Boys' name · since 1953
Caven
282 babies named Caven in U.S. Social Security records since 1953, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,949 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,851 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 282
- born since 1953
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Caven is the #9851 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 282 recorded since 1953.
Caven has 282 recorded births among boys since 1953, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9851 as of the latest data, more common than 29% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1953 to 2025.
- #10,949 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,851 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 282 born since 1953
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Caven ranks #10,949 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,851 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 282 born since 1953, peaking in the 2000s.
- #10,949 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,851 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 282
- born since 1953
- 2000s
- peak decade
Caven's 282 recorded births place it above 75.87% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Oklahoma.
How Caven compares
282 44th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Caven's all-time total is 24% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Caven | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 282 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 34 | 22,252 |
Caven's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Caven's full recorded timeline at 2010, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1953, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2014 peak of 18 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Caven popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1953–2025
- Peak year (2014)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 73 years of records
Caven by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (106 births, 38% of the file).
2000s was Caven's strongest decade.
106 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Caven births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 22
1990s
22 births
- 2000s
2000s
106 births
- 2010s
2010s
105 births
- 2020s 39
2020s
39 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 106 births (38% of all-time use).
Caven by state
Where Caven concentrates geographically, total births since 1953
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Oklahoma | | 5 | 1.8% |
5 of 282 births nationwide.
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What to do with Caven's data
- Caven's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (106 total births) through the 2020s (39) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Oklahoma records the most Cavens (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Oklahoma names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Caven: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~72 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1953–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Caven draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.