Boy
Galen
Galen is a boy's name meaning "calm". It has cooled since its 1950s peak, though it is still chosen today. As things stand now, it is a distinctive, less common pick. 1949 was this name's high-water mark in the U.S. birth records.
GreekGreek "galene"
EtymologyMeaning "calm"
Births by decade
1900s
52
1910s
519
1920s
1,040
1930s
1,356
1940s
2,505
1950s
3,011
1960s
2,018
1970s
1,701
1980s
1,638
1990s
1,619
2000s
820
2010s
390
Peaked in the 1950s · 16,669 total U.S. births since 1900