Gaven — #8448 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Gaven

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,832 babies named Gaven between 1972 and 2024, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gaven currently holds the #8448 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 282 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gaven performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 2,251 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Gaven shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 275 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Gaven in 35 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gaven 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 3,832 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.