Gavan
Boy · GAV-an · Welsh
Gavan is a boys' name of Welsh origin. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Gavan mean?
Welsh: spelling of Gavin, from Gawain
Gavin is the medieval form of Gawain, King Arthur's nephew and knight.
- Say it
- GAV-an
Is Gavan a girl's or a boy's name?
Gavan 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 Gavan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Gavan, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 80 boys. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the boys named Gavan in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,136 boys in the US were given Gavan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #310, up from #12,003 for this spelling alone.
Gavan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 26 | #3,862 |
| 2012 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2011 | 38 | #2,999 |
| 2010 | 44 | #2,729 |
| 2009 | 70 | #1,989 |
| 2008 | 53 | #2,404 |
| 2007 | 67 | #2,051 |
| 2006 | 43 | #2,697 |
| 2005 | 50 | #2,321 |
| 2004 | 60 | #1,985 |
| 2003 | 80 | #1,575 |
| 2002 | 46 | #2,245 |
| 2001 | 36 | #2,613 |
| 2000 | 48 | #2,083 |
| 1999 | 33 | #2,604 |
| 1998 | 20 | #3,593 |
| 1997 | 29 | #2,676 |
| 1996 | 18 | #3,672 |
| 1995 | 16 | #3,848 |
| 1994 | 15 | #4,088 |
| 1993 | 13 | #4,440 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 14 | #3,965 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
Nicknames for Gavan
- Gav
Names like Gavan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Gavan
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