Is Garvin a boy or girl name?

Garvin is a boy’s name. Of the 2,424 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.0% were girls and 100.0% were boys.

Garvin

Recorded 1894–2024 · United States

Garvin was most popular in 1921, when 52 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,955 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,424 people named Garvin.

Garvin over time

Births per year. The dot marks Garvin’s peak in 1921. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Garvin a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Garvin is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 2,424 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Garvin

Where Garvin is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org