Garvin

Last seen for boys in 2024 at #10,938

Peak · boys
#794
1902 · 9 births
Debut · boys
1894
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,424
since 1894

Garvin over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Garvin has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201951peak #794, 1902boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025—
2024#10,9386
2023—
2022#12,3305
2021—
2020—
2019#7,64310
2018#10,7606
2017#8,8408
2016#12,1855
2015#6,32413
2014#6,63212
2013#5,92314
2012#5,25617
2011#5,94514
2010#6,35913
2009#10,9946
2008#6,07014
2007#5,66115
2006#4,67519
2005#7,6409
2004#6,97610
2003#4,11420
2002#4,70316
2001#4,67616
2000#4,78515
1999#3,98618
1998#5,15912
1997#4,05916
1996#6,4968
1995#4,50813
1994#4,53713
1993#3,50118
1992#3,22020
1991#4,23113
1990#3,16619
1989#3,61815
1988#3,07917
1987#4,23910
1986#2,89117
1985#4,05210
1984#3,27013
1983#2,67617
1982#3,10814
1981#2,33821
1980#2,83116
1979#5,3556
1978#2,92914
1977#2,36119
1976#3,47110
1975#3,24611
1974#2,35817
1973#2,71613
1972#2,53414
1971#2,05220
1970#1,98920
1969#1,46330
1968#1,57425
1967#1,75820
1966#1,75719
1965#2,17814
1964#1,79320
1963#1,69522
1962#1,31135
1961#1,57026
1960#1,48629
1959#1,52227
1958#1,89618
1957#1,58325
1956#1,29835
1955#1,84518
1954#1,46627
1953#1,42728
1952#1,26834
1951#1,33231
1950#1,61521
1949#1,61621
1948#1,17337
1947#1,27133
1946#1,29929
1945#1,24928
1944#1,32825
1943#1,46123
1942#1,21433
1941#1,25428
1940#1,09036
1939#1,32325
1938#1,24728
1937#1,18031
1936#1,14233
1935#1,49421
1934#1,15033
1933#1,40523
1932#1,15734
1931#1,64319
1930#1,17336
1929#1,33928
1928#1,32330
1927#1,29332
1926#1,29631
1925#1,16437
1924#1,28732
1923#1,17737
1922#1,15838
1921#97352
1920#1,00447
1919#1,03443
1918#1,17235
1917#1,22231
1916#1,33526
1915#1,12433
1914#1,12726
1913#1,17319
1912#1,61910
1911#1,2908
1910#1,04510
1909#1,2776
1908#1,3735
1907#1,0947
1906—
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1904—
1903—
1902#7949
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1900—
1899—
1898—
1897—
1896—
1895—
1894#1,0745
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First appearance
1894

The first year at least five boys were named Garvin! It came in at #1,074, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1894–1901, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Garvin
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 31 spots in 1921 (#1,004 → #973)
  • Biggest drop: 185 spots in 1922 (#973 → #1,158)
Rise & fade · boys
8 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1894
  • Peaked 1902 at #794 (9 births)
  • Births halved by 1903, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1902–1921
Share of babies · boys
1 in 13,629
  • Highest: 1 in 13,629 boys born in 1902 were named Garvin (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 287,148 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 15.0% of all boys named Garvin (364) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s5#1,074 (1894)#1,074
1900s27#794 (1902)#1,135
1910s241#1,034 (1919)#1,214
1920s364#973 (1921)#1,201
1930s283#1,142 (1936)#1,291
1940s293#1,090 (1940)#1,296
1950s264#1,268 (1952)#1,525
1960s240#1,311 (1962)#1,659
1970s144#1,989 (1970)#2,901
1980s150#2,338 (1981)#3,210
1990s150#3,166 (1990)#4,286
2000s140#4,114 (2003)#6,029
2010s112#5,256 (2012)#7,587
2020s11#10,938 (2024)#11,634

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.

Garvin in 1951

boys
#1,332
31 births · 1 in 60,737 boys

Top boys' names in 1951

  1. #1James87,256
  2. #2Robert86,353
  3. #3John81,569
  4. #4Michael72,807
  5. #5David64,788
  6. #6William62,781
  7. #7Richard54,541
  8. #8Thomas48,275
  9. #9Charles39,406
  10. #10Gary38,160
  11. #1,332Garvin31
More about 1951

boys

1,882,837 boys got a published name in 1951; 1 in 60,737 of them was named Garvin, which outranked 68.7% of the 4,253 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Garvin
  1. #1,295Westley32
  2. #1,295Willy32
  3. #1,295Woodie32
  4. #1,332Garvin31
  5. #1,332Elizabeth31
  6. #1,332Estel31
  7. #1,332Garret31
  8. #1,344Albin30
  9. #1,344Anselmo30
  10. #1,344Antoine30

Tied with 11 names at #1,332; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1950
Risers
  1. ↑ 428Kimberly#1,139 → #711
  2. ↑ 372Cole#1,364 → #992
  3. ↑ 357Wayland#1,272 → #915
  4. ↑ 354Ricki#1,139 → #785
  5. ↑ 346Lou#1,289 → #943
Fallers
  1. ↓ 944Jory#960 → #1,904
  2. ↓ 502Samual#960 → #1,462
  3. ↓ 426Carlyle#918 → #1,344
  4. ↓ 319Shaun#899 → #1,218
  5. ↓ 318Tex#977 → #1,295

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1951 →