Aven Boy & girl
How popular is Aven?
#1,256 boy name in 2025
158 baby boys were named Aven in the US in 2025, making it the 1256th most popular boy name. Another 48 girls got the name (#3,249 for girls).
Aven popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,256 for boys (▼ 101 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 158 boys, 48 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+18% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,317 in 2015, #1,833 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2023 (182 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,072 in 2012 |
| First recorded | 1921 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 68% boys, 32% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Aven counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Aven family of names ranked #720 for boys in 2025 (#708 the year before), with 337 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Aven | 158 | 47% |
| Ayven | 69 | 20% |
| Avan | 28 | 8% |
| Avin | 27 | 8% |
| Aiven | 22 | 7% |
| Avon | 18 | 5% |
| Ayvin | 8 | 2% |
| Aavan | 7 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Aven is most popular
Babies named Aven per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Kansas: 0.2 per 1,000 (11 boys)
- Ohio: 0.1 per 1,000 (38 boys)
- Colorado: 0.1 per 1,000 (18 boys)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (92 boys)
- North Carolina: 0.1 per 1,000 (25 boys)
Aven by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 17 | #3,867 |
| 1950s | 5 | #3,885 |
| 1970s | 17 | #4,632 |
| 1980s | 20 | #4,693 |
| 1990s | 70 | #4,336 |
| 2000s | 550 | #1,331 |
| 2010s | 1,374 | #1,072 |
| 2020s | 796 | #1,149 |
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Questions
- Is Aven a boy or girl name?
- Aven is used for both. Over the last 10 years, 68% of babies named Aven were boys and 32% were girls.
- How popular is the name Aven?
- 158 baby boys were named Aven in the US in 2025, making it the 1256th most popular boy name. Another 48 girls got the name (#3,249 for girls).
- When was Aven most popular?
- Aven peaked in 2023, when 182 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,072 in 2012.
- How many people are named Aven?
- 4,504 babies have been named Aven in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,450 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 12.
- Where is Aven most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Aven was most common in Kansas, at 0.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.