Taven
Masculine
Taven is given to both — 1,706 boys and 59 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Taven is a short American name of the 2000s with a familiar shape and no documented past. It sits with Tavin, Tavion and Tavian, all of which share a Tav- opening that has been in American naming since the 1970s.
How old is the name Taven?
Taven first appears in US birth records in 1986 — 39 years ago. The typical Taven alive today was born around 2010, making them about 15 years old. About 1,700 people named Taven are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Taven most popular?
Taven peaked in 2007, reaching #1132 nationally. Today it ranks #5399, 4,267 places below that high. See the whole 2007 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Taven
Short names are harder to trace than long ones, and Taven shows why. A five-letter name with two syllables has almost no distinctive material in it: the opening consonant, one vowel, one liquid, one nasal. Every one of those pieces occurs in dozens of other names, and none of them is unusual enough to fingerprint. So when a name of this shape appears in the records without a documented parent, there is often nothing to work with beyond the company it keeps — and Taven's company is Tavin, Tavian, Tavion and Tavon, which arrive between the 1970s and the 2000s and share the same front. Taven's peak in 2007 is at the late end of that group. The honest account describes the family and stops there.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source establishes an etymology. The Tav- opening appears in Tavares, Tavion and Tavian in American records from the 1970s; Tavares is a genuine Portuguese and Spanish surname, and whether it seeded the American family is not documented. The -en ending is the reduced suffix shared with Aiden, Braden and Kayden. The English word tavern is a coincidence of sound and is not the source.
Pronouncing Taven
TAV-in
Two syllables, stress on the first, the second reduced. Some families say TAY-ven with a long first vowel, and the spelling supports both.
Nicknames for Taven
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1986
- Most boys named
- 2007158 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1132reached in 2007
- Change vs 2024
- −39.3%17 in 2025, from 28
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.
Taven in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas.
Tavens among us
people named Taven are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 100,475 born in 2025 was named Taven
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Masami test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Taven's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Masami climbed just as high around 1917, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Masami's path sketches the road Taven is walking now.
Taven 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
Taven beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Taven in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Two syllables and five letters keep it compact.
- Tav works as a short form.
- It reads immediately as a name despite being uncommon.
- The first vowel is said two ways and the spelling does not settle it.
- Taven, Tavin, Tavon and Tavian are four spellings of nearly one sound.
- There is no meaning behind it to give a child.
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Masculine · #5399 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Tavens are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,700 people named Taven are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Taven in 2025?
- Taven ranks #5399 among US boy names in 2025, with 17 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Taven?
- About 1 in every 100,475 US boys born in 2025 was named Taven — 17 in all.
- Will my child share the name Taven with classmates?
- Taven will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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