Aven — #1154 US boys' name
2,691 babies named Aven in U.S. Social Security records since 1921, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 92% of names given to boys today.
51% of everyone ever named Aven was born in this single decade.
182 babies were named Aven in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Aven
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,691 babies named Aven between 1921 and 2024, spanning 104 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Aven currently holds the #1154 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 182 babies received it in a single year. Aven is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 1,606 additional births since 1949.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Aven performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,374 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Aven shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 322 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Aven in 24 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Aven in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,691 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Aven at a glance
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Current rank
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Aven popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1921
- Peak year (2023)
- 182
- Annual births at peak — across 104 years of records
Currently ranks #1154 among boys.
2,691 total births across 104 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 182 births in a single year.
Aven popularity over time — girls
1,606 total births recorded since 1949 (Aven as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Aven accounts for 37% of total recorded use across both genders.
Aven by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 1,374 births that decade — 51% of Aven's all-time total
Aven decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,374 births
- Runner-up 638 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Aven's strongest decade
1,374 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
Aven by state
Where Aven concentrates geographically — total births since 1921
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 322 | 12.0% |
| #2 | California | | 271 | 10.1% |
| #3 | Florida | | 104 | 3.9% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 101 | 3.8% |
| #5 | New York | | 54 | 2.0% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 52 | 1.9% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 48 | 1.8% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 47 | 1.7% |
322 of 2,691 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 24 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 12.0% of nationwide
- California 10.1% of nationwide
- Florida 3.9% of nationwide
- Ohio 3.8% of nationwide
- New York 2.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 24 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 12.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Aven appears in 24 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1921–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.