How Many People Are Named Cavan?
people named Cavan are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 203,928 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,714 babies named Cavan in Social Security records from 1969 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
77 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Either from the name of the Irish county, which is derived from Irish cabhán "hollow", or else from the Irish surname CAVAN.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Cavan in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Cavan alive today is about 20 years old, and 80% are under 30. Half of them were between 11 and 27 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Cavan first appears in the records in 1969 and was given most often in 2008, to 77 babies. In 2025, 33 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1969 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Cavan has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,770, in 2002. In 2025 it ranked #3,455.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,455 |
| Best rank | #1,770 (2002) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,114 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Cavan alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Cavan were born in California than in any other state: about 85 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Cavan was given 2.8 times as often in Texas and 2.2 times in California.
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