Caven
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAV-un
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Caven is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “the hollow”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Caven mean?
Irish: spelling of Cavan; from An Cabhán, also used as a form of Kevin
“the hollow”
Shares its name with County Cavan in Ireland, from Irish An Cabhán, 'the hollow'.
Meaning borrowed from Cavan.
Is Caven a girl's or a boy's name?
Caven is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Caven in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 7 boys.
Caven in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
How popular is Caven in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,710th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Caven, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2014, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1953.
Half of all the boys named Caven in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 82 boys in the US were given Caven or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,661, up from #9,710 for this spelling alone.
Caven in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 18 | #5,062 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 17 | #4,819 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
Nicknames for Caven
- Cav
Names like Caven
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aiden, Finn, Ronan, Kayden, Declan, Kian, Conan, Brayden, Caelan, Conlan, Keegan, Callan
Other spellings of Caven
Names related to Caven
More Irish names
Oscar, Rowan, Rory, Maeve, Ryan, Nolan, Quinn, Orla, Cody, Erin, Connor, Casey, Kennedy, Lennon, Cillian, Kevin
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Caven: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/caven, updated 20 October 2026.