Aven

#3,249 for girls in 2025, 48 births · #1,256 for boys in 2025, 158 births
Given to boys 63.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
2012 · 175 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,849
since 1921

Aven over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202018peak #1,552, 2012peak #1,072, 2012girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3,24948#1,256158
2024#2,88957#1,155181
2023#3,18151#1,149182
2022#3,47045#1,540116
2021#3,67841#1,93178
2020#2,58066#1,83381
2019#2,40074#1,459119
2018#2,67764#1,348133
2017#2,35777#1,393126
2016#2,20687#1,266144
2015#2,20985#1,317134
2014#1,853109#1,389122
2013#1,576136#1,203149
2012#1,552141#1,072175
2011#1,671126#1,285133
2010#1,639130#1,256139
2009#2,016102#1,331130
2008#4,44834#1,73687
2007#4,56732#1,99570
2006#4,57631#1,87772
2005#5,99920#2,23753
2004#5,96920#2,59941
2003#11,3258#2,42843
2002#11,1088#3,67023
2001#10,1029#4,89015
2000#13,1546#4,57316
1999#10,3458#4,34116
1998—#6,8438
1997#12,0706#4,66813
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1995—#6,9927
1994#10,5697#6,3728
1993—#4,69712
1992—#7,4226
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First appearance
1921

The first year at least five boys were named Aven! It came in at #3,869, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1923–1973, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Aven is popular in 2018

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Aven, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Aven, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Aven, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Aven, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Aven, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Aven, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Aven, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Aven, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Aven, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Aven, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Aven, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Aven, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Aven, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Aven, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Aven, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Aven, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Aven, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Aven, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Aven, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Aven, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Aven, so not publishedINOhio: #1,215 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 11,462 boysOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Aven, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Aven, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Aven, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,079 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 10,869 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Aven, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Aven, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Aven, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Aven, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Aven, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Aven, so not publishedWVVirginia: #885 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,790 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Aven, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Aven, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Aven, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Aven, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Aven, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Aven, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Aven, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #1,139 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 10,032 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Aven, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Aven, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Aven, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Aven, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Aven, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Aven, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Aven, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Aven, so not publishedHITexas: #1,239 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 12,491 boysTXFlorida: #1,385 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 13,691 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Virginia#885 · 1 in 6,790
  2. California#1,079 · 1 in 10,869
  3. North Carolina#1,139 · 1 in 10,032
  4. Ohio#1,215 · 1 in 11,462
  5. Texas#1,239 · 1 in 12,491

Best ever in a state: #508 in Kansas, 2024.

Show every state
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Virginia#88561 in 6,790
California#1,079191 in 10,869
North Carolina#1,13951 in 10,032
Ohio#1,21551 in 11,462
Texas#1,239141 in 12,491
Florida#1,38571 in 13,691
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Aven
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 101 spots since 2024 (#1,155 → #1,256)
  • 577 spots since 2020 (#1,833 → #1,256)
  • 61 spots since 2015 (#1,317 → #1,256)
Rise & fade · boys
91 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1921
  • Peaked 2012 at #1,072 (175 births)
  • Births halved by 2020, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 9,399
  • Highest: 1 in 9,399 boys born in 2023 were named Aven (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 10,811 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #1,072 in 2012, was only 1 in 10,840 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 48.2% of all boys named Aven (1,374) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1997
  • Mostly girls until 1996, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s17#3,869 (1921)#3,993
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1950s5#3,886 (1955)#3,886
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1970s17#4,634 (1974)#5,052
1980s20#4,698 (1985)#6,022
1990s70#4,341 (1999)#5,905
2000s550#1,331 (2009)#2,734
2010s1,374#1,072 (2012)#1,299
2020s796#1,149 (2023)#1,477

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Aven in 2018

girls
#2,677
64 births · 1 in 26,579 girls
boys
#1,348
133 births · 1 in 13,655 boys

Top girls' names in 2018

  1. #1Emma18,824
  2. #2Olivia18,061
  3. #3Ava15,034
  4. #4Isabella14,575
  5. #5Sophia14,013
  6. #6Charlotte13,038
  7. #7Mia12,742
  8. #8Amelia12,405
  9. #9Harper10,646
  10. #10Evelyn10,433
  11. #2,677Aven64

Top boys' names in 2018

  1. #1Liam19,977
  2. #2Noah18,441
  3. #3William14,646
  4. #4James13,650
  5. #5Oliver13,500
  6. #6Benjamin13,488
  7. #7Elijah13,020
  8. #8Lucas12,665
  9. #9Mason12,526
  10. #10Logan12,447
  11. #1,348Aven133
More about 2018

girls

1,701,074 girls got a published name in 2018; 1 in 26,579 of them was named Aven, which outranked 85.3% of the 18,152 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Aven
  1. #2,647Scotlyn65
  2. #2,647Yitty65
  3. #2,647Yohana65
  4. #2,677Aven64
  5. #2,677Adalyne64
  6. #2,677Aiyla64
  7. #2,677Alea64
  8. #2,711Aisley63
  9. #2,711Allana63
  10. #2,711Anistyn63

Tied with 33 names at #2,677; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2017
Risers
  1. ↑ 680Meghan#1,387 → #707
  2. ↑ 567Dior#1,360 → #793
  3. ↑ 367Palmer#1,042 → #675
  4. ↑ 361Adalee#1,217 → #856
  5. ↑ 346Oaklynn#888 → #542
Fallers
  1. ↓ 334Audrina#847 → #1,181
  2. ↓ 234Courtney#952 → #1,186
  3. ↓ 232Marjorie#938 → #1,170
  4. ↓ 228Anabelle#969 → #1,197
  5. ↓ 225Angelique#799 → #1,024

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,816,158 boys got a published name in 2018; 1 in 13,655 of them was named Aven, which outranked 90.5% of the 14,118 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Aven
  1. #1,343Oskar134
  2. #1,343Smith134
  3. #1,343Umar134
  4. #1,348Aven133
  5. #1,348Jadon133
  6. #1,348Rico133
  7. #1,348Steele133
  8. #1,352Alton132
  9. #1,352Jacobi132
  10. #1,352Leeland132

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2017
Risers
  1. ↑ 594Genesis#1,575 → #981
  2. ↑ 436Baker#1,149 → #713
  3. ↑ 430Saint#1,287 → #857
  4. ↑ 319Kairo#802 → #483
  5. ↑ 307Watson#1,020 → #713
Fallers
  1. ↓ 235Aaden#893 → #1,128
  2. ↓ 224Dilan#917 → #1,141
  3. ↓ 201Craig#980 → #1,181
  4. ↓ 177Mike#951 → #1,128
  5. ↓ 172Harper#798 → #970

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2018 →