Haven
Haven was given to 1,642 girls in 2025, #190 among girls’ names; 27,760 Americans have been recorded with it since 1899 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 26,900 Americans named Haven and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (97% of everyone recorded); the median is 11 years old and half are between 5 and 19.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Haven by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Haven mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Haven is “a unisex given name of modern usage.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Haven?
#190 among girls’ names, 2025
Haven rose from #328 in 2015 to #190 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.56 to 1.0 per 1,000.
1,781 babies in 2025, the peak
Haven peaked in 2025, when 1,781 babies were given it (1,642 girls, #190 among girls’ names). In 2024 it went to 1,522 girls.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,642 | #190 | 139 | #1,354 |
| 2024 | 1,522 | #201 | 122 | #1,484 |
| 2023 | 1,365 | #218 | 125 | #1,453 |
| 2022 | 1,118 | #285 | 127 | #1,436 |
| 2021 | 1,120 | #286 | 136 | #1,361 |
| 2020 | 1,030 | #312 | 117 | #1,466 |
| 2019 | 1,028 | #312 | 116 | #1,481 |
| 2018 | 1,067 | #311 | 100 | #1,629 |
| 2017 | 1,096 | #296 | 116 | #1,463 |
| 2016 | 1,110 | #293 | 129 | #1,374 |
Every recorded year (114)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 996 | #328 | 138 | #1,292 |
| 2014 | 1,019 | #327 | 159 | #1,176 |
| 2013 | 845 | #371 | 137 | #1,272 |
| 2012 | 723 | #433 | 160 | #1,148 |
| 2011 | 513 | #567 | 134 | #1,280 |
| 2010 | 452 | #647 | 164 | #1,134 |
| 2009 | 539 | #568 | 151 | #1,198 |
| 2008 | 494 | #621 | 180 | #1,055 |
| 2007 | 517 | #581 | 181 | #1,043 |
| 2006 | 478 | #612 | 135 | #1,242 |
| 2005 | 451 | #623 | 135 | #1,184 |
| 2004 | 411 | #668 | 117 | #1,281 |
| 2003 | 462 | #593 | 112 | #1,271 |
| 2002 | 401 | #636 | 102 | #1,308 |
| 2001 | 391 | #647 | 99 | #1,316 |
| 2000 | 295 | #776 | 72 | #1,627 |
| 1999 | 291 | #761 | 66 | #1,627 |
| 1998 | 226 | #925 | 51 | #1,908 |
| 1997 | 167 | #1,122 | 51 | #1,840 |
| 1996 | 206 | #938 | 37 | #2,227 |
| 1995 | 115 | #1,419 | 28 | #2,640 |
| 1994 | 133 | #1,277 | 30 | #2,521 |
| 1993 | 69 | #2,011 | 22 | #3,076 |
| 1992 | 59 | #2,247 | 13 | #4,408 |
| 1991 | 36 | #3,109 | 18 | #3,370 |
| 1990 | 37 | #3,033 | 16 | #3,666 |
| 1989 | 37 | #2,941 | 13 | #4,118 |
| 1988 | 23 | #3,934 | 20 | #2,790 |
| 1987 | 21 | #4,025 | 8 | #5,132 |
| 1986 | 15 | #5,035 | 8 | #5,039 |
| 1985 | 19 | #4,185 | 14 | #3,277 |
| 1984 | 15 | #4,807 | 9 | #4,339 |
| 1983 | 16 | #4,538 | 15 | #2,974 |
| 1982 | 23 | #3,564 | 22 | #2,296 |
| 1981 | 38 | #2,501 | 21 | #2,371 |
| 1980 | 33 | #2,765 | 31 | #1,829 |
| 1979 | 19 | #3,950 | 34 | #1,687 |
| 1978 | 25 | #3,135 | 46 | #1,357 |
| 1977 | 26 | #3,023 | 28 | #1,839 |
| 1976 | 12 | #4,986 | 28 | #1,800 |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,724 | 13 | #2,969 |
| 1974 | 7 | #7,153 | 19 | #2,224 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,278 | 8 | #3,829 |
| 1972 | under 5 | 7 | #4,154 | |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,692 | 15 | #2,492 |
| 1970 | 9 | #5,545 | 17 | #2,238 |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,621 | 11 | #2,755 |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,845 | 10 | #2,812 |
| 1967 | under 5 | 8 | #3,088 | |
| 1964 | 10 | #4,455 | 10 | #2,730 |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,984 | 5 | #4,288 |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,933 | 8 | #3,149 |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,499 | 13 | #2,365 |
| 1960 | under 5 | 6 | #3,817 | |
| 1959 | under 5 | 14 | #2,240 | |
| 1958 | 10 | #4,037 | 8 | #3,143 |
| 1957 | under 5 | 6 | #3,732 | |
| 1956 | 8 | #4,595 | 14 | #2,205 |
| 1955 | under 5 | 8 | #3,067 | |
| 1954 | under 5 | 11 | #2,514 | |
| 1953 | under 5 | 14 | #2,138 | |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,879 | 13 | #2,198 |
| 1951 | 6 | #5,068 | 9 | #2,744 |
| 1950 | under 5 | 13 | #2,144 | |
| 1949 | under 5 | 14 | #2,062 | |
| 1948 | under 5 | 13 | #2,159 | |
| 1947 | 8 | #4,120 | 20 | #1,711 |
| 1946 | 7 | #4,158 | 19 | #1,665 |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,831 | 12 | #2,049 |
| 1944 | under 5 | 16 | #1,774 | |
| 1943 | under 5 | 13 | #2,110 | |
| 1942 | under 5 | 22 | #1,510 | |
| 1941 | under 5 | 20 | #1,553 | |
| 1940 | under 5 | 15 | #1,840 | |
| 1939 | under 5 | 6 | #3,269 | |
| 1938 | under 5 | 10 | #2,390 | |
| 1937 | under 5 | 28 | #1,276 | |
| 1936 | under 5 | 11 | #2,228 | |
| 1935 | under 5 | 13 | #2,077 | |
| 1934 | under 5 | 9 | #2,640 | |
| 1933 | under 5 | 8 | #2,845 | |
| 1932 | under 5 | 17 | #1,803 | |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,613 | 9 | #2,743 |
| 1930 | under 5 | 13 | #2,232 | |
| 1929 | under 5 | 19 | #1,753 | |
| 1928 | under 5 | 15 | #2,093 | |
| 1927 | under 5 | 15 | #2,146 | |
| 1926 | under 5 | 17 | #1,941 | |
| 1925 | under 5 | 14 | #2,244 | |
| 1924 | under 5 | 12 | #2,535 | |
| 1923 | under 5 | 10 | #2,840 | |
| 1922 | under 5 | 20 | #1,790 | |
| 1921 | under 5 | 16 | #2,101 | |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,618 | 21 | #1,721 |
| 1919 | under 5 | 18 | #1,841 | |
| 1918 | under 5 | 25 | #1,474 | |
| 1917 | under 5 | 19 | #1,724 | |
| 1916 | under 5 | 17 | #1,802 | |
| 1915 | under 5 | 11 | #2,369 | |
| 1914 | under 5 | 12 | #1,911 | |
| 1913 | under 5 | 10 | #1,864 | |
| 1912 | under 5 | 6 | #2,397 | |
| 1908 | under 5 | 5 | #1,484 | |
| 1899 | under 5 | 9 | #745 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Haven a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 27,760 Americans recorded as Haven, 82% are girls and 18% boys. In 2025 it went to 1,642 girls and 139 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Haven: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Haven, and how old are they?
26,900 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 97% of the 27,760 Americans ever recorded as Haven. The median Haven alive today is 11 years old; half are between 5 and 19.
The 2020 Census counted 16,831 people named Haven (13,644 women and girls, 3,187 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 18,810 born in the U.S. The Census count is 11% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 55 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 194 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 410 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,120 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 8,620 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 16,500 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Haven born?
The states with the most babies named Haven are Texas, California and Florida, with 21% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 156 | #244 | 0.9× |
| California | 110 | #330 | 0.5× |
| Florida | 91 | #225 | 0.8× |
| North Carolina | 86 | #116 | 1.4× |
| Pennsylvania | 80 | #152 | 0.7× |
| Michigan | 79 | #99 | 0.9× |
| Georgia | 73 | #150 | 1.2× |
| Ohio | 69 | #183 | 0.8× |
| Tennessee | 67 | #107 | 1.6× |
| Virginia | 55 | #161 | 0.9× |
Where Haven is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Haven is most over-represented in Arkansas: since 1910 it was given 2.0 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Haven with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 31,955 babies since 1880, Haven is the most given (87% of them). In 2025 it was given to 1,781 of their 1,967 babies (91%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Haven
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Haven and names like it
- Compare Haven and HayvenBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sHaven peaked in 2025.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Haven since 1910.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Haven.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Haven alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with HMost given first.