Galen Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Galen: every year it appeared on the national list since 1889, with 16,500 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

Total recorded births

16,500

Peak year

1949 #329

Years on the list

128

10-year trend

-14.3%

In the 1940s · Most used in KS in {year}

Popularity history

1889–2025

Year	Births	Rank
2011	31	#3460
2012	55	#2339
2013	50	#2475
2014	62	#2184
2015	47	#2619
2016	32	#3467
2017	55	#2358
2018	57	#2329
2019	49	#2634
2020	45	#2738
2021	45	#2789
2022	51	#2627
2023	38	#3194
2024	47	#2764
2025	23	#4442

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1949

Names from the same era

Teddy · 1949 Rodger · 1949 Vaughn · 1949 Lanny · 1949 Donn · 1949 Benny · 1948 Sherman · 1950 Guadalupe · 1948 Linwood · 1948 Lon · 1948

Names similar to Galen

Galena Girls Galene Girls Gale Girls Gale Boys Galea Girls Gaylen Boys Gaylen Girls Gailen Boys Gaelen Boys Garlen Boys Gatlen Boys Gaelen Girls

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