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How popular is the name Sven?
Births per year, rank history and how many Svens are alive today.
Sven (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 4271st in 2024 and given to 4 babies. The name peaked in 1998, when 10 babies were given the name, the 1263rd most popular that year. It has declined since 1998; the 2024 figure is roughly 40% of its peak.
The Sven you are most likely to meet is around 28 years old. Half of all Svens born in England and Wales are between 13 and 30, and there are at least 140 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 Sven - on average, only one in every 2,165 such rooms contains a Sven.
How many babies are named Sven each year?
Where does Sven rank among boys' names?
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 Sven most popular?
Sven peaked in 1998, when 10 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Sven?
At least 140 people named Sven born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Sven?
Most living Svens are between 13 and 30; the most common age is about 28.
Is Sven becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1998 peak.