Masculine dossier · first seen 1889

Galen

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Galen
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1949

Peak rank proxy

433

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1889Peak 19492024

Peak year

1949

Decline from peak

89.1%

2024

All-time

16,476

Galen has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1949, when 433 boys were named Galen.

In 2024, only 47 boys were given the name.

Down 89.1% from its peak.

All told, about 16,476 Americans have been named Galen and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1889.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationBoomer

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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