Gavan
#4,847 most common boys' name of all time · #11,970 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1970–2025
Rank among boys
#4,847
Rank overall
#11,970 of 105,966
First appeared
1970
Years on the list
42 of 146
All-time
987
Since 2016
48
Peak year
2003 #1,589
Best rank
#1,589 2003
Girls
Boys
peak 80/yr
Gavan first appears in 1970. 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 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,345 |
| 2024 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,689 |
| 2022 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,694 |
| 2020 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,796 |
| 2018 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,336 |
| 2017 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,104 |
| 2016 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,285 |
| 2015 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,236 |
| 2014 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,410 |
| 2013 | — | 26 | 26 | #3,905 |
| 2012 | — | 26 | 26 | #3,942 |
| 2011 | — | 38 | 38 | #3,026 |
| 2010 | — | 44 | 44 | #2,762 |
| 2009 | — | 70 | 70 | #2,000 |
| 2008 | — | 53 | 53 | #2,421 |
| 2007 | — | 67 | 67 | #2,061 |
| 2006 | — | 43 | 43 | #2,720 |
| 2005 | — | 50 | 50 | #2,342 |
| 2004 | — | 60 | 60 | #2,011 |
| 2003 | — | 80 | 80 | #1,589 |
| 2002 | — | 46 | 46 | #2,278 |
| 2001 | — | 36 | 36 | #2,653 |
| 2000 | — | 48 | 48 | #2,117 |
| 1999 | — | 33 | 33 | #2,640 |
| 1998 | — | 20 | 20 | #3,655 |
| 1997 | — | 29 | 29 | #2,717 |
| 1996 | — | 18 | 18 | #3,757 |
| 1995 | — | 16 | 16 | #3,951 |
| 1994 | — | 15 | 15 | #4,188 |
| 1993 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,562 |
| 1992 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,435 |
| 1991 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,841 |
| 1990 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,078 |
| 1989 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,585 |
| 1988 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,822 |
| 1987 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,249 |
| 1984 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,320 |
| 1982 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,874 |
| 1981 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,786 |
| 1980 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,299 |
| 1978 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,329 |
| 1970 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,349 |