How Many People Are Named Garvin?

1,222

people named Garvin are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 279,693 people in the US has this name

Based on 2,424 babies named Garvin in Social Security records from 1894 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#9,278

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#3,423

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Peak Year

1921

52 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
0.0%
Male
100.0%

All of the babies given the name Garvin in the records were boys.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Garvin alive today is about 49 years old, and 38% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 29 and 68 in 2025.

Under 30 312
25.5%
30 to 59 444
36.3%
60 and over 466
38.1%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Garvin first appears in the records in 1894 and was given most often in 1921, to 52 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.

Babies given the name each year, 1894 to 2024

🏆 Rank History

Garvin has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #815, in 1902.

Boys
Rank in 2025Not ranked
Best rank#815 (1902)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#1,187 in the 1920s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Garvin alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Garvin were born in New York than in any other state: about 34 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Garvin was given 12.5 times as often in Oklahoma and 3.8 times in Texas.

New York 34
Texas 17
California 8
Florida 5
South Carolina 2
Tennessee 2
Missouri 1
Oklahoma 1

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