Gavin

Boy Celtic languages #10589 in 2023

Gavin is a boy name of Celtic languages origin.

Meaning of Gavin

Medieval variant of Gawain, the name of an Arthurian knight, first recorded as. The form Gavin survived in Scotland and spread to other English-speaking countries in the 1960s.

Popularity of Gavin

Popularity, 1913–2023

1,523 births in 2023

1913 2023

186,751 U.S. births recorded from 1913–2023. Used for both boys and girls — see notes below.

Peak year

2007

11,889 babies

First recorded

1913

110 years of history

Recent trend

Falling

Last 5 yrs vs. prior 5

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Popularity counts come from the U.S. Social Security Administration's national dataset. Etymology adapted from Wiktionary under CC BY-SA 4.0. If you spot an error, please let us know.