Galvin
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- GAL-vin
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Galvin is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “bright white”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Galvin mean?
Irish: from the Irish surname Ó Gealbháin
“bright white”
Is Galvin a girl's or a boy's name?
Galvin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Galvin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Galvin, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,037th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 25 boys. It first appears in the records in 1917.
2025 had fewer boys named Galvin than any year since 2003.
Half of all the boys named Galvin in the US since 1880 were born between 1967 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Galvin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 18 | #5,037 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 21 | #4,623 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 20 | #4,698 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 18 | #5,030 |
| 2011 | 19 | #4,820 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 25 | #4,041 |
| 2007 | 18 | #4,994 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,068 |
| 2005 | 18 | #4,626 |
| 2004 | 16 | #5,002 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,124 |
| 2001 | 17 | #4,470 |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,034 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,153 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,663 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 16 | #3,740 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,401 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,157 |
| 1987 | 12 | #3,726 |
| 1986 | 15 | #3,128 |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,047 |
| 1984 | 9 | #4,212 |
| 1983 | 19 | #2,492 |
| 1982 | 13 | #3,281 |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,856 |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,837 |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 11 | #3,244 |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 9 | #3,443 |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 11 | #2,971 |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,069 |
| 1969 | 15 | #2,216 |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 8 | #2,984 |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 7 | #3,281 |
| 1963 | 8 | #3,043 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,663 |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,289 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 7 | #3,255 |
| 1956 | 10 | #2,626 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 11 | #2,448 |
| 1953 | 7 | #3,142 |
| 1952 | 13 | #2,152 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
| 1949 | 10 | #2,452 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 7 | #3,095 |
| 1946 | 11 | #2,270 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 6 | #3,211 |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,504 |
| 1940 | 5 | #3,458 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,275 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,360 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #3,999 |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,245 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,149 |
| 1927 | 10 | #2,702 |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,706 |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1924 | 6 | #3,865 |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,465 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,207 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,422 |
Names like Galvin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Griffin, Gavin, Austin, Benjamin, Justin, Grayson, Christian, Nathan, Ryan, Jackson, Jordan, Mason
More Irish names
Oscar, Rowan, Rory, Maeve, Finn, Aiden, Nolan, Quinn, Orla, Cody, Erin, Ronan, Connor, Declan, Casey, Kennedy
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Galvin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/galvin, updated 20 October 2026.