How Many People Are Named Sven?
people named Sven are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 162,522 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,517 babies named Sven in Social Security records from 1911 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
58 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the Old Norse byname Sveinn which meant "boy". This was the name of kings of Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Sven in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Sven alive today is about 31 years old, and 51% are under 30. Half of them were between 11 and 50 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Sven first appears in the records in 1911 and was given most often in 2015, to 58 babies. In 2025, 31 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1911 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Sven has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,113, in 1967. In 2025 it ranked #3,644.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,644 |
| Best rank | #1,113 (1967) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,861 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Sven alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Sven were born in California than in any other state: about 220 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Sven was given 5.2 times as often in California and 2.3 times in New York.
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