Fun Facts About the Name Ayven
- More than 1 thousand babies named Ayven: U.S. records list 1,255 babies given the name Ayven from 1880 through 2025. Even 211 girls received the name Ayven - about 1 girl for every 5 boys.
What Does the Name Ayven Mean?
Ayven is generally treated as a modern respelling of the given name Aven. Aven comes from the Welsh afon and the Breton aven, both meaning "river"; read literally, the name points to a watercourse rather than to a personal quality. A second explanation links the spelling to Evan, the Welsh form of John, whose customary meaning is "God is gracious." These two derivations belong to different names, and the y-spelling does not by itself show which one is intended, so the meaning of Ayven is best described as uncertain.
Ayven Name History & Origins
The name Aven is older than the Ayven spelling. It is used in Britain and North America and shares its root with the Welsh word afon, "river"; the Breton cognate aven appears in the name of the river Aven in Brittany. The ay- form follows a wide English-language pattern of respelling a as ay, which became common in the United States in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. A family choosing Ayven may have the river-name Aven in mind, or may intend a phonetic spelling of Evan, a Welsh name that spread through Wales and later through other English-speaking countries. The two possibilities are not distinguished by the spelling itself.
How Popular is the Name Ayven?
Ayven has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2018. Its best rank was #1,141 in 2018.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #7,951 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2024 | #12,309 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2023 | #12,333 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2022 | #7,688 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 2021 | #5,780 | 21 | 0.0013% |
| 2020 | #9,650 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2019 | #4,453 | 31 | 0.0018% |
| 2018 | #3,010 | 54 | 0.0032% |
| 2017 | #5,537 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2015 | #11,015 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2014 | #14,841 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2013 | #9,701 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2012 | #17,266 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,112 | 69 | 0.0040% |
| 2024 | #2,366 | 59 | 0.0034% |
| 2023 | #1,971 | 78 | 0.0046% |
| 2022 | #1,805 | 90 | 0.0052% |
| 2021 | #1,932 | 78 | 0.0045% |
| 2020 | #2,046 | 69 | 0.0040% |
| 2019 | #1,658 | 97 | 0.0054% |
| 2018 | #1,141 | 168 | 0.0093% |
| 2017 | #1,960 | 73 | 0.0039% |
| 2016 | #3,063 | 38 | 0.0020% |
| 2015 | #3,375 | 33 | 0.0017% |
| 2014 | #4,888 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2013 | #3,274 | 33 | 0.0017% |
| 2012 | #4,407 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2011 | #3,173 | 35 | 0.0018% |
| 2010 | #3,819 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 2009 | #4,764 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 2008 | #6,430 | 13 | 0.0006% |
| 2007 | #7,646 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2005 | #5,905 | 13 | 0.0007% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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