Gavin
Boy nameGavin has been given to 189,665 babies in the U.S. since 1913. It peaked in 2007 and currently ranks #303 for boys (2025).
Meaning & origin /ˈɡævɪn/
API Medieval variant of Gawain, the name of an Arthurian knight, first recorded as Old French Gauvain. The form Gavin survived in Scotland and spread to other English-speaking countries in the 1960s. Doublet of Gawain.
Origin: Celtic languages
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025
Total babies
189,665
Peak year
2007 (11,889 babies)
Rank in 2025
#303 for boys
First recorded
1913
10-year trend
▼ -81%
Gender split
0% girls / 100% boys
Famous people named Gavin
Gavin Newsom
40th governor of California since 2019
Gavin McInnes
Canadian far-right commentator
Gavin Hood
South African filmmaker (born 1963)
Gavin Williamson
British Conservative party politician (born 1976)
Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).
Names with a similar vibe
Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Gavin.
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