Haven: Meaning of Baby Name Haven

Haven Popularity Snapshot

Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 4,732 baby boys have been named Haven. The name peaked in 2007 with 181 US births that year (rank #1043). In 2024, ranked #1484 nationally — 441 places below its 2007 peak.

Top States for Haven

Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Haven births are: Texas (350), California (279), Georgia (137).

Other English-Origin Names Like Haven

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5-Letter Names Starting with H

Names with Haven's exact length and starting letter: Haani, Habib, Hadad, Hadar, Haden.

Quick Facts About Haven

5,642

English baby names in our dictionary

3,391

English male names

153

5-letter H-names in our dictionary

504

H-male names total

2000–2025

years of US SSA records (26 total)

21,067

total US births named Haven (all years)

US Popularity History (2000–2025)

🔥 Rising fast: Haven climbed 122 places in the US girls ranking over the last 5 years (#312 in 2020 → #190 in 2025).

Annual US births named Haven by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2025 with 1,642 girls named Haven (girl rank #190 that year).

Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.

Where in the US Is Haven Most Popular?

Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Haven the strongest states are Hawaii, Utah, North Dakota.

Strongest girls-name states

#	State	Avg rank	Births
1	Hawaii	#122	58
2	Utah	#132	307
3	North Dakota	#136	54
4	South Dakota	#146	66
5	Arkansas	#147	190
6	West Virginia	#149	113
7	Oklahoma	#149	230
8	Montana	#152	34
9	North Carolina	#166	556
10	Tennessee	#172	398

Weakest girls-name states

#	State	Avg rank	Births
1	New York	#706	221
2	New Jersey	#558	128
3	Massachusetts	#508	100
4	California	#449	744
5	Connecticut	#445	28
6	Maryland	#402	137
7	Illinois	#386	269
8	Nevada	#373	65
9	Texas	#339	911
10	Washington	#335	208

Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Haven in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.

Variant Forms

Name	Meaning	Gender	Origin
Hagan	Little Hugh	Male	Irish
Hogan	Youth Surname.	Male	Irish

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