Boys' name · since 1997
Naven
122 babies named Naven in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,123 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 122
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Naven sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 122 recorded since 1997.
Naven has 122 recorded births among boys since 1997, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2024.
- #16,123 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 122 born since 1997
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Naven ranks #16,123 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 122 born since 1997, peaking in the 2000s.
- #16,123 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 122
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Naven's 122 recorded births place it above 64.5% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Naven's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Naven splits its recorded history at 2010: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1997 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2016 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Naven popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2024
- Peak year (2016)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Naven by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (54 births, 44% of the file).
2000s was Naven's strongest decade.
54 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Naven births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
54 births
- 2010s
2010s
47 births
- 2020s 16
2020s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 54 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Naven's decade-level peak was the 2000s (54 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Naven: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~27 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1997–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Naven draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.