Garvin
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- GAR-vin
- Origin
- Old English
Garvin is a boys' name of Old English origin, meaning “spear + friend”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Garvin mean?
Old English: surname from the name Garwine; also an Irish surname
“spear + friend”
As an English surname it comes from Old English Garwine; the Irish surname Garvin is from Ó Gairbhín.
Is Garvin a girl's or a boy's name?
Garvin is a boys' name.
How popular is Garvin in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1921, with 52 boys. It first appears in the records in 1894.
Half of all the boys named Garvin in the US since 1880 were born between 1928 and 1976, the years shaded on the chart below.
Garvin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,250 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 15 | #5,658 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,671 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 20 | #4,109 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,697 |
| 2001 | 16 | #4,670 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 18 | #3,981 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,153 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,054 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,502 |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,531 |
| 1993 | 18 | #3,495 |
| 1992 | 20 | #3,213 |
| 1991 | 13 | #4,223 |
| 1990 | 19 | #3,160 |
| 1989 | 15 | #3,612 |
| 1988 | 17 | #3,074 |
| 1987 | 10 | #4,233 |
| 1986 | 17 | #2,888 |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,047 |
| 1984 | 13 | #3,268 |
| 1983 | 17 | #2,675 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,107 |
| 1981 | 21 | #2,337 |
| 1980 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 14 | #2,928 |
| 1977 | 19 | #2,361 |
| 1976 | 10 | #3,469 |
| 1975 | 11 | #3,244 |
| 1974 | 17 | #2,356 |
| 1973 | 13 | #2,714 |
| 1972 | 14 | #2,533 |
| 1971 | 20 | #2,051 |
| 1970 | 20 | #1,988 |
| 1969 | 30 | #1,463 |
| 1968 | 25 | #1,573 |
| 1967 | 20 | #1,757 |
| 1966 | 19 | #1,756 |
| 1965 | 14 | #2,177 |
| 1964 | 20 | #1,792 |
| 1963 | 22 | #1,694 |
| 1962 | 35 | #1,310 |
| 1961 | 26 | #1,569 |
| 1960 | 29 | #1,485 |
| 1959 | 27 | #1,521 |
| 1958 | 18 | #1,895 |
| 1957 | 25 | #1,582 |
| 1956 | 35 | #1,297 |
| 1955 | 18 | #1,844 |
| 1954 | 27 | #1,465 |
| 1953 | 28 | #1,426 |
| 1952 | 34 | #1,267 |
| 1951 | 31 | #1,331 |
| 1950 | 21 | #1,614 |
| 1949 | 21 | #1,615 |
| 1948 | 37 | #1,172 |
| 1947 | 33 | #1,270 |
| 1946 | 29 | #1,298 |
| 1945 | 28 | #1,248 |
| 1944 | 25 | #1,327 |
| 1943 | 23 | #1,460 |
| 1942 | 33 | #1,214 |
| 1941 | 28 | #1,254 |
| 1940 | 36 | #1,090 |
| 1939 | 25 | #1,323 |
| 1938 | 28 | #1,247 |
| 1937 | 31 | #1,180 |
| 1936 | 33 | #1,142 |
| 1935 | 21 | #1,494 |
| 1934 | 33 | #1,150 |
| 1933 | 23 | #1,405 |
| 1932 | 34 | #1,157 |
| 1931 | 19 | #1,643 |
| 1930 | 36 | #1,173 |
| 1929 | 28 | #1,339 |
| 1928 | 30 | #1,323 |
| 1927 | 32 | #1,293 |
| 1926 | 31 | #1,296 |
| 1925 | 37 | #1,164 |
| 1924 | 32 | #1,287 |
| 1923 | 37 | #1,177 |
| 1922 | 38 | #1,158 |
| 1921 | 52 | #973 |
| 1920 | 47 | #1,004 |
| 1919 | 43 | #1,034 |
| 1918 | 35 | #1,172 |
| 1917 | 31 | #1,222 |
| 1916 | 26 | #1,335 |
| 1915 | 33 | #1,124 |
| 1914 | 26 | #1,127 |
| 1913 | 19 | #1,173 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,618 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,289 |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,044 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,277 |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,372 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,093 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 9 | #793 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,073 |
Names like Garvin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Edwin, Alvin, Marvin, Martin, Franklin, Edward, Melvin, Robert, John, Darwin, William, Gordon
More Old English names
Alfie, Teddy, Waylon, Alfred, Audrey, Edith, Wilfred, Ozzy, Edie, Eddie, Ted, Teddie, Eduardo, Edgar, Alden, Edmund
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, “Garvin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/garvin, updated 20 October 2026.