Gaven
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- GAV-in
- Origin
- Welsh
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Gaven is a boys' name of Welsh origin, meaning “possibly white hawk”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Gaven mean?
Welsh: spelling of Gavin, a form of Gawain
“possibly white hawk”
Gavin comes from Gawain, King Arthur's nephew and a Knight of the Round Table.
Is Gaven a girl's or a boy's name?
Gaven is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gaven in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,690th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 68% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Gaven, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,137th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 282 boys. It first appears in the records in 1972.
2025 had fewer boys named Gaven than any year since 1987.
Half of all the boys named Gaven in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,136 boys in the US were given Gaven or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #310, up from #10,690 for this spelling alone.
Gaven in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 24 | #4,137 |
| 2019 | 27 | #3,896 |
| 2018 | 36 | #3,168 |
| 2017 | 29 | #3,674 |
| 2016 | 41 | #2,884 |
| 2015 | 55 | #2,354 |
| 2014 | 60 | #2,228 |
| 2013 | 81 | #1,781 |
| 2012 | 121 | #1,383 |
| 2011 | 142 | #1,229 |
| 2010 | 162 | #1,143 |
| 2009 | 179 | #1,055 |
| 2008 | 221 | #922 |
| 2007 | 223 | #898 |
| 2006 | 196 | #948 |
| 2005 | 258 | #769 |
| 2004 | 265 | #720 |
| 2003 | 282 | #686 |
| 2002 | 243 | #728 |
| 2001 | 195 | #832 |
| 2000 | 189 | #843 |
| 1999 | 152 | #949 |
| 1998 | 106 | #1,169 |
| 1997 | 93 | #1,239 |
| 1996 | 68 | #1,477 |
| 1995 | 55 | #1,643 |
| 1994 | 44 | #1,889 |
| 1993 | 37 | #2,118 |
| 1992 | 34 | #2,209 |
| 1991 | 26 | #2,600 |
| 1990 | 31 | #2,250 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,011 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,047 |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,698 |
| 1983 | 14 | #3,070 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 8 | #3,939 |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
Names like Gaven
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Arjun, Avi, Brayden, Aiden, Rishi, Kayden, Aarav, Aryan, Dhruv, Ravi, Jayden, Draven
Other spellings of Gaven
Names related to Gaven
More Welsh names
Dylan, Owen, Winnie, Maddox, Morgan, Idris, Reese, Bowen, Griffin, Rhys, Reece, Nia, Seren, Gwendolyn, Winifred, Meredith
Sources
Figures from 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, “Gaven: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gaven, updated 20 October 2026.