How popular is the name Galen?

Galen ranks 833rd among boys' names in US records, with 17,117 births since 1889. Over the past decade it accounts for 466.

Is Galen a unisex name?

No. Galen is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1949, when 439 children were given the name. It has been in use for 136 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Galan. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Boy name#833 of boy names

Pronounced G EY1 L AH0 N (ARPABET)

Galen is a boys' name, and first appears in 1889. It has been given to 17,117 children — the 833rd most common boys' name on record.

It is still recorded, but barely: 466 births across the past decade, against a peak of 439 in a single year. That peak was in 1949.

Galan is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

1949Boys: 439Girls: 8

These spellings sound identical to Galen and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Galen?: Galen ranks 833rd among boys' names in US records, with 17,117 births since 1889. Over the past decade it accounts for 466.
Is Galen a unisex name?: No. Galen is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Galen most popular?: 1949, when 439 children were given the name. It has been in use for 136 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Galen spelled?: Galan. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.