Caven — #8404 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Caven

The Social Security Administration has registered 275 babies named Caven between 1953 and 2024, spanning 72 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Caven currently holds the #8404 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Caven performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 106 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Caven shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Oklahoma, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Caven in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Caven 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 275 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.