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.

Gaven

#2,100 most common boys' name of all time · #5,025 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1972–2025

Rank among boys
#2,100
Rank overall
#5,025 of 105,966
First appeared
1972
Years on the list
49 of 146
All-time
3,839
Since 2016
209
Peak year
2003 #688
Best rank
#688 2003
Girls Boys peak 282/yr
198020002020

Gaven first appears in 1972. 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 — 6 6 #10,970
2024 — 9 9 #8,491
2023 — 13 13 #6,629
2022 — 11 11 #7,405
2021 — 13 13 #6,443
2020 — 24 24 #4,185
2019 — 27 27 #3,952
2018 — 36 36 #3,197
2017 — 29 29 #3,718
2016 — 41 41 #2,910
2015 — 55 55 #2,375
2014 — 60 60 #2,246
2013 — 81 81 #1,789
2012 — 121 121 #1,387
2011 — 142 142 #1,234
2010 — 162 162 #1,147
2009 — 179 179 #1,057
2008 — 221 221 #923
2007 — 223 223 #899
2006 — 196 196 #952
2005 — 258 258 #771
2004 — 265 265 #721
2003 — 282 282 #688
2002 — 243 243 #728
2001 — 195 195 #836
2000 — 189 189 #848
1999 — 152 152 #954
1998 — 106 106 #1,175
1997 — 93 93 #1,250
1996 — 68 68 #1,493
1995 — 55 55 #1,658
1994 — 44 44 #1,920
1993 — 37 37 #2,147
1992 — 34 34 #2,246
1991 — 26 26 #2,664
1990 — 31 31 #2,292
1989 — 13 13 #4,194
1988 — 8 8 #5,532
1986 — 9 9 #4,710
1985 — 10 10 #4,243
1984 — 11 11 #3,864
1983 — 14 14 #3,205
1982 — 6 6 #6,077
1981 — 9 9 #4,414
1980 — 8 8 #4,816
1977 — 6 6 #5,610
1975 — 8 8 #4,246
1974 — 5 5 #5,793
1972 — 5 5 #5,646