Sven
Recorded 1911–2025 · United States
Sven was most popular in 2015, when 58 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,104 that year. In 2025 it ranked #7,732, with 31 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,517 people named Sven.
Sven over time
How old is the name Sven?
Sven first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1911, which makes it about 114 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 110 of the 115 years since.
How many people are named Sven?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,517 American births named Sven between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,109 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Sven in 2025?
31 American babies were named Sven in 2025, ranking #7,732 that year.
Is Sven getting more or less popular?
Sven is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 46 births a year, against 41 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +12% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Sven a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Sven is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 2,517 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Sven?
Roughly 2,109 Americans named Sven are alive today — 84% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 29 years old, and half are between 12 and 52. That is a wide band, the mark of a name in steady use across generations rather than a passing fashion.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Sven is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org