Galen is an established boys' name that peaked in 1949 and has since faded.
Galen is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #4,442 for boy births in the United States (and #9,484 across all names), given to 23 babies. Galen first appears in 1889 and peaked in 1949 (433 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | 23 | — | #4,442 |
| 2024 | 47 | 47 | — | #2,764 |
| 2023 | 38 | 38 | — | #3,194 |
| 2022 | 51 | 51 | — | #2,627 |
| 2021 | 45 | 45 | — | #2,789 |
| 2020 | 45 | 45 | — | #2,738 |
| 2019 | 49 | 49 | — | #2,634 |
| 2018 | 57 | 57 | — | #2,329 |
| 2017 | 55 | 55 | — | #2,358 |
| 2016 | 32 | 32 | — | #3,467 |
| 2015 | 47 | 47 | — | #2,619 |
| 2014 | 62 | 62 | — | #2,184 |
| 2013 | 50 | 50 | — | #2,475 |
| 2012 | 55 | 55 | — | #2,339 |
| 2011 | 31 | 31 | — | #3,460 |
| 2010 | 59 | 59 | — | #2,218 |
| 2009 | 51 | 51 | — | #2,496 |
| 2008 | 57 | 57 | — | #2,302 |
| 2007 | 46 | 46 | — | #2,661 |
| 2006 | 66 | 66 | — | #2,021 |
| 2005 | 86 | 86 | #15,129 | #1,679 |
| 2004 | 85 | 85 | — | #1,560 |
| 2003 | 100 | 100 | #12,870 | #1,422 |
| 2002 | 113 | 113 | #9,747 | #1,303 |
| 2001 | 100 | 100 | #14,119 | #1,361 |
| 2000 | 116 | 116 | — | #1,179 |
| 1999 | 133 | 133 | #8,417 | #1,097 |
| 1998 | 152 | 152 | #5,440 | #1,019 |
| 1997 | 131 | — | #5,704 | #1,112 |
| 1996 | 159 | — | #5,877 | #917 |
| 1995 | 168 | — | #5,775 | #888 |
| 1994 | 166 | — | #6,097 | #881 |
| 1993 | 177 | — | #4,142 | #858 |
| 1992 | 172 | — | #4,284 | #867 |
| 1991 | 166 | — | #8,173 | #829 |
| 1990 | 195 | — | #4,925 | #766 |
| 1989 | 173 | — | #6,670 | #782 |
| 1988 | 159 | — | #6,399 | #778 |
| 1987 | 172 | — | #8,244 | #712 |
| 1986 | 192 | — | #7,977 | #661 |
| 1985 | 171 | — | #5,772 | #699 |
| 1984 | 159 | — | #7,615 | #710 |
| 1983 | 151 | — | #7,523 | #723 |
| 1982 | 136 | — | #6,515 | #784 |
| 1981 | 161 | — | #6,013 | #707 |
| 1980 | 166 | — | #6,968 | #694 |
| 1979 | 157 | — | #10,704 | #693 |
| 1978 | 161 | — | #7,891 | #675 |
| 1977 | 143 | — | #7,087 | #738 |
| 1976 | 143 | — | #9,766 | #713 |
| 1975 | 191 | — | #6,702 | #596 |
| 1974 | 151 | — | #4,540 | #698 |
| 1973 | 154 | — | — | #642 |
| 1972 | 191 | — | #7,579 | #585 |
| 1971 | 191 | — | — | #603 |
| 1970 | 219 | — | #6,561 | #557 |
| 1969 | 193 | — | #6,897 | #575 |
| 1968 | 190 | — | #5,291 | #564 |
| 1967 | 183 | — | #4,731 | #570 |
| 1966 | 179 | — | #6,035 | #575 |
| 1965 | 173 | — | #4,606 | #594 |
| 1964 | 223 | — | #5,158 | #535 |
| 1963 | 207 | — | #6,098 | #558 |
| 1962 | 218 | — | #6,899 | #545 |
| 1961 | 233 | — | #6,891 | #525 |
| 1960 | 220 | — | — | #533 |
| 1959 | 254 | — | #4,759 | #500 |
| 1958 | 245 | — | — | #496 |
| 1957 | 268 | — | #5,623 | #481 |
| 1956 | 291 | — | #4,996 | #449 |
| 1955 | 298 | — | #6,152 | #428 |
| 1954 | 315 | — | #4,401 | #409 |
| 1953 | 307 | — | #2,981 | #408 |
| 1952 | 318 | — | #2,962 | #395 |
| 1951 | 385 | — | #4,520 | #352 |
| 1950 | 332 | — | #4,925 | #374 |
| 1949 | 441 | — | #3,999 | #329 |
| 1948 | 353 | — | #3,211 | #367 |
| 1947 | 306 | — | #4,491 | #398 |
| 1946 | 217 | — | #4,140 | #436 |
| 1945 | 205 | — | #3,786 | #424 |
| 1944 | 219 | — | #4,804 | #411 |
| 1943 | 219 | — | #2,380 | #441 |
| 1942 | 204 | — | — | #431 |
| 1941 | 171 | — | — | #450 |
| 1940 | 170 | — | — | #444 |
| 1939 | 169 | — | — | #439 |
| 1938 | 162 | — | #4,562 | #462 |
| 1937 | 138 | — | — | #485 |
| 1936 | 139 | — | — | #479 |
| 1935 | 140 | — | — | #480 |
| 1934 | 136 | — | — | #493 |
| 1933 | 128 | — | — | #497 |
| 1932 | 122 | — | — | #528 |
| 1931 | 119 | — | — | #534 |
| 1930 | 104 | — | — | #595 |
| 1929 | 122 | — | — | #530 |
| 1928 | 101 | — | — | #609 |
| 1927 | 124 | — | — | #554 |
| 1926 | 103 | — | — | #619 |
| 1925 | 110 | — | — | #601 |
| 1924 | 99 | — | — | #645 |
| 1923 | 114 | — | — | #591 |
| 1922 | 90 | — | — | #688 |
| 1921 | 95 | — | — | #666 |
| 1920 | 81 | — | — | #723 |
| 1919 | 79 | — | — | #709 |
| 1918 | 72 | — | — | #768 |
| 1917 | 69 | — | — | #754 |
| 1916 | 75 | — | — | #686 |
| 1915 | 62 | — | — | #763 |
| 1914 | 61 | — | — | #646 |
| 1913 | 41 | — | — | #725 |
| 1912 | 39 | — | — | #682 |
| 1911 | 9 | — | — | #1,225 |
| 1910 | 12 | — | — | #949 |
| 1909 | 7 | — | — | #1,197 |
| 1908 | 8 | — | — | #1,051 |
| 1907 | 9 | — | — | #954 |
| 1906 | 10 | — | — | #816 |
| 1905 | 6 | — | — | #1,149 |
| 1904 | 5 | — | — | #1,275 |
| 1900 | 7 | — | — | #1,089 |
| 1899 | 5 | — | — | #1,103 |
| 1898 | 6 | — | — | #1,054 |
| 1896 | 5 | — | — | #1,159 |
| 1895 | 8 | — | — | #823 |
| 1889 | 6 | — | — | #917 |