Gavin

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: English

Meaning

Gavin is a Celtic male given name. It is the Scottish variation of the medieval Welsh name Gawain, meaning 'God send' or 'white hawk/falcon'. Sir Gawain is a knight of King Arthur's Round Table.

From Wikipedia

Gavin first appears in the data in 1960 and has been recorded in 30 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1971 with 393 babies (rank #38 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Gavin

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Gavin yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

6,397
Total babies (all years)
30
Years in the data
393
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
196072#95
196183#94
1962174#69
1963197#64
1964206#62
1965213#62
1966245#55
1967258#51
1968301#46
1969330#43
1970343#40
1971393#38
1972374#38
1973357#36
1974313#44
1975252#51
1976234#53
1977232#55
1978220#53
1979207#61
1980205#60
1981219#62
1982161#72
1983160#75
1984188#65
1985160#71
1986143#74
198773#99
198882#94
20162#622