Galvin is a rare boys' name that peaked in 2008 and has grown less common since.
Galvin is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #12,649 for boy births in the United States (and #26,038 across all names), given to 5 babies. Galvin first appears in 1917 and peaked in 2008 (25 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 5 | #12,649 |
| 2024 | 9 | 9 | #8,552 |
| 2023 | 8 | 8 | #9,192 |
| 2022 | 9 | 9 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 8 | 8 | #9,108 |
| 2020 | 18 | 18 | #5,098 |
| 2019 | 8 | 8 | #9,160 |
| 2018 | 6 | 6 | #11,228 |
| 2017 | 12 | 12 | #6,824 |
| 2016 | 21 | 21 | #4,672 |
| 2015 | 14 | 14 | #6,092 |
| 2014 | 20 | 20 | #4,750 |
| 2013 | 16 | 16 | #5,471 |
| 2012 | 18 | 18 | #5,106 |
| 2011 | 19 | 19 | #4,876 |
| 2010 | 13 | 13 | #6,474 |
| 2009 | 8 | 8 | #9,266 |
| 2008 | 25 | 25 | #4,066 |
| 2007 | 18 | 18 | #5,076 |
| 2006 | 17 | 17 | #5,152 |
| 2005 | 18 | 18 | #4,695 |
| 2004 | 16 | 16 | #5,089 |
| 2003 | 5 | 5 | #11,468 |
| 2002 | 14 | 14 | #5,219 |
| 2001 | 17 | 17 | #4,552 |
| 2000 | 14 | 14 | #5,129 |
| 1998 | 12 | 12 | #5,250 |
| 1997 | 13 | — | #4,757 |
| 1996 | 12 | — | #4,987 |
| 1995 | 9 | — | #6,083 |
| 1994 | 8 | — | #6,571 |
| 1993 | 11 | — | #5,124 |
| 1992 | 16 | — | #3,808 |
| 1991 | 10 | — | #5,231 |
| 1990 | 12 | — | #4,495 |
| 1989 | 7 | — | #6,456 |
| 1988 | 11 | — | #4,268 |
| 1987 | 12 | — | #3,808 |
| 1986 | 15 | — | #3,184 |
| 1985 | 10 | — | #4,152 |
| 1984 | 9 | — | #4,321 |
| 1983 | 19 | — | #2,521 |
| 1982 | 13 | — | #3,362 |
| 1981 | 10 | — | #3,944 |
| 1980 | 10 | — | #3,942 |
| 1979 | 7 | — | #5,018 |
| 1978 | 7 | — | #4,703 |
| 1977 | 9 | — | #3,945 |
| 1976 | 8 | — | #4,140 |
| 1975 | 11 | — | #3,310 |
| 1974 | 6 | — | #4,846 |
| 1973 | 9 | — | #3,535 |
| 1972 | 7 | — | #4,140 |
| 1971 | 11 | — | #3,032 |
| 1970 | 10 | — | #3,145 |
| 1969 | 15 | — | #2,246 |
| 1968 | 6 | — | #3,857 |
| 1967 | 8 | — | #3,080 |
| 1966 | 5 | — | #4,148 |
| 1964 | 7 | — | #3,391 |
| 1963 | 8 | — | #3,148 |
| 1961 | 5 | — | #4,274 |
| 1960 | 6 | — | #3,800 |
| 1959 | 7 | — | #3,393 |
| 1957 | 7 | — | #3,355 |
| 1956 | 10 | — | #2,690 |
| 1954 | 11 | — | #2,506 |
| 1953 | 7 | — | #3,233 |
| 1952 | 13 | — | #2,189 |
| 1950 | 5 | — | #3,873 |
| 1949 | 10 | — | #2,505 |
| 1947 | 7 | — | #3,185 |
| 1946 | 11 | — | #2,324 |
| 1943 | 5 | — | #3,718 |
| 1942 | 6 | — | #3,343 |
| 1941 | 5 | — | #3,697 |
| 1940 | 5 | — | #3,634 |
| 1934 | 6 | — | #3,425 |
| 1932 | 6 | — | #3,516 |
| 1930 | 5 | — | #4,212 |
| 1929 | 7 | — | #3,355 |
| 1928 | 5 | — | #4,370 |
| 1927 | 10 | — | #2,783 |
| 1926 | 6 | — | #3,879 |
| 1925 | 5 | — | #4,466 |
| 1924 | 6 | — | #4,053 |
| 1923 | 7 | — | #3,599 |
| 1920 | 8 | — | #3,317 |
| 1917 | 11 | — | #2,478 |