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How popular is the name Cavan?
Births per year, rank history and how many Cavans are alive today.
Cavan (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 2440th in 2025 and given to 9 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 1998, when 55 babies were given the name, the 398th most popular that year. It has declined since 1998; the 2025 figure is roughly 16% of its peak. Cavan is one spelling of a name also recorded as Caven and Kayvan; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Cavan you are most likely to meet is around 27 years old. Half of all Cavans born in England and Wales are between 17 and 28, and there are at least 800 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Cavan - on average, only one in every 379 such rooms contains a Cavan.
How many babies are named Cavan each year?
Includes all spellings: Cavan, Caven, Kayvan. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Cavan spelling rank?
Where does the Caven spelling rank?
Where does the Kayvan spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Cavan most popular?
Cavan peaked in 1998, when 58 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Cavan?
At least 800 people named Cavan in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Cavan?
Most living Cavans are between 17 and 28; the most common age is about 27.
Is Cavan becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.