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.
Where Galen is popular in 1957
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Maine#145 · 1 in 1,066
- North Dakota#151 · 1 in 916
- Kansas#160 · 1 in 1,009
- Nebraska#200 · 1 in 1,737
- South Dakota#205 · 1 in 1,602
Best ever in a state: #84 in Kansas, 1951.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maine | #145 | 10 | 1 in 1,066 |
| North Dakota | #151 | 8 | 1 in 916 |
| Kansas | #160 | 24 | 1 in 1,009 |
| Nebraska | #200 | 9 | 1 in 1,737 |
| South Dakota | #205 | 5 | 1 in 1,602 |
| Iowa | #206 | 16 | 1 in 1,938 |
| Minnesota | #223 | 14 | 1 in 2,940 |
| Pennsylvania | #257 | 31 | 1 in 4,094 |
| West Virginia | #320 | 5 | 1 in 4,316 |
| Missouri | #342 | 10 | 1 in 4,866 |
| Wisconsin | #366 | 5 | 1 in 9,349 |
| Maryland | #374 | 5 | 1 in 6,556 |
| Ohio | #405 | 14 | 1 in 8,525 |
| Indiana | #423 | 6 | 1 in 9,344 |
| Virginia | #450 | 6 | 1 in 7,369 |
| Illinois | #508 | 10 | 1 in 11,615 |
| Texas | #542 | 17 | 1 in 7,346 |
| North Carolina | #545 | 5 | 1 in 10,846 |
| Michigan | #560 | 6 | 1 in 16,915 |
| California | #585 | 14 | 1 in 12,578 |
| New York | #681 | 8 | 1 in 22,644 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 1957
Top girls' names in 1957
Top boys' names in 1957
More about 1957
girls
2,044,851 girls got a published name in 1957; 1 in 340,809 of them was named Galen, which outranked 23.3% of the 7,015 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,918Zenia7
- #4,918Zonda7
- #4,918Zondra7
- #5,377Galen6
- #5,377Abbye6
- #5,377Adam6
- #5,377Adelfa6
- #6,086Adrean5
- #6,086Agustina5
- #6,086Aisha5
Tied with 708 names at #5,377; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,157,236 boys got a published name in 1957; 1 in 8,234 of them was named Galen, which outranked 89.4% of the 4,552 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.