Given
Given is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Given
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Given is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Given
As a girl name
American parents first put Given on the record books as a girl name in 2018, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2019, when 6 Givens were born — ranking #13,792 that year. About 52% of every Given on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. Given last appeared in the published SSA data in 2021, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 23 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Given on the record books as a boy name in 1925, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2018, when 17 Givens were born — ranking #5,319 that year. About 43% of every Given on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Given last appeared in the published SSA data in 2022, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 91 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Given
Given is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1925 and has accumulated 91 births in the dataset. Given's peak popularity came in 2018 when it ranked #5,319. Use the chart and map above to compare Given's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.