Zaven
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- zah-VEN
- US rank, 2025
- #3,756 for boys
Zaven is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 3,756th for boys in the US (29 babies).
What does Zaven mean?
Armenian
Traditional Armenian name borne by Zaven I, a fourth-century Catholicos (head) of the Armenian Church.
Is Zaven a girl's or a boy's name?
Zaven is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 29 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zaven in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,756among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 29about 1 in 59,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 29 boys in the US were named Zaven, making it the 3,756th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 29 boys. It first appears in the records in 1918.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more boys named Zaven than any year since 2009.
Half of all the boys named Zaven in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zaven in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #3,756 |
| 2024 | 24 | #4,318 |
| 2023 | 23 | #4,452 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 19 | #4,932 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 22 | #4,476 |
| 2018 | 19 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 18 | #5,107 |
| 2016 | 22 | #4,469 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,285 |
| 2014 | 23 | #4,260 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 24 | #4,128 |
| 2011 | 22 | #4,354 |
| 2010 | 18 | #5,044 |
| 2009 | 29 | #3,637 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,207 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 20 | #4,259 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 6 | #3,695 |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,208 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 6 | #3,865 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 10 | #2,800 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,167 |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,178 |
Names like Zaven
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayden Luca Cohen Ares Soren Zion Jayden Jaylen Ezra Jensen Bowen Kayden
Names related to Zaven
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, “Zaven: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zaven, updated 20 October 2026.