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.

Sven

#2,735 most common boys' name of all time · #6,585 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1911–2025

Rank among boys
#2,735
Rank overall
#6,585 of 105,966
First appeared
1911
Years on the list
110 of 146
All-time
2,517
Since 2016
461
Peak year
2015 #2,281
Best rank
#1,113 1967
Girls Boys peak 58/yr
192019401960198020002020

Sven first appears in 1911. 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 — 31 31 #3,593
2024 — 51 51 #2,603
2023 — 53 53 #2,517
2022 — 51 51 #2,624
2021 — 44 44 #2,829
2020 — 53 53 #2,441
2019 — 53 53 #2,498
2018 — 52 52 #2,478
2017 — 37 37 #3,137
2016 — 36 36 #3,170
2015 — 58 58 #2,281
2014 — 56 56 #2,320
2013 — 33 33 #3,270
2012 — 34 34 #3,243
2011 — 24 24 #4,118
2010 — 35 35 #3,185
2009 — 28 28 #3,743
2008 — 33 33 #3,358
2007 — 25 25 #4,024
2006 — 31 31 #3,399
2005 — 18 18 #4,649
2004 — 35 35 #2,896
2003 — 20 20 #4,143
2002 — 27 27 #3,276
2001 — 26 26 #3,332
2000 — 29 29 #3,005
1999 — 31 31 #2,731
1998 — 36 36 #2,403
1997 — 31 31 #2,559
1996 — 18 18 #3,697
1995 — 22 22 #3,117
1994 — 27 27 #2,705
1993 — 26 26 #2,715
1992 — 25 25 #2,765
1991 — 23 23 #2,845
1990 — 22 22 #2,886
1989 — 29 29 #2,310
1988 — 29 29 #2,164
1987 — 25 25 #2,294
1986 — 31 31 #1,933
1985 — 18 18 #2,744
1984 — 20 20 #2,458
1983 — 24 24 #2,164
1982 — 32 32 #1,788
1981 — 21 21 #2,359
1980 — 25 25 #2,124
1979 — 31 31 #1,805
1978 — 23 23 #2,091
1977 — 35 35 #1,587
1976 — 21 21 #2,197
1975 — 24 24 #1,958
1974 — 26 26 #1,804
1973 — 26 26 #1,759
1972 — 25 25 #1,790
1971 — 39 39 #1,371
1970 — 43 43 #1,269
1969 — 39 39 #1,276
1968 — 30 30 #1,440
1967 — 45 45 #1,113
1966 — 23 23 #1,636
1965 — 32 32 #1,373
1964 — 27 27 #1,528
1963 — 23 23 #1,673
1962 — 31 31 #1,417
1961 — 19 19 #1,917
1960 — 28 28 #1,541
1959 — 23 23 #1,689
1958 — 17 17 #1,992
1957 — 21 21 #1,774
1956 — 9 9 #2,867
1955 — 14 14 #2,187
1954 — 17 17 #1,920
1953 — 14 14 #2,156
1952 — 10 10 #2,605
1951 — 8 8 #2,939
1950 — 10 10 #2,519
1949 — 7 7 #3,119
1948 — 5 5 #3,828
1947 — 7 7 #3,200
1946 — 5 5 #3,680
1945 — 7 7 #2,855
1944 — 6 6 #3,243
1943 — 11 11 #2,349
1942 — 5 5 #3,706
1941 — 5 5 #3,667
1940 — 5 5 #3,609
1939 — 8 8 #2,710
1937 — 10 10 #2,402
1936 — 7 7 #2,976
1935 — 10 10 #2,467
1934 — 12 12 #2,211
1933 — 12 12 #2,169
1932 — 6 6 #3,493
1931 — 5 5 #3,915
1930 — 15 15 #2,048
1929 — 13 13 #2,274
1928 — 15 15 #2,130
1927 — 8 8 #3,255
1926 — 8 8 #3,220
1925 — 5 5 #4,354
1924 — 10 10 #2,906
1923 — 7 7 #3,572
1922 — 8 8 #3,343
1921 — 7 7 #3,632
1918 — 9 9 #2,977
1917 — 13 13 #2,245
1916 — 15 15 #2,015
1915 — 11 11 #2,403
1914 — 13 13 #1,849
1911 — 6 6 #1,731