,325 | 57 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,345 | 55 | |
| 2016 | — | #3,441 | 32 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,600 | 47 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,175 | 62 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,461 | 50 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,326 | 55 | |
| 2011 | — | #3,434 | 31 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,212 | 59 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,486 | 51 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,291 | 57 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,643 | 46 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,010 | 66 | |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | #1,674 | 80 |
| 2004 | — | #1,555 | 85 | |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | #1,420 | 93 |
| 2002 | #9,482 | 10 | #1,303 | 103 |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 | #1,357 | 94 |
| 2000 | — | #1,175 | 116 | |
| 1999 | #8,223 | 11 | #1,095 | 122 |
| 1998 | #5,363 | 19 | #1,017 | 133 |
| 1997 | #5,626 | 17 | #1,110 | 114 |
| 1996 | #5,771 | 16 | #914 | 143 |
| 1995 | #5,677 | 16 | #887 | 152 |
| 1994 | #5,984 | 15 | #881 | 151 |
| 1993 | #4,100 | 25 | #858 | 152 |
| 1992 | #4,236 | 24 | #867 | 148 |
| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 | #827 | 156 |
| 1990 | #4,868 | 19 | #766 | 176 |
| 1989 | #6,531 | 12 | #782 | 161 |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 | #778 | 147 |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 | #712 | 164 |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 | #661 | 184 |
| 1985 | #5,678 | 12 | #698 | 159 |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 | #710 | 151 |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 | #721 | 143 |
| 1982 | #6,371 | 10 | #782 | 126 |
| 1981 | #5,885 | 11 | #706 | 150 |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 | #694 | 157 |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #693 | 152 |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 | #673 | 154 |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 | #737 | 135 |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #711 | 138 |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 | #596 | 183 |
| 1974 | #4,459 | 13 | #698 | 138 |
| 1973 | — | #642 | 154 | |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | #585 | 185 |
| 1971 | — | #600 | 191 | |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 | #556 | 212 |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | #575 | 187 |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 | #561 | 182 |
| 1967 | #4,625 | 9 | #570 | 174 |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 | #575 | 173 |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 | #594 | 164 |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 | #533 | 215 |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 | #557 | 201 |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | #545 | 213 |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | #525 | 228 |
| 1960 | — | #533 | 220 | |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 | #500 | 246 |
| 1958 | — | #496 | 245 | |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | #481 | 262 |
| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 | #449 | 284 |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #428 | 293 |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 | #409 | 307 |
| 1953 | #2,921 | 14 | #408 | 293 |
| 1952 | #2,921 | 14 | #395 | 304 |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 | #351 | 378 |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 | #374 | 326 |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 | #329 | 433 |
| 1948 | #3,137 | 11 | #367 | 342 |
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 | #397 | 299 |
| 1946 | #3,994 | 7 | #435 | 210 |
| 1945 | #3,676 | 7 | #424 | 198 |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | #411 | 214 |
| 1943 | #2,352 | 15 | #441 | 204 |
| 1942 | — | #430 | 204 | |
| 1941 | — | #450 | 171 | |
| 1940 | — | #443 | 170 | |
| 1939 | — | #438 | 169 | |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | #460 | 157 |
| 1937 | — | #485 | 138 | |
| 1936 | — | #477 | 139 | |
| 1935 | — | #479 | 140 | |
| 1934 | — | #492 | 136 | |
| 1933 | — | #495 | 128 | |
| 1932 | — | #528 | 122 | |
| 1931 | — | #532 | 119 | |
| 1930 | — | #591 | 104 | |
| 1929 | — | #527 | 122 | |
| 1928 | — | #608 | 101 | |
| 1927 | — | #553 | 124 | |
| 1926 | — | #619 | 103 | |
| 1925 | — | #600 | 110 | |
| 1924 | — | #642 | 99 | |
| 1923 | — | #589 | 114 | |
| 1922 | — | #686 | 90 | |
| 1921 | — | #665 | 95 | |
| 1920 | — | #721 | 81 | |
| 1919 | — | #704 | 79 | |
| 1918 | — | #761 | 72 | |
| 1917 | — | #749 | 69 | |
| 1916 | — | #685 | 75 | |
| 1915 | — | #759 | 62 | |
| 1914 | — | #645 | 61 | |
| 1913 | — | #720 | 41 | |
| 1912 | — | #681 | 39 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,190 | 9 | |
| 1910 | — | #928 | 12 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,155 | 7 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,021 | 8 | |
| 1907 | — | #930 | 9 | |
| 1906 | — | #798 | 10 | |
| 1905 | — | #1,091 | 6 | |
| 1904 | — | #1,205 | 5 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #1,050 | 7 | |
| 1899 | — | #1,051 | 5 | |
| 1898 | — | #1,002 | 6 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #1,101 | 5 | |
| 1895 | — | #795 | 8 | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #878 | 6 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Galen! It came in at #878, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1890–1894, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Galen
- 1,646 spots since 2024 (#2,750 → #4,396)
- 1,668 spots since 2020 (#2,728 → #4,396)
- 1,796 spots since 2015 (#2,600 → #4,396)
- Biggest jump: 509 spots in 1912 (#1,190 → #681)
- Biggest drop: 306 spots in 1896 (#795 → #1,101)
- Debuted 1889
- Peaked 1949 at #329 (433 births)
- Births halved by 1962, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 90 yrs · run 1912–1996
- Highest: 1 in 4,097 boys born in 1949 were named Galen (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 74,264 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 17.8% of all boys named Galen (2,938) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | #878 (1889) | #878 |
| 1890s | 24 | #795 (1895) | #987 |
| 1900s | 52 | #798 (1906) | #1,036 |
| 1910s | 519 | #645 (1914) | #782 |
| 1920s | 1,039 | #527 (1929) | #621 |
| 1930s | 1,352 | #438 (1939) | #498 |
| 1940s | 2,445 | #329 (1949) | #413 |
| 1950s | 2,938 | #351 (1951) | #429 |
| 1960s | 1,957 | #525 (1961) | #557 |
| 1970s | 1,642 | #556 (1970) | #649 |
| 1980s | 1,542 | #661 (1986) | #724 |
| 1990s | 1,447 | #766 (1990) | #922 |
| 2000s | 791 | #1,175 (2000) | #1,791 |
| 2010s | 497 | #2,175 (2014) | #2,595 |
| 2020s | 249 | #2,616 (2022) | #3,074 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Galen in 1945
Top girls' names in 1945
Top boys' names in 1945
More about 1945
girls
1,307,090 girls got a published name in 1945; 1 in 186,727 of them was named Galen, which outranked 29.9% of the 5,242 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,388Wilmer8
- #3,388Wyona8
- #3,388Yvonna8
- #3,676Galen7
- #3,676Adair7
- #3,676Adriene7
- #3,676Aldene7
- #4,025Acquanetta6
- #4,025Adelfina6
- #4,025Afton6
Tied with 348 names at #3,676; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 395Bernardine#937 → #1,332
- ↓ 386Joella#988 → #1,374
- ↓ 342Venita#937 → #1,279
- ↓ 275Magdalene#867 → #1,142
- ↓ 249Alpha#964 → #1,213
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,345,855 boys got a published name in 1945; 1 in 6,797 of them was named Galen, which outranked 88.8% of the 3,783 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).