How Many People Are Named Garvey?
An estimated 229 people in the United States have the first name Garvey. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 26 years old, and Garvey peaked in popularity in 2017 with 15 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Garvey as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Garvey paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
229
About 1 in 1,496,744 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
26
years old
Peak Year
2017
15 births
Total Registered
319
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Garvey
Garvey is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 319 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Garvey as a male name
Ranked #10,076 in 2023
7 male births in 2023
Peak: 2017 (15 births)
Garvey: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Garvey span from the 1910s to the 2020s, covering 12 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 69 babies were registered. While Garvey is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Garvey by Decade
How has Garvey tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Garvey by State
Garvey + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Garvey as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Garvey
Other first names starting with G with a similar number of bearers.
Garvey: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Garvey?
We estimate approximately 229 people named Garvey are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,496,744 Americans share this first name.
Is Garvey a common name?
Garvey is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 75.9% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 319 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Garvey most popular?
Garvey reached peak popularity in 2017, when 15 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Garvey is approximately 26 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Garvey a male name?
Garvey is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Garvey Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Garvey Smith, Garvey Johnson, Garvey Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 0 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau estimate. Full methodology.
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