Gaven

#10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births

Peak · boys
2003 · 282 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,839
since 1972

Gaven over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Gaven has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202006peak #686, 2003boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#10,6956
2024#8,3129
2023#6,51713
2022#7,26211
2021#6,33513
2020#4,14124
2019#3,89927
2018#3,17136
2017#3,67829
2016#2,88541
2015#2,35555
2014#2,23060
2013#1,78281
2012#1,383121
2011#1,229142
2010#1,143162
2009#1,055179
2008#922221
2007#898223
2006#948196
2005#769258
2004#720265
2003#686282
2002#728243
2001#833195
2000#845189
1999#951152
1998#1,172106
1997#1,24293
1996#1,48068
1995#1,64855
1994#1,89444
1993#2,12337
1992#2,21434
1991#2,60626
1990#2,25531
1989#4,01713
1988#5,2008
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1986#4,4579
1985#4,05210
1984#3,70111
1983#3,07114
1982#5,6196
1981#4,1539
1980#4,4958
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1977#5,1236
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1975#3,9418
1974#5,2275
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1972#4,9865
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First appearance
1972

The first year at least five boys were named Gaven! It came in at #4,986, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1972–1974, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Gaven is popular in 2006

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Gaven, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Gaven, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Gaven, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Gaven, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Gaven, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Gaven, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Gaven, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Gaven, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Gaven, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,299 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 15,397 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Gaven, so not publishedWIMichigan: #539 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 4,169 boysMINew York: #954 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 9,129 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Gaven, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Gaven, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Gaven, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Gaven, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Gaven, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Gaven, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Gaven, so not publishedIAIndiana: #732 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,464 boysINOhio: #505 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 4,153 boysOHPennsylvania: #520 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 4,300 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Gaven, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Gaven, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,421 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 21,693 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Gaven, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Gaven, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Gaven, so not publishedNEMissouri: #685 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,828 boysMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Gaven, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Gaven, so not publishedWVVirginia: #912 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 8,793 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Gaven, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Gaven, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Gaven, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Gaven, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Gaven, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Gaven, so not publishedARTennessee: #729 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,242 boysTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Gaven, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Gaven, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Gaven, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #627 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,308 boysOKLouisiana: #497 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,789 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Gaven, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Gaven, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Gaven, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Gaven, so not publishedHITexas: #855 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 8,873 boysTXFlorida: #1,617 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 20,671 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Louisiana#497 · 1 in 2,789
  2. Ohio#505 · 1 in 4,153
  3. Pennsylvania#520 · 1 in 4,300
  4. Michigan#539 · 1 in 4,169
  5. Oklahoma#627 · 1 in 4,308

Best ever in a state: #244 in Iowa, 2002.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Louisiana#49791 in 2,789
Ohio#505161 in 4,153
Pennsylvania#520151 in 4,300
Michigan#539131 in 4,169
Oklahoma#62751 in 4,308
Missouri#68561 in 5,828
Tennessee#72961 in 6,242
Indiana#73261 in 6,464
Texas#855211 in 8,873
Virginia#91251 in 8,793
New York#954121 in 9,129
Illinois#1,29951 in 15,397
California#1,421121 in 21,693
Florida#1,61751 in 20,671
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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 Gaven
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 2,383 spots since 2024 (#8,312 → #10,695)
  • 6,554 spots since 2020 (#4,141 → #10,695)
  • 8,340 spots since 2015 (#2,355 → #10,695)
  • Biggest jump: 221 spots in 1999 (#1,172 → #951)
  • Biggest drop: 179 spots in 2006 (#769 → #948)
Rise & fade · boys
31 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1972
  • Peaked 2003 at #686 (282 births)
  • Births halved by 2012, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 10 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 10 yrs · run 1999–2008
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,005
  • Highest: 1 in 7,005 boys born in 2003 were named Gaven (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 58.6% of all boys named Gaven (2,251) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s24#3,941 (1975)#4,819
1980s88#3,071 (1983)#4,307
1990s646#951 (1999)#1,759
2000s2,251#686 (2003)#840
2010s754#1,143 (2010)#2,376
2020s76#4,141 (2020)#7,210

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.

Gaven in 2006

boys
#948
196 births · 1 in 10,486 boys

Top boys' names in 2006

  1. #1Jacob24,871
  2. #2Michael22,653
  3. #3Joshua22,336
  4. #4Ethan20,522
  5. #5Matthew20,339
  6. #6Daniel20,082
  7. #7Andrew19,733
  8. #8Christopher19,688
  9. #9Anthony19,413
  10. #10William18,965
  11. #948Gaven196
More about 2006

boys

2,055,273 boys got a published name in 2006; 1 in 10,486 of them was named Gaven, which outranked 93.3% of the 14,047 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Gaven
  1. #945Landan198
  2. #945Marcel198
  3. #945Sammy198
  4. #948Gaven196
  5. #948Brenton196
  6. #948Case196
  7. #948Denzel196
  8. #954Edison195
  9. #954Harper195
  10. #954Keyshawn195

Tied with 5 names at #948; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2005
Risers
  1. ↑ 792Bode#1,648 → #856
  2. ↑ 790Talen#1,691 → #901
  3. ↑ 677Kingston#1,603 → #926
  4. ↑ 634Imanol#1,619 → #985
  5. ↑ 590Yandel#1,266 → #676
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,208Baby#945 → #3,153
  2. ↓ 609Kanye#892 → #1,501
  3. ↓ 442Amarion#628 → #1,070
  4. ↓ 308Omarion#420 → #728
  5. ↓ 224Johnpaul#739 → #963

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

See the top 100 for 2006 →