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Haven

Haven: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“safe place, harbor”
Origin
English
Say it
HAY-vən · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls (82% of all uses)

From the English vocabulary word haven, meaning a harbor or refuge. As a given name it is a modern word-name.

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How popular is Haven?

2024492 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Haven in 20241,639

2024 rank#202 girls

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 188025,961

Haven is rising: use over the last five years is 1.7× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Haven

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Oliviaolive tree · English
  • Evelyndesired; little bird · English
  • Harperharp player · English
  • Violetviolet flower · English
  • Hazelhazel tree · English
  • Ellieshort form of names ending in -el or -ella · English
  • Lilylily flower · English
  • Scarlettscarlet, bright red · English

Haven questions

What does the name Haven mean?

Haven means "safe place, harbor". It comes from English. From the English vocabulary word haven, meaning a harbor or refuge. As a given name it is a modern word-name.

Is Haven a boy or girl name?

Haven is mainly a girl's name in US records (82% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Haven?

1,639 US babies were named Haven in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Haven?

Haven is usually pronounced HAY-vən.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.