Taven — #3926 US boys' name
1,689 babies named Taven in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 72% of names given to boys today.
42% of everyone ever named Taven was born in this single decade.
158 babies were named Taven in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Taven
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,689 babies named Taven between 1986 and 2024, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Taven currently holds the #3926 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 158 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Taven performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 714 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Taven shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 93 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Utah. In total, SSA state-level files list Taven in 23 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Taven 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 1,689 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.
Taven at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Taven popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1986
- Peak year (2007)
- 158
- Annual births at peak — across 39 years of records
Currently ranks #3926 among boys.
1,689 total births across 39 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 158 births in a single year.
Taven popularity over time — girls
52 total births recorded since 1999 (Taven as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Taven accounts for 3% of total recorded use across both genders.
Taven by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 714 births that decade — 42% of Taven's all-time total
Taven decade highlights
- Peak decade 714 births
- Runner-up 687 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Taven's strongest decade
714 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Taven by state
Where Taven concentrates geographically — total births since 1986
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 93 | 5.5% |
| #2 | California | | 47 | 2.8% |
| #3 | Utah | | 44 | 2.6% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 38 | 2.2% |
| #5 | Oklahoma | | 30 | 1.8% |
| #6 | Missouri | | 21 | 1.2% |
| #7 | Arizona | | 16 | 0.9% |
| #8 | Colorado | | 15 | 0.9% |
93 of 1,689 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 23 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 5.5% of nationwide
- California 2.8% of nationwide
- Utah 2.6% of nationwide
- Ohio 2.2% of nationwide
- Oklahoma 1.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 23 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 5.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Taven appears in 23 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1986–2024 (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.