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Cavan

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Cavan is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 25 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
250.00% of boys
Peak year
200877 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1969
1,681people given the name
Babies named Cavan, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

1,681 boys have been named Cavan in the United States since 1969, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2008, with 77 births.

It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2006, and the 2000s alone account for 35%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Cavan
1960s8
1970s77
1980s155
1990s240
2000s585
2010s472
2020s144

In 2008, its biggest year

Cavan was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2008 were Jacob, Michael, Ethan, Joshua and Daniel. See all of 2008.

Names that rose and fell with Cavan

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.