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Sven

Gender

Male

Origin

Norse
boy, lad
Scandinavian
Youth
Swedish

Syllables

1

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Sven

Pronunciation

s-ven

Famous People

Director Sven Nykvist

More about the name

Sven is a Scandinavian masculine given name. In Old Norse the meaning was "young man" or "servant", and the original Old Norse spelling was sveinn.
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Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2015 (rank #2260, 58 births); most recent 2025 (rank #3583, 31 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoys
202531
202451
202353
202251
202144
202053
201953
201852
201737
201636

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 1998 (rank #1264, 10 births); most recent 2024 (rank #4266, 4 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
2025–
20244
2023–
20224
2021–
2020–
20193
2018–
20176
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2010 (rank #875, 46 births); most recent 2023 (rank #1271, 26 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
202326
202223
202128
202023
201923
201839
201738
201624
201528
201443

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence