NameTides

Gavin

Gavin was the #303 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,125 babies), and #934 in England & Wales and #233 in Canada.

Gavin as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Gavin as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSIrelandScotlandEngland & Wales
Gavin as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#303 (1,125)#934 (33)#495 (6)—#348 (11)#233 (146)—
2024#255 (1,384)#898 (35)——#350 (11)#171 (198)—
2023#232 (1,515)#1,108 (26)#533 (5)—#343 (11)#187 (175)—
2022#206 (1,798)#1,469 (17)——#306 (14)#149 (225)—
2021#174 (2,216)#1,329 (19)#720 (3)—#249 (19)#165 (220)—
2020#142 (2,589)#1,019 (27)—#270 (6)#324 (13)#139 (251)—
2019#128 (3,013)#1,655 (14)#464 (6)—#285 (16)#120 (299)—
2018#111 (3,475)#1,875 (12)—#319 (5)#291 (15)#122 (301)—
2017#96 (4,159)#1,289 (20)#733 (3)#318 (5)#214 (26)#109 (348)—
2016#80 (4,944)#1,081 (26)#442 (7)—#209 (27)#93 (398)—
2015#70 (5,794)#1,024 (28)#389 (8)—#190 (30)#78 (472)—
2014#61 (6,622)#935 (31)#439 (7)—#136 (47)#71 (490)—
2013#50 (7,422)#882 (33)#299 (13)#200 (11)#127 (49)#68 (505)—
2012#40 (8,260)#947 (31)#282 (13)—#153 (45)#55 (607)—
2011#37 (9,016)#845 (35)#275 (14)#261 (6)#143 (49)#56 (602)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2008 at #30.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1913.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,500 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 8,300uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 3,300uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,200uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Gavin is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,800 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,700 to 1 in 1,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Gavin by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #172MEWisconsin: #217WIVermont: #80VTNew Hampshire: #121NHWashington: #282WAIdaho: #332IDMontana: #227MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #237MNIllinois: #248ILMichigan: #276MINew York: #292NYMassachusetts: #178MAOregon: #326ORNevada: #323NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #257SDIowa: #232IAIndiana: #254INOhio: #212OHPennsylvania: #181PANew Jersey: #206NJConnecticut: #179CTRhode Island: #155RICalifornia: #453CAUtah: #378UTColorado: #251CONebraska: #244NEMissouri: #392MOKentucky: #305KYWest Virginia: #200WVVirginia: #316VAMaryland: #251MDDelaware: #168DEArizona: #343AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #246KSArkansas: #398ARTennessee: #311TNNorth Carolina: #295NCSouth Carolina: #327SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #351OKLouisiana: #487LAMississippi: #333MSAlabama: #375ALGeorgia: #452GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #477TXFlorida: #394FL
Gavin (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#14691
Quebec2025#6236

Gavin (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
GavinCanadaBoys#233146
GavinEngland & WalesBoys#93433
GavinIrelandBoys#34811
GavinNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
GavinNSWBoys—too few
GavinScotlandBoys#4956
GavinUSGirls—too few
GavinUSBoys#3031,125