Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Cavan

#3,447 most common boys' name of all time · #8,388 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1969–2025

Rank among boys
#3,447
Rank overall
#8,388 of 105,966
First appeared
1969
Years on the list
55 of 146
All-time
1,714
Since 2016
329
Peak year
2008 #1,886
Best rank
#1,785 2002
Girls Boys peak 77/yr
198020002020

Cavan first appears in 1969. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 33 33 #3,480
2024 — 25 25 #4,240
2023 — 30 30 #3,752
2022 — 28 28 #3,914
2021 — 33 33 #3,458
2020 — 28 28 #3,766
2019 — 41 41 #2,964
2018 — 31 31 #3,558
2017 — 36 36 #3,212
2016 — 44 44 #2,747
2015 — 43 43 #2,785
2014 — 52 52 #2,446
2013 — 69 69 #1,999
2012 — 51 51 #2,464
2011 — 52 52 #2,421
2010 — 53 53 #2,388
2009 — 69 69 #2,021
2008 — 77 77 #1,886
2007 — 64 64 #2,125
2006 — 59 59 #2,190
2005 — 71 71 #1,824
2004 — 45 45 #2,469
2003 — 60 60 #1,952
2002 — 65 65 #1,785
2001 — 41 41 #2,409
2000 — 34 34 #2,699
1999 — 36 36 #2,487
1998 — 33 33 #2,576
1997 — 32 32 #2,525
1996 — 17 17 #3,921
1995 — 14 14 #4,389
1994 — 27 27 #2,738
1993 — 20 20 #3,302
1992 — 28 28 #2,574
1991 — 12 12 #4,614
1990 — 21 21 #3,020
1989 — 18 18 #3,291
1988 — 13 13 #3,832
1987 — 14 14 #3,460
1986 — 21 21 #2,578
1985 — 13 13 #3,545
1984 — 16 16 #2,912
1983 — 15 15 #3,025
1982 — 13 13 #3,416
1981 — 23 23 #2,261
1980 — 9 9 #4,354
1979 — 11 11 #3,748
1978 — 13 13 #3,176
1977 — 11 11 #3,560
1975 — 8 8 #4,200
1974 — 11 11 #3,289
1972 — 7 7 #4,330
1971 — 9 9 #3,618
1970 — 7 7 #4,183
1969 — 8 8 #3,584