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Craven

Masculine

1916high 1956
#12008 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare5 boys in 2025

Craven entered the US charts in 1916, peaked at #2361 in 1956, ranks #12008 in 2025 — given to only a few children a year.

How old is the name Craven?

Craven first appears in US birth records in 1916 — 109 years ago. The typical Craven alive today was born around 1953, making them about 72 years old. About 200 people named Craven are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Craven most popular?

Craven peaked in 1956, reaching #2361 nationally. Today it ranks #12008, 9,647 places below that high. See the whole 1956 chart.

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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

BOYS NAMED · 1916–2025126012519162025

US babies named Craven per year from 1916 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#23611910s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1916
Most boys named
195612 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#2361reached in 1956
Change vs 2016
−28.6%5 in 2025, from 7
Craven sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 1956, with 12 boys. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Cravens among us

200

people named Craven are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 boy in 341,615 born in 2025 was named Craven

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Craven

#12008
Craven on the 2025 chart
#896
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Craven went to 5 boys in 2025, but Kraven is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 32, which makes it the 896th most-given boys’ name of the year — 11,112 places above the chart.

  • Kraven27
  • Craven5

About 1 boy in 53,377 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 341,615 for Craven itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Kelso test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Craven's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Kelso climbed just as high around 1933, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Kelso's path sketches the road Craven is walking now.

40%chance Craven will feel dated by 2040
Craven, aligned on its peakKelso· peak 1933not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-40 yrs+70 yrsKelso · #8350Craven today
Craven today is about where Kelso stood in 2002 — 69 years past a #2368-sized peak. By 2017, Kelso had settled around #8259.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Craven sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Craven beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Craven in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Craventhis name5#12008Garfield5#12008Chas5#12008Lew5#12008Barney5#12008

US boys given each name in 2025.

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Frequently asked

How many Cravens are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 200 people named Craven are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Craven?
Craven is one of 2 recorded spellings. Kraven is the more common one — 27 births in 2025 against 5 for Craven.
How popular is the name Craven in 2025?
Craven ranks #12008 among US boy names in 2025, with 5 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Craven?
About 1 in every 341,615 US boys born in 2025 was named Craven — 5 in all.
Will my child share the name Craven with classmates?
Craven will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Craven

Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.

Garfield#12008 · Chas#12008 · Lew#12008 · Barney#12008 · Granville#12008 · Cicero#12008 · Willam#12008 · Solon#12008

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