Aven
#1,256 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Aven has been given to 4,504 babies in the U.S. since 1921. In 2025 it ranked #1,256 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2023, with 182 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 63% boys, 37% girls all-time.
Babies named Aven, 2025
1 in 21,000
Aven over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Aven over time
In 2025, Aven went to 23% girls and 77% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Aven?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 21,000
- 158 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 10,800
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #1,256
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 14,545 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Aven sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 14,545 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Aven. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Avens were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Aven was born before 2015 — so the typical Aven is around 10 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2010s
- 48.2% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 94.9%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 2,832
- People you could plausibly meet
2010s — 48.2% of all recorded uses (1,374).
Is Aven rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- −101
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- +579
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- +62
- Places climbed
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 1.18×
- More babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 86.8%
- Peak was 2023 (182)
- Years since peak
- 2
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 19.4% average annual change
Spellings of Aven
Aven is not the most common spelling — Alan is, with 9.6% against Aven's 0.08%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Aven is used — boys
Across 2016–2025, Aven was most concentrated in Ohio — about 1 in 9,091 boys, against 1 in 16,659 across all states with data. It was least common in Tennessee (1 in 100,000).
Most concentrated
- 1Ohio1 in 9,091
- 2Colorado1 in 11,111
- 3Texas1 in 11,111
- 4California1 in 12,500
- 5Florida1 in 12,500
- 6Kansas1 in 12,500
- 7Virginia1 in 12,500
- 8North Carolina1 in 14,286
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.
Where Aven is used — girls
Across 2016–2025, Aven was most concentrated in Colorado — about 1 in 10,000 girls, against 1 in 46,427 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in 100,000).
Most concentrated
- 1Colorado1 in 10,000
- 2Kansas1 in 25,000
- 3Oregon1 in 25,000
- 4Texas1 in 25,000
- 5North Carolina1 in 33,333
- 6Ohio1 in 50,000
- 7Washington1 in 50,000
- 8California1 in 100,000
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.
Aven around the world
Where Aven ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- England & Wales2011–2025#1,897in 2025
- France2020–2025#5,616in 2025
- Canada2004–2024#1,331in 2024
- South Australia1969–2012#771in 2012
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Aven by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Aven
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Names with a curve like Aven
Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Aven, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.
Sibling names for Aven
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.