Previn — boys' name
68 babies named Previn in U.S. Social Security records since 1962, with the highest year being 1968. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
43% of everyone ever named Previn was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Previn in 1968 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Previn
The Social Security Administration has registered 68 babies named Previn between 1962 and 1994, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Previn currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1968, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Previn performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 29 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Previn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Previn 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 68 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.
Previn at a glance
Last recorded 1994Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Previn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–1962
- Peak year (1968)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1994.
68 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1968 with 8 births in a single year.
Previn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 29 births that decade — 43% of Previn's all-time total
Previn decade highlights
- Peak decade 29 births
- Runner-up 20 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Previn's strongest decade
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
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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, 1962–1994 (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.