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How popular is the name Galen?
Births per year, rank history and how many Galens are alive today.
Galen (male) last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2020 (ranked 4608th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. The name peaked in 1998, when 4 babies were given the name, the 2419th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2008, with 4 babies given the name that year.
The Galen you are most likely to meet is around 29 years old. Half of all Galens born in England and Wales are between 10 and 30, and there are at least 90 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Galen - on average, only one in every 3,367 such rooms contains a Galen.
How many babies are named Galen each year?
Where does Galen rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Galen most popular?
Galen peaked in 1998, when 4 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Galen?
At least 90 people named Galen born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Galen?
Most living Galens are between 10 and 30; the most common age is about 29.
Is Galen becoming more or less popular?
It has faded from the rankings.