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Javen

Gender
Boy
Say it
JAY-ven
Origin
Modern
US rank, 2025
#3,127 for boys

Javen is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,127th for boys in the US (38 babies).

Where does Javen come from?

Modern: Ja- with a -ven ending; similar to biblical Javan

Is Javen a girl's or a boy's name?

Javen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 38 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Javen in the UK?

No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1999, with 6 boys.

1996Busiest: 6 in 19992020
Javen in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20203#4,803
20190–
20180–
20170–
20160–
20153#4,955
20140–
20134#4,008
20124#4,147
20110–
20100–
20090–
20084#3,836
20070–
20064#3,522
20050–
20040–
20033#3,593
20020–
20010–
20004#2,612
19996#1,941
19980–
19970–
19962#3,734

How popular is Javen in the US?

Rank in 2025
3,127th among boys
Babies in 2025
38 about 1 in 45,000 boys
Five-year trend
Falling down 30% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 38 boys in the US were named Javen, making it the 3,127th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,924th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 199 boys. It first appears in the records in 1952.

Half of all the boys named Javen in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 202 boys in the US were given Javen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #982, up from #3,127 for this spelling alone.

1952Busiest: 199 in 20072025
Javen in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202538#3,127
202452#2,559
202343#2,894
202245#2,828
202138#3,120
202040#2,924
201961#2,264
201890#1,724
201772#1,977
201671#2,012
2015113#1,475
201476#1,906
2013118#1,413
2012123#1,367
2011143#1,219
2010154#1,175
2009177#1,061
2008181#1,046
2007199#986
2006193#963
2005163#1,031
2004180#938
2003177#925
2002179#900
2001128#1,108
2000121#1,140
199992#1,308
199856#1,788
199745#1,988
199651#1,781
199541#2,021
199433#2,342
199320#3,240
199223#2,903
199114#3,998
199015#3,773
198913#4,011
198810#4,445
19879#4,567
198610#4,126
19858#4,693
19847#4,969
19830–
19825#6,383
19810–
19800–
197911#3,567
19785#5,769
19776#5,121
19760–
19750–
19740–
19730–
19726#4,438
19710–
19700–
19690–
19680–
19670–
19660–
19650–
19640–
19630–
19620–
19610–
19600–
19590–
19580–
19570–
19560–
19550–
19540–
19530–
19526#3,370

Names like Javen

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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, “Javen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/javen, updated 20 October 2026.