girls:
19.7k births since 1920
#1042 (82nd percentile)
boys:
4.6k births since 1899
#1780 (61st percentile)
overall:
24.3k births since 1899
#1627 (79th percentile)
The name Haven is the #1,627 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 24,303 recorded births since 1899. This represents the 79.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 79.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,042 (81.8% percentile) for all time with 19,694 births since 1920. For boys, it ranks #1,780 (61.2% percentile) for all time with 4,609 births since 1899.
Haven first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1899 (1899 for boys and 1920 for girls). Birth data for Haven is available in 112 out of the 125 years between 1899 and 2023 (112 years for boys and 68 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Haven has been given predominantly to girls, with 81.0% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 91.5% of babies named Haven were girls. Interestingly, until around 1983, the name was more popular for boys (76.7% boys from 1899 to 1982), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (84.5% girls from 1983 to 2023).
For girls, Haven reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 77.9% percentile (ranked #210) with 773 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 773 births per million (ranked 77.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1987, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Haven is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #210 (77.9% percentile) with 773 births per million.
For boys, Haven reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 19.8% percentile (ranked #708) with 82 births per million. The name was most common in 2008, with 83 births per million (ranked 19.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Haven ranks #791 for boys (13.2% percentile) with 68 births per million, which is 82.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Haven".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Haven. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 87.0% confident that Haven is pronounced as HAY-vuhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is HAY-vihn, at 13.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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