# Sven (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/sven/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Swedish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,517 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,517 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 88, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish Sven.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 24 | 4,201 |
| 2012 | 34 | 3,291 |
| 2013 | 33 | 3,327 |
| 2014 | 56 | 2,341 |
| 2015 | 58 | 2,293 |
| 2016 | 36 | 3,216 |
| 2017 | 37 | 3,187 |
| 2018 | 52 | 2,501 |
| 2019 | 53 | 2,520 |
| 2020 | 53 | 2,462 |
| 2021 | 44 | 2,854 |
| 2022 | 51 | 2,642 |
| 2023 | 53 | 2,535 |
| 2024 | 51 | 2,630 |
| 2025 | 31 | 3,645 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 9 | 1,383 |
| 2000 | 4 | 2,501 |
| 2001 | 5 | 2,220 |
| 2002 | 3 | 3,225 |
| 2003 | 6 | 2,189 |
| 2005 | 4 | 3,208 |
| 2006 | 4 | 3,385 |
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,040 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,001 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,270 |

## People named Sven

- Sven Bender, German footballer
- Sven Ulreich, German association football player (born 1988)
- Sven Kramer, Dutch speed skater
- Sven Norman Botman, Dutch association football player
- Sven Fischer, German biathlete
- Sven Hannawald, German former ski jumper and footballer
- Sven Hassel, Danish writer (1917–2012)
- Sven Väth, German DJ and record producer
- Sven Mikser, Estonian politician (born 1973)
- Sven Nys, Belgian cyclo-crosser
- Sven Aggesen, Danish historian
- Sven Vermant, Belgian footballer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.