Baby name

Gavin

Boy

Origin of the name

Gavin is a form of Gawain, the name of a knight of the Round Table in the legends of King Arthur.

Short-lived name

The high point came in 2007, with 11,863 births and the No. 32 spot that year. The decline was steep: births are now 86% below the peak. Its rank in 2025: No. 303. 47% of all babies named Gavin since 1880 were born in the 2000s.

189,270births since 1880

2000sgeneration

No. 32rank at its peak, in 2007

Where babies named Gavin are born

2007

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The darker the blue, the more common Gavin is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Gavin is most common in Nevada (1.8 times), Utah (1.8) and New Hampshire (1.7), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Davin 10,636
Gavyn 5,219
Gaven 3,839
Kavin 2,934
Javin 2,426
Garvin 2,424

Names from the same era

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