Iven
Boy · EYE-van · Hebrew
Iven is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Iven mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Ivan; Slavic form of John
“God is gracious”
Ivan the Terrible became the first ruler of Russia to be crowned tsar, in 1547.
- Say it
- EYE-van
Meaning borrowed from Ivan. More on Wiktionary.
Is Iven a girl's or a boy's name?
Iven is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Iven in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Iven, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 26 boys. It first appears in the records in 1913.
2025 had fewer boys named Iven than any year since 1997.
Half of all the boys named Iven in the US since 1880 were born between 1935 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,262 boys in the US were given Iven or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #181, up from #7,675 for this spelling alone.
Iven in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 17 | #5,465 |
| 2022 | 17 | #5,441 |
| 2021 | 20 | #4,776 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 19 | #4,888 |
| 2014 | 26 | #3,888 |
| 2013 | 20 | #4,619 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,250 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 21 | #4,516 |
| 2009 | 22 | #4,427 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2006 | 26 | #3,780 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 18 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 24 | #3,621 |
| 2002 | 15 | #4,913 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,029 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 13 | #3,268 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 10 | #3,144 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 7 | #3,242 |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,638 |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 9 | #2,816 |
| 1957 | 11 | #2,492 |
| 1956 | 10 | #2,626 |
| 1955 | 7 | #3,199 |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,450 |
| 1953 | 8 | #2,904 |
| 1952 | 12 | #2,250 |
| 1951 | 7 | #3,064 |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,328 |
| 1949 | 6 | #3,296 |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,114 |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1946 | 11 | #2,270 |
| 1945 | 14 | #1,851 |
| 1944 | 7 | #2,861 |
| 1943 | 14 | #1,985 |
| 1942 | 14 | #1,946 |
| 1941 | 8 | #2,655 |
| 1940 | 17 | #1,680 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,112 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,185 |
| 1937 | 10 | #2,332 |
| 1936 | 7 | #2,853 |
| 1935 | 7 | #2,951 |
| 1934 | 7 | #2,972 |
| 1933 | 12 | #2,093 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,313 |
| 1931 | 13 | #2,101 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,443 |
| 1929 | 8 | #2,978 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,074 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,523 |
| 1926 | 14 | #2,186 |
| 1925 | 17 | #1,934 |
| 1924 | 16 | #2,043 |
| 1923 | 14 | #2,223 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,485 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,151 |
| 1920 | 22 | #1,642 |
| 1919 | 17 | #1,881 |
| 1918 | 15 | #2,072 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,279 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,542 |
| 1915 | 13 | #2,069 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,270 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,675 |
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