Gavin
Boy · GAV-in · Welsh
Gavin is a boys' name of Welsh origin. In 2025 it ranked 882nd for boys in the UK (39 babies) and 303rd for boys in the US (1,125 babies).
What does Gavin mean?
Welsh: medieval form of Gawain, probably of Welsh origin
Medieval form of Gawain, the Arthurian knight of the poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
- Say it
- GAV-in
More on Wiktionary.
Is Gavin a girl's or a boy's name?
Gavin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 39 boys in the UK and 1,125 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gavin in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #882among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 39about 1 in 7,700 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 39 boys in the UK were named Gavin, making it the 882nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 914th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 310 boys.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more boys named Gavin than any year since 2013.
Half of all the boys named Gavin in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2008. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 934th in England and Wales and 495th in Scotland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1964 (#97), 1974 (#72) and 1984 (#55).
Gavin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39 | #882 |
| 2024 | 35 | #961 |
| 2023 | 31 | #1,049 |
| 2022 | 18 | #1,501 |
| 2021 | 22 | #1,298 |
| 2020 | 35 | #914 |
| 2019 | 20 | #1,351 |
| 2018 | 19 | #1,416 |
| 2017 | 28 | #1,115 |
| 2016 | 33 | #988 |
| 2015 | 36 | #924 |
| 2014 | 38 | #874 |
| 2013 | 57 | #657 |
| 2012 | 44 | #801 |
| 2011 | 55 | #674 |
| 2010 | 48 | #717 |
| 2009 | 51 | #686 |
| 2008 | 76 | #512 |
| 2007 | 90 | #437 |
| 2006 | 83 | #439 |
| 2005 | 107 | #327 |
| 2004 | 91 | #359 |
| 2003 | 97 | #320 |
| 2002 | 134 | #248 |
| 2001 | 113 | #276 |
| 2000 | 133 | #243 |
| 1999 | 165 | #211 |
| 1998 | 239 | #167 |
| 1997 | 282 | #152 |
| 1996 | 310 | #140 |
How popular is Gavin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #303among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 1,125about 1 in 1,500 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 56% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 1,125 boys in the US were named Gavin, making it the 303rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 142nd. Its busiest year was 2007, with 11,863 boys. It first appears in the records in 1913.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 18 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Gavin than any year since 1994.
Half of all the boys named Gavin in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gavin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,125 | #303 |
| 2024 | 1,384 | #255 |
| 2023 | 1,515 | #232 |
| 2022 | 1,798 | #206 |
| 2021 | 2,216 | #174 |
| 2020 | 2,589 | #142 |
| 2019 | 3,013 | #128 |
| 2018 | 3,475 | #111 |
| 2017 | 4,159 | #96 |
| 2016 | 4,944 | #80 |
| 2015 | 5,794 | #70 |
| 2014 | 6,622 | #61 |
| 2013 | 7,422 | #50 |
| 2012 | 8,260 | #40 |
| 2011 | 9,016 | #37 |
| 2010 | 9,626 | #38 |
| 2009 | 10,742 | #33 |
| 2008 | 11,752 | #30 |
| 2007 | 11,863 | #32 |
| 2006 | 10,479 | #38 |
| 2005 | 9,340 | #47 |
| 2004 | 8,610 | #52 |
| 2003 | 8,764 | #51 |
| 2002 | 6,951 | #61 |
| 2001 | 5,260 | #78 |
| 2000 | 4,686 | #85 |
| 1999 | 3,659 | #101 |
| 1998 | 3,195 | #116 |
| 1997 | 2,758 | #136 |
| 1996 | 1,633 | #192 |
| 1995 | 1,193 | #242 |
| 1994 | 1,121 | #257 |
| 1993 | 945 | #294 |
| 1992 | 1,067 | #266 |
| 1991 | 849 | #302 |
| 1990 | 860 | #294 |
| 1989 | 629 | #360 |
| 1988 | 544 | #370 |
| 1987 | 630 | #326 |
| 1986 | 535 | #355 |
| 1985 | 522 | #352 |
| 1984 | 513 | #355 |
| 1983 | 690 | #291 |
| 1982 | 477 | #368 |
| 1981 | 492 | #358 |
| 1980 | 350 | #443 |
| 1979 | 317 | #459 |
| 1978 | 366 | #403 |
| 1977 | 303 | #460 |
| 1976 | 317 | #438 |
| 1975 | 261 | #493 |
| 1974 | 270 | #485 |
| 1973 | 232 | #513 |
| 1972 | 174 | #603 |
| 1971 | 218 | #546 |
| 1970 | 207 | #563 |
| 1969 | 223 | #523 |
| 1968 | 189 | #548 |
| 1967 | 173 | #571 |
| 1966 | 147 | #614 |
| 1965 | 161 | #599 |
| 1964 | 152 | #629 |
| 1963 | 159 | #616 |
| 1962 | 154 | #624 |
| 1961 | 113 | #719 |
| 1960 | 100 | #763 |
| 1959 | 57 | #1,018 |
| 1958 | 71 | #891 |
| 1957 | 37 | #1,277 |
| 1956 | 65 | #923 |
| 1955 | 61 | #956 |
| 1954 | 76 | #828 |
| 1953 | 42 | #1,138 |
| 1952 | 38 | #1,194 |
| 1951 | 30 | #1,343 |
| 1950 | 27 | #1,394 |
| 1949 | 25 | #1,461 |
| 1948 | 24 | #1,486 |
| 1947 | 28 | #1,393 |
| 1946 | 22 | #1,508 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,008 |
| 1944 | 13 | #1,987 |
| 1943 | 6 | #3,229 |
| 1942 | 17 | #1,730 |
| 1941 | 17 | #1,685 |
| 1940 | 13 | #1,983 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,288 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,326 |
| 1937 | 15 | #1,828 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 1935 | 14 | #1,929 |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1933 | 13 | #1,997 |
| 1932 | 15 | #1,922 |
| 1931 | 13 | #2,101 |
| 1930 | 9 | #2,779 |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,245 |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,270 |
| 1927 | 13 | #2,298 |
| 1926 | 15 | #2,074 |
| 1925 | 14 | #2,192 |
| 1924 | 11 | #2,641 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,445 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,485 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,151 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,458 |
| 1919 | 16 | #1,972 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 9 | #2,731 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,620 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,100 |
| 1913 | 5 | #2,820 |
Nicknames for Gavin
- Gav
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