Iven — #5662 US boys' name
1,124 babies named Iven in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 60% of names given to boys today.
17% of everyone ever named Iven was born in this single decade.
26 babies were named Iven in 2006 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Iven
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,124 babies named Iven between 1913 and 2024, spanning 112 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Iven currently holds the #5662 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 26 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Iven performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 191 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Iven shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 54 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Iven in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Iven 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 1,124 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.
Iven at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Iven popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1913
- Peak year (2006)
- 26
- Annual births at peak — across 112 years of records
Currently ranks #5662 among boys.
1,124 total births across 112 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 26 births in a single year.
Iven by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 191 births that decade — 17% of Iven's all-time total
Iven decade highlights
- Peak decade 191 births
- Runner-up 180 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Iven's strongest decade
191 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 17% of all-time use.
Iven by state
Where Iven concentrates geographically — total births since 1913
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 54 | 4.8% |
54 of 1,124 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 4.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 4.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1913–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.