Garvey
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- GAR-vee
- Origin
- Irish
Garvey is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “rough”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Garvey mean?
Irish: Irish surname Ó Gairbhith, from garbh 'rough'
“rough”
An Irish surname linked to garbh, meaning rough; Marcus Garvey, the Jamaican-born Pan-Africanist leader, bore it.
Is Garvey a girl's or a boy's name?
Garvey is a boys' name.
How popular is Garvey in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2017, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 1916.
Half of all the boys named Garvey in the US since 1880 were born between 1937 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Garvey in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 8 | #3,022 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,706 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,153 |
| 1924 | 11 | #2,641 |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,465 |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,530 |
| 1921 | 10 | #2,803 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 12 | #2,397 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,176 |
Names like Garvey
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Garvey: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/garvey, updated 20 October 2026.