Haven

Where Haven comes from

The dictionaries list Haven as a given name — a unisex given name of modern usage — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1920
    First appearance
    #4,398 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1980
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  3. 1995
    Haven Denney born
    American pair skater
  4. 2006
    Haven Coleman born
    American climate activist
  5. 2025
    Peak, #190
    1,642 babies named Haven — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name of modern usage.
Namesakes
  • Haven Coleman · American climate activist, born 2006
  • Haven Denney · American pair skater, born 1995
  • Haven Moses · American football player, born 1946
  • Haven Bruce · American soccer player, born 1979

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.