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Draven

#1,217 in 2025Boys' name

Surname transferred into given-name use

Draven has been given to 7,968 babies in the U.S. since 1994. In 2025 it ranked #1,217 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2009, with 382 recorded.

Babies named Draven, 2025

1 in 20,000

Draven over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
010020030040018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Draven: meaning, origin, and history

Surname transferred into given-name use

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Draven means

Draven is a given name.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Draven is used in Popular Culture.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈdɹeɪ.vən/ for Draven.

The naming story behind Draven

Draven is a given name adopted from surname. This establishes the immediate naming route. A surname transfer is different from a direct translation of the modern given-name spelling; the family name may have its own earlier derivation.

Origin, language, and formation

Draven is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 7,715 boys were recorded with the name Draven between 1994 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 382 in 2009; its best national rank was #637 in 2005.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,088 in 2020 to #1,217 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #844 in 2015 to #1,217 in 2025.

In the United States, 253 girls were recorded with the name Draven between 1994 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 18 in 2004; its best national rank was #5,748 in 1995.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Draven?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 20,000
166 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 10,300
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,217
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
13,844 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Draven sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

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.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5002%

Put another way: gather 13,844 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Draven. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Dravens were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Draven was born before 2009 — so the typical Draven is around 16 today.

Median birth year
2009
About 16 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
39.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
84.9%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
7,715
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 39.8% of all recorded uses (3,068).

Is Draven 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
−102
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−129
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−373
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.62×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
43.5%
Peak was 2009 (382)
Years since peak
16
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
6.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#637
2005

Spellings of Draven

Draven is not the most common spelling — Dave is, with 24.9% against Draven's 3.0%.

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 Draven is used

Across 2016–2025, Draven was most concentrated in New Mexico — about 1 in 2,273 boys, against 1 in 9,340 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in 100,000).

144 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New Mexico1 in 2,273
  2. 2Kentucky1 in 2,941
  3. 3West Virginia1 in 3,704
  4. 4Indiana1 in 4,348
  5. 5Missouri1 in 4,348
  6. 6Colorado1 in 4,762
  7. 7Ohio1 in 4,762
  8. 8Tennessee1 in 5,000

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.

Draven around the world

Where Draven 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 & Wales
    1996–2024
    #2,672
    in 2024
  • France
    2000–2002
    #4,574
    in 2002
  • Canada
    1995–2023
    #2,747
    in 2023
  • South Australia
    2011–2013
    #754
    in 2013

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.

Draven by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,217
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 129
Best rank ever
#637
2005
Peak year
2009
382 that year
First recorded
1994
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
7,715
Count in 2025
166

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#5,748
1995
Peak year
2004
18 that year
First recorded
1994
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
253
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Draven

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Draven

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Draven, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

SemajAlexzanderKoleJovaniJavionTristianKamronDominikIsaiXzavierJairKeagan

Sibling names for Draven

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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