Cavan
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
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
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.
- Giancarlopeak 2008
- Ajaypeak 2011
- Gabrielpeak 2008
- Amaurypeak 2009
- Aleksandarpeak 2005
- Angelpeak 2006
- Seamuspeak 2008
- Teaguepeak 2009
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.