Galahad

Boys' name

From Old French Galahad; literal meaning unconfirmed

Galahad has been given to 5 babies in the U.S. since 2024. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2024, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Galahad, 2024

1 in 669,000

Galahad over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Galahad: meaning, origin, and history

From Old French Galahad; literal meaning unconfirmed

Celtic languages

What Galahad means

Galahad is a given name.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From Old French Galahad, of obscure origin and meaning. Suggestions include Old Welsh, or biblical Gilead.

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Origin, language, and formation

Galahad is used in English. Its origins include Celtic languages.

Galahad comes through Old French Galahad.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Galahad between 2024 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2024; its best national rank was #12,924 in 2024.

How common is Galahad?

Galahad had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2024, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2024: 1 in 669,000; 5 of 3,342,801 births
Among boys only: 1 in 345,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2024: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 463,412 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Galahad sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2024 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 463,412 children born in 2024 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Galahad. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Galahads were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Galahad was born before 2024 — so the typical Galahad is around 1 today.

Median birth year: 2024; About 1 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 5; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (5).

Is Galahad rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2024 (5)
Years since peak: 1; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #12,924; 2024

Galahad around the world

Where Galahad ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

France
1995–2025
#5,280
in 2025

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Galahad by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #12,924; 2024
Peak year: 2024; 5 that year
First recorded: 2024
Last recorded: 2024
All-time count: 5
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Galahad

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Galahad

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Noah Alianna Xochitl Leonor Elina Malka Eleni Emerie

For a brother

Jeremias Bjorn Kylo Evans Shimon Rio Rome Shlomo

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