Galen
#889 most common boys' name of all time · #2,036 across all names · 97% male / 3% female · used 1889–2025
Rank among boys
#889
Rank overall
#2,036 of 105,966
First appeared
1889
Years on the list
128 of 146
All-time
17,060
Since 2016
442
Peak year
1949 #329
Best rank
#329 1949
Girls
Boys
peak 441/yr
Galen first appears in 1889. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 23 | 23 | #4,401 |
| 2024 | — | 47 | 47 | #2,752 |
| 2023 | — | 38 | 38 | #3,187 |
| 2022 | — | 51 | 51 | #2,622 |
| 2021 | — | 45 | 45 | #2,775 |
| 2020 | — | 45 | 45 | #2,731 |
| 2019 | — | 49 | 49 | #2,628 |
| 2018 | — | 57 | 57 | #2,328 |
| 2017 | — | 55 | 55 | #2,352 |
| 2016 | — | 32 | 32 | #3,450 |
| 2015 | — | 47 | 47 | #2,602 |
| 2014 | — | 62 | 62 | #2,181 |
| 2013 | — | 50 | 50 | #2,465 |
| 2012 | — | 55 | 55 | #2,328 |
| 2011 | — | 31 | 31 | #3,441 |
| 2010 | — | 59 | 59 | #2,215 |
| 2009 | — | 51 | 51 | #2,489 |
| 2008 | — | 57 | 57 | #2,298 |
| 2007 | — | 46 | 46 | #2,649 |
| 2006 | — | 66 | 66 | #2,015 |
| 2005 | 6 | 80 | 86 | #1,679 |
| 2004 | — | 85 | 85 | #1,558 |
| 2003 | 7 | 93 | 100 | #1,421 |
| 2002 | 10 | 103 | 113 | #1,303 |
| 2001 | 6 | 94 | 100 | #1,359 |
| 2000 | — | 116 | 116 | #1,177 |
| 1999 | 11 | 122 | 133 | #1,097 |
| 1998 | 19 | 133 | 152 | #1,019 |
| 1997 | 17 | 114 | 131 | #1,110 |
| 1996 | 16 | 143 | 159 | #917 |
| 1995 | 16 | 152 | 168 | #889 |
| 1994 | 15 | 151 | 166 | #881 |
| 1993 | 25 | 152 | 177 | #858 |
| 1992 | 24 | 148 | 172 | #869 |
| 1991 | 10 | 156 | 166 | #828 |
| 1990 | 19 | 176 | 195 | #767 |
| 1989 | 12 | 161 | 173 | #783 |
| 1988 | 12 | 147 | 159 | #779 |
| 1987 | 8 | 164 | 172 | #713 |
| 1986 | 8 | 184 | 192 | #661 |
| 1985 | 12 | 159 | 171 | #698 |
| 1984 | 8 | 151 | 159 | #710 |
| 1983 | 8 | 143 | 151 | #723 |
| 1982 | 10 | 126 | 136 | #785 |
| 1981 | 11 | 150 | 161 | #707 |
| 1980 | 9 | 157 | 166 | #694 |
| 1979 | 5 | 152 | 157 | #695 |
| 1978 | 7 | 154 | 161 | #675 |
| 1977 | 8 | 135 | 143 | #738 |
| 1976 | 5 | 138 | 143 | #713 |
| 1975 | 8 | 183 | 191 | #598 |
| 1974 | 13 | 138 | 151 | #698 |
| 1973 | — | 154 | 154 | #642 |
| 1972 | 6 | 185 | 191 | #587 |
| 1971 | — | 191 | 191 | #602 |
| 1970 | 7 | 212 | 219 | #557 |
| 1969 | 6 | 187 | 193 | #575 |
| 1968 | 8 | 182 | 190 | #563 |
| 1967 | 9 | 174 | 183 | #570 |
| 1966 | 6 | 173 | 179 | #575 |
| 1965 | 9 | 164 | 173 | #594 |
| 1964 | 8 | 215 | 223 | #535 |
| 1963 | 6 | 201 | 207 | #557 |
| 1962 | 5 | 213 | 218 | #545 |
| 1961 | 5 | 228 | 233 | #525 |
| 1960 | — | 220 | 220 | #534 |
| 1959 | 8 | 246 | 254 | #500 |
| 1958 | — | 245 | 245 | #498 |
| 1957 | 6 | 262 | 268 | #481 |
| 1956 | 7 | 284 | 291 | #449 |
| 1955 | 5 | 293 | 298 | #429 |
| 1954 | 8 | 307 | 315 | #410 |
| 1953 | 14 | 293 | 307 | #409 |
| 1952 | 14 | 304 | 318 | #395 |
| 1951 | 7 | 378 | 385 | #352 |
| 1950 | 6 | 326 | 332 | #375 |
| 1949 | 8 | 433 | 441 | #329 |
| 1948 | 11 | 342 | 353 | #367 |
| 1947 | 7 | 299 | 306 | #398 |
| 1946 | 7 | 210 | 217 | #437 |
| 1945 | 7 | 198 | 205 | #426 |
| 1944 | 5 | 214 | 219 | #412 |
| 1943 | 15 | 204 | 219 | #441 |
| 1942 | — | 204 | 204 | #432 |
| 1941 | — | 171 | 171 | #451 |
| 1940 | — | 170 | 170 | #445 |
| 1939 | — | 169 | 169 | #439 |
| 1938 | 5 | 157 | 162 | #462 |
| 1937 | — | 138 | 138 | #486 |
| 1936 | — | 139 | 139 | #478 |
| 1935 | — | 140 | 140 | #480 |
| 1934 | — | 136 | 136 | #493 |
| 1933 | — | 128 | 128 | #497 |
| 1932 | — | 122 | 122 | #530 |
| 1931 | — | 119 | 119 | #534 |
| 1930 | — | 104 | 104 | #597 |
| 1929 | — | 122 | 122 | #529 |
| 1928 | — | 101 | 101 | #609 |
| 1927 | — | 124 | 124 | #557 |
| 1926 | — | 103 | 103 | #620 |
| 1925 | — | 110 | 110 | #602 |
| 1924 | — | 99 | 99 | #646 |
| 1923 | — | 114 | 114 | #592 |
| 1922 | — | 90 | 90 | #691 |
| 1921 | — | 95 | 95 | #667 |
| 1920 | — | 81 | 81 | #723 |
| 1919 | — | 79 | 79 | #714 |
| 1918 | — | 72 | 72 | #769 |
| 1917 | — | 69 | 69 | #759 |
| 1916 | — | 75 | 75 | #688 |
| 1915 | — | 62 | 62 | #766 |
| 1914 | — | 61 | 61 | #652 |
| 1913 | — | 41 | 41 | #732 |
| 1912 | — | 39 | 39 | #691 |
| 1911 | — | 9 | 9 | #1,263 |
| 1910 | — | 12 | 12 | #973 |
| 1909 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,239 |
| 1908 | — | 8 | 8 | #1,091 |
| 1907 | — | 9 | 9 | #986 |
| 1906 | — | 10 | 10 | #839 |
| 1905 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,203 |
| 1904 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,340 |
| 1900 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,132 |
| 1899 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,165 |
| 1898 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,097 |
| 1896 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,233 |
| 1895 | — | 8 | 8 | #865 |
| 1889 | — | 6 | 6 | #966 |