Gavin remains a common boys' name (#303 in 2025), down from a peak of #30 in 2008.
Gavin is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #303 for boy births in the United States (and #592 across all names), given to 1,125 babies. Gavin first appears in 1913 and peaked in 2007 (11,863 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,125 | 1,125 | — | #303 |
| 2024 | 1,384 | 1,384 | — | #255 |
| 2023 | 1,524 | 1,524 | #10,607 | #232 |
| 2022 | 1,803 | 1,803 | #16,144 | #206 |
| 2021 | 2,216 | 2,216 | — | #174 |
| 2020 | 2,589 | 2,589 | — | #142 |
| 2019 | 3,018 | 3,023 | #16,366 | #128 |
| 2018 | 3,482 | 3,482 | #12,929 | #111 |
| 2017 | 4,159 | 4,159 | — | #96 |
| 2016 | 4,949 | 4,955 | #17,135 | #80 |
| 2015 | 5,799 | 5,799 | #17,367 | #70 |
| 2014 | 6,632 | 6,632 | #10,414 | #61 |
| 2013 | 7,438 | 7,438 | #7,513 | #50 |
| 2012 | 8,275 | 8,275 | #7,964 | #40 |
| 2011 | 9,033 | 9,040 | #7,224 | #37 |
| 2010 | 9,638 | 9,647 | #9,425 | #38 |
| 2009 | 10,755 | 10,762 | #9,067 | #33 |
| 2008 | 11,785 | 11,799 | #4,576 | #30 |
| 2007 | 11,889 | 11,901 | #5,427 | #32 |
| 2006 | 10,500 | 10,506 | #6,208 | #38 |
| 2005 | 9,357 | 9,364 | #6,936 | #47 |
| 2004 | 8,665 | 8,672 | #2,897 | #52 |
| 2003 | 8,784 | 8,784 | #5,889 | #51 |
| 2002 | 6,967 | 6,978 | #6,815 | #61 |
| 2001 | 5,272 | 5,272 | #8,373 | #78 |
| 2000 | 4,696 | 4,702 | #9,409 | #85 |
| 1999 | 3,672 | 3,681 | #7,387 | #101 |
| 1998 | 3,204 | 3,210 | #9,548 | #116 |
| 1997 | 2,764 | — | #12,625 | #136 |
| 1996 | 1,638 | — | #14,250 | #192 |
| 1995 | 1,193 | — | — | #242 |
| 1994 | 1,121 | — | — | #257 |
| 1993 | 951 | — | #12,302 | #294 |
| 1992 | 1,067 | — | — | #266 |
| 1991 | 854 | — | #13,887 | #302 |
| 1990 | 860 | — | — | #294 |
| 1989 | 629 | — | — | #360 |
| 1988 | 549 | — | #12,436 | #370 |
| 1987 | 637 | — | #9,098 | #327 |
| 1986 | 535 | — | — | #355 |
| 1985 | 522 | — | — | #352 |
| 1984 | 518 | — | #10,949 | #355 |
| 1983 | 690 | — | — | #291 |
| 1982 | 477 | — | — | #368 |
| 1981 | 492 | — | — | #359 |
| 1980 | 350 | — | — | #444 |
| 1979 | 317 | — | — | #460 |
| 1978 | 366 | — | — | #403 |
| 1977 | 308 | — | #10,118 | #461 |
| 1976 | 317 | — | — | #439 |
| 1975 | 261 | — | — | #495 |
| 1974 | 270 | — | — | #485 |
| 1973 | 232 | — | — | #514 |
| 1972 | 174 | — | — | #604 |
| 1971 | 218 | — | — | #546 |
| 1970 | 207 | — | — | #564 |
| 1969 | 223 | — | — | #524 |
| 1968 | 189 | — | — | #550 |
| 1967 | 173 | — | — | #574 |
| 1966 | 147 | — | — | #615 |
| 1965 | 161 | — | — | #600 |
| 1964 | 152 | — | — | #631 |
| 1963 | 159 | — | — | #617 |
| 1962 | 154 | — | — | #626 |
| 1961 | 113 | — | — | #723 |
| 1960 | 100 | — | — | #766 |
| 1959 | 57 | — | — | #1,022 |
| 1958 | 71 | — | — | #899 |
| 1957 | 37 | — | — | #1,287 |
| 1956 | 65 | — | — | #928 |
| 1955 | 61 | — | — | #960 |
| 1954 | 76 | — | — | #830 |
| 1953 | 42 | — | — | #1,142 |
| 1952 | 38 | — | — | #1,201 |
| 1951 | 30 | — | — | #1,356 |
| 1950 | 27 | — | — | #1,408 |
| 1949 | 25 | — | — | #1,474 |
| 1948 | 24 | — | — | #1,504 |
| 1947 | 28 | — | — | #1,405 |
| 1946 | 22 | — | — | #1,530 |
| 1945 | 12 | — | — | #2,042 |
| 1944 | 13 | — | — | #2,027 |
| 1943 | 6 | — | — | #3,351 |
| 1942 | 17 | — | — | #1,762 |
| 1941 | 17 | — | — | #1,714 |
| 1940 | 13 | — | — | #2,021 |
| 1939 | 10 | — | — | #2,338 |
| 1938 | 10 | — | — | #2,382 |
| 1937 | 15 | — | — | #1,861 |
| 1936 | 9 | — | — | #2,513 |
| 1935 | 14 | — | — | #1,969 |
| 1934 | 5 | — | — | #3,879 |
| 1933 | 13 | — | — | #2,031 |
| 1932 | 15 | — | — | #1,948 |
| 1931 | 13 | — | — | #2,141 |
| 1930 | 9 | — | — | #2,857 |
| 1929 | 7 | — | — | #3,358 |
| 1928 | 13 | — | — | #2,314 |
| 1927 | 13 | — | — | #2,337 |
| 1926 | 15 | — | — | #2,118 |
| 1925 | 14 | — | — | #2,236 |
| 1924 | 11 | — | — | #2,718 |
| 1923 | 12 | — | — | #2,501 |
| 1922 | 12 | — | — | #2,544 |
| 1921 | 15 | — | — | #2,184 |
| 1920 | 12 | — | — | #2,510 |
| 1919 | 16 | — | — | #2,005 |
| 1917 | 9 | — | — | #2,819 |
| 1915 | 9 | — | — | #2,706 |
| 1914 | 10 | — | — | #2,161 |
| 1913 | 5 | — | — | #2,996 |