Craven — boys' name

What the Data Says About Craven

The Social Security Administration has registered 366 babies named Craven between 1916 and 2016, spanning 101 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Craven currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1956, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Craven performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 70 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Craven shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 111 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Craven in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Craven 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 366 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.