first name
HAVEN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 16,831 people named Haven, 70.3% reported their origin as White, 9.7% as Hispanic or Latino and 8.7% as Black. 81.1% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Haven peaked in 2025, when 1,781 babies got the name.
At least 27,760 babies have been given the name since 1899. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Haven by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #468. The largest share of babies named Haven, 59.9%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Haven is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Haven has been most common in Utah (3×), Arkansas (2.2×), and Tennessee (2.1×), and least common in New York (0.25×).
22,999 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Haven
Spelled almost the same
5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Haven, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Haven ranks #9,628 of 156,621, with 3,225 people. See Haven as a last name
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