Gavin

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Gavin: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Gavin: Recorded every year since 1954, it reached #32 in 1994, and it stood at #348 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
164times a registrar ranked it
72years from first to last
#32highest recorded position
34groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Gavin's record

Ranked every year since 1954, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Held a top-100 place for 56 years running. Names by top-100 run

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#185
1997	#232
1998	#244
1999	#310
2000	#376
2001	#406
2002	#343
2003	#479
2004	#477
2005	#502
2006	#653
2007	#589
2008	#658
2009	#904
2010	#878
2011	#845
2012	#947
2013	#882
2014	#935
2015	#1024
2016	#1081
2017	#1289
2018	#1875
2019	#1655
2020	#1019
2021	#1329
2022	#1469
2023	#1108
2024	#898

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in every year from 1964 to 2025.

In 2024: #350 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #898 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1954–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1954
First recorded at #70 among boys in New Zealand in 1954 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New Zealand · Boys
Highest recorded1964–2025
Highest recorded position: #32 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1994 (recorded 1964–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #348 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Gavin appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, with 62 ranked years and 7,148 births registered; the earliest is New Zealand · Boys, from 1954.

Gavin across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Gavin's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#232 (1964)	#32 (1994)	#348 (2025)	62 of 62	7,148 (1964–2025)	299 (1977)
England and Wales · Boys	#185 (1996)	#185 (1996)	#898 (2024)	29 of 29	1,422 (1996–2024)	176 (1996)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#84 (1962)	#40 (1973)	#92 (1988)	27 of 27	3,745 (1962–1988)	232 (1973)
New Zealand · Boys	#70 (1954)	#43 (1972)	#100 (1980)	27 of 27	3,197 (1954–1980)	157 (1972)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#66 (1997)	#66 (1997)	#270 (2020)	19 of 24	274 (1997–2020)	45 (1997)

Gavin by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Gavin in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	87	6 of 10	15
1970s	1,636	10 of 10	164
1980sbusiest	1,933	10 of 10	193
1990s	1,914	10 of 10	191
2000s	1,133	10 of 10	113
2010s	366	10 of 10	37
2020s	79	6 of 10	13

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 193 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1976 and 1977, when recorded births rose by 129, from 170 to 299.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Gavin appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1954 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #32 in Republic of Ireland in 1994.

Gavin's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#898	35	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1108	26	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1469	17	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1329	19	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1019	27	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1655	14	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1875	12	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1289	20	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1081	26	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1024	28	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#935	31	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#882	33	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#947	31	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#845	35	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#878	33	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#904	30	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#658	46	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#589	50	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#653	42	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#502	55	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#477	55	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#479	50	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#343	74	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#406	56	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#376	62	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#310	85	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#244	123	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#232	131	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#185	176	High	Verified
1988	New South Wales, Australia	male	#92	82	Insufficient	Not yet available
1987	New South Wales, Australia	male	#99	73	Insufficient	Not yet available
1986	New South Wales, Australia	male	#82	91	Insufficient	Not yet available
1985	New South Wales, Australia	male	#74	101	Insufficient	Not yet available
1984	New South Wales, Australia	male	#63	131	Insufficient	Not yet available
1983	New South Wales, Australia	male	#77	104	Insufficient	Not yet available
1982	New South Wales, Australia	male	#71	104	Insufficient	Not yet available
1981	New South Wales, Australia	male	#61	147	Insufficient	Not yet available
1980	New South Wales, Australia	male	#60	139	Insufficient	Not yet available
1979	New South Wales, Australia	male	#59	145	Insufficient	Not yet available
1978	New South Wales, Australia	male	#64	142	Insufficient	Not yet available
1977	New South Wales, Australia	male	#58	157	Insufficient	Not yet available
1976	New South Wales, Australia	male	#53	162	Insufficient	Not yet available
1975	New South Wales, Australia	male	#49	175	Insufficient	Not yet available
1974	New South Wales, Australia	male	#46	221	Insufficient	Not yet available
1973	New South Wales, Australia	male	#40	232	Insufficient	Not yet available
1972	New South Wales, Australia	male	#47	227	Insufficient	Not yet available
1971	New South Wales, Australia	male	#44	226	Insufficient	Not yet available
1970	New South Wales, Australia	male	#49	200	Insufficient	Not yet available
1969	New South Wales, Australia	male	#51	177	Insufficient	Not yet available
1968	New South Wales, Australia	male	#57	156	Insufficient	Not yet available
1967	New South Wales, Australia	male	#69	107	Insufficient	Not yet available
1966	New South Wales, Australia	male	#69	127	Insufficient	Not yet available
1965	New South Wales, Australia	male	#83	76	Insufficient	Not yet available
1964	New South Wales, Australia	male	#84	71	Insufficient	Not yet available
1963	New South Wales, Australia	male	#75	91	Insufficient	Not yet available
1962	New South Wales, Australia	male	#84	81	Insufficient	Not yet available
1980	New Zealand	male	#100	50	High	Verified
1979	New Zealand	male	#66	83	High	Verified
1978	New Zealand	male	#84	69	High	Verified
1977	New Zealand	male	#56	111	High	Verified
1976	New Zealand	male	#61	97	High	Verified
1975	New Zealand	male	#54	124	High	Verified
1974	New Zealand	male	#56	112	High	Verified
1973	New Zealand	male	#48	149	High	Verified
1972	New Zealand	male	#43	157	High	Verified
1971	New Zealand	male	#52	140	High	Verified
1970	New Zealand	male	#71	103	High	Verified
1969	New Zealand	male	#61	124	High	Verified
1968	New Zealand	male	#54	147	High	Verified
1967	New Zealand	male	#56	130	High	Verified
1966	New Zealand	male	#54	134	High	Verified
1965	New Zealand	male	#62	118	High	Verified
1964	New Zealand	male	#60	132	High	Verified
1963	New Zealand	male	#62	128	High	Verified
1962	New Zealand	male	#62	125	High	Verified
1961	New Zealand	male	#62	132	High	Verified
1960	New Zealand	male	#57	137	High	Verified
1959	New Zealand	male	#57	132	High	Verified
1958	New Zealand	male	#61	118	High	Verified
1957	New Zealand	male	#62	111	High	Verified
1956	New Zealand	male	#59	116	High	Verified
1955	New Zealand	male	#55	122	High	Verified
1954	New Zealand	male	#70	96	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#270	6	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#319	5	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#318	5	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#200	11	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#261	6	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#303	5	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#293	5	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#217	9	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#173	13	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#124	21	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#116	21	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#264	4	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#139	15	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#136	15	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#111	20	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#122	17	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#87	31	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#111	20	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#66	45	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#348	11	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#350	11	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#343	11	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#306	14	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#249	19	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	13	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#285	16	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#291	15	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#214	26	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#209	27	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#190	30	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#136	47	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#127	49	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#153	45	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#143	49	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#120	62	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#89	91	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#79	102	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#64	123	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#75	95	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#66	115	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#64	123	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#62	113	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#55	121	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#54	124	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#54	126	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#58	110	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#45	142	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#43	201	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#42	203	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#36	224	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#32	261	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#46	184	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#42	193	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#42	189	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#40	207	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#43	183	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#38	209	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#43	216	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#46	205	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#50	166	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#48	195	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#62	140	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#51	184	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#49	205	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#52	230	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#52	202	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#40	246	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#33	299	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#57	170	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#69	122	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#63	134	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#54	175	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#56	158	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#86	83	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#99	47	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#107	34	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#127	20	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#117	23	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#256	3	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	4	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#232	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1954 and 2025, ranked in 72 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #32, first reached in 1994.

It held a top-100 place in 56 years, 56 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 299 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1977.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1962, and 43 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Gaute · #110, 81y
Gavan · #182, 32y
Gavriel · #1859, 25y
Gayle · #80, 22y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Carolyn · #32, 68y
Annette · #31, 72y
Joan · #31, 73y
Maureen · #31, 70y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Carolyn · #32, 68y
Clara · #32, 63y
Erlend · #32, 75y
Penelope · #32, 54y

Gavin was ranked #32 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1994. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Gavin and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Gavin without appearing here.

Gavin moved ahead of

Ross Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1469 and #1366 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1108 and #2160.
Brendan Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1469 and #1366 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1108 and #1701.
Gregory Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1108 and #1071 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #898 and #1460.
Gary Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1329 and #1329 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1469 and #2018.

Moved ahead of Gavin

Leif Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1329 and #1782 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1469 and #967.
Roman Compare
In 2002 they stood at #343 and #411 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #479 and #241.
Oisin Compare
In 2008 they stood at #658 and #818 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #904 and #675.
Denis Compare
In 2005 they stood at #502 and #506 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #653 and #443.

Moved the opposite way to Gavin

Alexander Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Gavin went from #232 to #348 while Alexander went from #116 to #55.
Conor Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Gavin went from #232 to #348 while Conor went from #56 to #16.
Liam Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Gavin went from #232 to #348 while Liam went from #54 to #7.
Luke Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Gavin went from #232 to #348 while Luke went from #105 to #23.

Moved the same way as Gavin

Alfred Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Gavin went from #232 to #348 and Alfred from #134 to #286.
Denis Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Gavin went from #232 to #348 and Denis from #21 to #232.
Edward Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Gavin went from #232 to #348 and Edward from #18 to #125.
Frank Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Gavin went from #232 to #348 and Frank from #164 to #286.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1954 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #32 in Republic of Ireland in 1994. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Gavin

Gavin at a glance

What stands out in Gavin's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Gavin across 5 official records

Gavin by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Gavin appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1950s

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Gavin and the names beside it

Gavin moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Gavin

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Gavin at a glance

What stands out in Gavin's record

Gavin across 5 official records

Gavin by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Gavin appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Gavin

Gavin and the names beside it

Gavin moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Gavin

Moved the opposite way to Gavin

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