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Gaven

Boys' name · Millennial-era

Living in the US
~3,800 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#10,695 among boys
Births in 2025
6 3,839 since 1880
Typical age
21 years, median

Gaven popularity over time

Gaven rank by birth year, 1972–2025Gaven ranked #4,986 in 1972 and #10,695 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #686, in 2003.#1,000#10,000#10,695best #686 in 200319801990200020102020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1972–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

2003 is the peak year for Gaven, with 282 births. It first clears the SSA reporting threshold in 1972. It reaches the top 1,000 in 10 years of the record.

The 2025 position is #10,695, on 6 births. Over ten years the count has fallen 89%. It slipped 2383 places against the previous year.

Babies named Gaven per yearPeaks at 282 births in 2003.282 in 2003019801990200020102020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Gaven?

An estimated 3,800 living Americans are called Gaven. SSA has recorded 3,839 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Gaven?

The typical living Gaven is 21 years old. The 2000s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Gaven a millennial-era name.

Your Gaven

Ages of living people named GavenHalf of living Gavens are older than 21 and half younger.median 2102040
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Names similar to Gaven

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

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