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Gavyn

#4,172 in 2025Boys' name

Spelling variant of Gavin

Gavyn has been given to 5,339 babies in the U.S. since 1986. In 2025 it ranked #4,172 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2008, with 390 recorded.

Babies named Gavyn, 2025

1 in 133,000

Gavyn over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
010020030040018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Gavyn: meaning, origin, and history

Spelling variant of Gavin

Celtic languages

What Gavyn means

Gavyn is a spelling variant of Gavin.

Origin, language, and formation

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

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Gavin.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5,219 boys were recorded with the name Gavyn between 1986 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 390 in 2008; its best national rank was #631 in 2008.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,353 in 2020 to #4,172 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,121 in 2015 to #4,172 in 2025.

In the United States, 120 girls were recorded with the name Gavyn between 1999 and 2019. Its highest annual count was 16 in 2009; its best national rank was #7,802 in 2009.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Gavyn?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 133,000
25 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 68,300
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#4,172
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
91,917 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Gavyn 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 2025 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 91,917 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Gavyn. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Gavyns were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Gavyn was born before 2008 — so the typical Gavyn is around 17 today.

Median birth year
2008
About 17 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
51.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
90.1%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
5,219
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 51.9% of all recorded uses (2,708).

Is Gavyn 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
+579
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,819
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−3,051
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.15×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
6.4%
Peak was 2008 (390)
Years since peak
17
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
15.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#631
2008

Spellings of Gavyn

Gavyn is not the most common spelling — Gary is, with 70.4% against Gavyn's 0.41%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Gavyn is used

Across 2016–2025, Gavyn was most concentrated in Ohio — about 1 in 20,000 boys, against 1 in 47,267 across all states with data. It was least common in Illinois (1 in 100,000).

15 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Ohio1 in 20,000
  2. 2Florida1 in 33,333
  3. 3Michigan1 in 33,333
  4. 4Pennsylvania1 in 33,333
  5. 5Indiana1 in 50,000
  6. 6Massachusetts1 in 50,000
  7. 7Missouri1 in 50,000
  8. 8New York1 in 50,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Gavyn around the world

Where Gavyn 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.

  • England & Wales
    1997–1997
    #2,859
    in 1997
  • Canada
    1998–2024
    #2,550
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1955–1961
    #561
    in 1961

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Gavyn

People whose public names include Gavyn, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Gavyn by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#4,172
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,819
Best rank ever
#631
2008
Peak year
2008
390 that year
First recorded
1986
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
5,219
Count in 2025
25

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#7,802
2009
Peak year
2009
16 that year
First recorded
1999
Last recorded
2019
All-time count
120
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Gavyn

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

GavenDevynGavanGavinoSevynKevynGavrielMelvynGavinGavonTrevynEvynJayvynMervynDavynAvynDonavynDravynGavynnGaviCevynTevynJavynGavinn

Names with a curve like Gavyn

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Gavyn, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

JaedenBradynCamrenAdityaBraidenDamarionGaigeCaelEthenJaydinRyleePranav

Sibling names for Gavyn

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

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