Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Galen” in the USA?

Number of people named “Galen” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Galen” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Galen” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Galen” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Galen” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Galen” by birth year

This chart shows how “Galen” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1889 6 0.000020765 6 -100%
1895 8 0.000022791 8 -100%
1896 5 0.000013987 5 -100%
1898 6 0.000015729 6 -100%
1899 5 0.000014739 5 -100%
1900 7 0.000015547 7 -100%
1904 5 0.000012392 5 -100%
1905 6 0.000014154 6 -100%
1906 10 0.00002334 10 -100%
1907 9 0.000019339 9 -100%
1908 8 0.000016372 8 -100%
1909 7 0.000013693 7 -100%
1910 12 0.000020315 12 -100%
1911 9 0.000013969 9 -100%
1912 39 0.000039471 39 -100%
1913 41 0.000036056 41 -100%
1914 61 0.000043069 61 -100%
1915 62 0.000033835 62 -100%
1916 75 0.000038771 75 -100%
1917 69 0.000034384 69 -100%
1918 72 0.000033163 72 -100%
1919 79 0.000037436 79 -100%
1920 81 0.000035799 81 -100%
1921 95 0.000040694 95 -100%
1922 90 0.000039316 90 -100%
1923 114 0.000049512 114 -100%
1924 99 0.000041569 99 -100%
1925 110 0.000047143 110 -100%
1926 103 0.000044862 103 -100%
1927 124 0.000053463 124 -100%
1928 101 0.000044672 101 -100%
1929 122 0.000055653 122 -100%
1930 104 0.000046778 104 -100%
1931 119 0.000056549 119 -100%
1932 122 0.000057785 122 -100%
1933 128 0.000064018 128 -100%
1934 136 0.000065485 136 -100%
1935 140 0.000066989 140 -100%
1936 139 0.000066905 139 -100%
1937 138 0.000064768 138 -100%
1938 162 0.000073218 5 157 -94%
1939 169 0.000076698 169 -100%
1940 170 0.000073827 170 -100%
1941 171 0.000070185 171 -100%
1942 204 0.000074676 204 -100%
1943 219 0.000077589 15 204 -86%
1944 218 0.000081039 5 213 -95%
1945 205 0.000077274 7 198 -93%
1946 218 0.000068225 7 211 -94%
1947 306 0.000084945 7 299 -95%
1948 353 0.000102244 11 342 -94%
1949 441 0.00012655 8 433 -96%
1950 332 0.000094766 6 326 -96%
1951 385 0.000104513 7 378 -96%
1952 318 0.000083728 14 304 -91%
1953 307 0.000079665 14 293 -91%
1954 315 0.000079132 8 307 -95%
1955 298 0.00007422 5 293 -97%
1956 291 0.000070579 7 284 -95%
1957 268 0.000063777 6 262 -96%
1958 245 0.000059266 245 -100%
1959 254 0.000061087 8 246 -94%
1960 219 0.000052723 219 -100%
1961 233 0.000056249 5 228 -96%
1962 218 0.000054022 5 213 -95%
1963 207 0.000052296 6 201 -94%
1964 223 0.000057362 8 215 -93%
1965 173 0.000047718 9 164 -90%
1966 179 0.000051501 6 173 -93%
1967 183 0.000053904 9 174 -90%
1968 190 0.000056239 8 182 -92%
1969 193 0.000055534 6 187 -94%
1970 219 0.000060723 7 212 -94%
1971 191 0.000055647 191 -100%
1972 191 0.00006077 6 185 -94%
1973 154 0.000051046 154 -100%
1974 151 0.000049671 13 138 -83%
1975 191 0.000063258 8 183 -92%
1976 143 0.000047128 5 138 -93%
1977 143 0.000045018 8 135 -89%
1978 161 0.000050727 7 154 -91%
1979 157 0.00004719 5 152 -94%
1980 166 0.000048193 9 157 -89%
1981 161 0.00004654 11 150 -86%
1982 136 0.000038769 10 126 -85%
1983 151 0.0000436 8 143 -89%
1984 159 0.000045575 8 151 -90%
1985 171 0.000047911 12 159 -86%
1986 192 0.000053977 8 184 -92%
1987 172 0.000047703 8 164 -91%
1988 159 0.000043031 12 147 -85%
1989 173 0.000045 12 161 -86%
1990 195 0.000049336 19 176 -81%
1991 166 0.000042616 10 156 -88%
1992 172 0.000044777 24 148 -72%
1993 177 0.000046946 25 152 -72%
1994 166 0.000044652 15 151 -82%
1995 168 0.000045875 16 152 -81%
1996 159 0.000043595 16 143 -80%
1997 131 0.00003613 17 114 -74%
1998 152 0.000041324 19 133 -75%
1999 133 0.000036006 11 122 -83%
2000 116 0.000030689 116 -100%
2001 100 0.000026714 6 94 -88%
2002 113 0.000030228 10 103 -82%
2003 100 0.0000263 7 93 -86%
2004 85 0.000022246 85 -100%
2005 86 0.000022368 6 80 -86%
2006 66 0.000016683 66 -100%
2007 46 0.000011507 46 -100%
2008 57 0.000014501 57 -100%
2009 51 0.00001335 51 -100%
2010 59 0.000015964 59 -100%
2011 31 0.000008475 31 -100%
2012 55 0.000015038 55 -100%
2013 50 0.000013715 50 -100%
2014 62 0.000016728 62 -100%
2015 47 0.0000127 47 -100%
2016 32 0.000008722 32 -100%
2017 55 0.000015379 55 -100%
2018 57 0.000016212 57 -100%
2019 49 0.000014117 49 -100%
2020 45 0.000013471 45 -100%
2021 45 0.000013282 45 -100%
2022 51 0.000015075 51 -100%
2023 38 0.000011476 38 -100%
2024 47 0.00001412 47 -100%

Explore other names

These names are alphabetically near to Galen:

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  3. Galaxy
  4. Galdino
  5. Gale
  6. Galen (this page)
  7. Galena
  8. Galene
  9. Gali
  10. Galia
  11. Galiana