Sven

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: Dutch

Meaning

Sven is a Scandinavian masculine first name. In Old Norse the meaning was "young man" or "servant" and the original Old Norse spelling was sveinn. Variants such as Svend are found in Danish and Norwegian.

From Wikipedia

Sven first appears in the data in 1939 and has been recorded in 65 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2006 with 673 babies (rank #10 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Sven

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Sven yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

15,635
Total babies (all years)
65
Years in the data
673
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19391#3
19401#7
19411#41
19421#88
19531#48
19541#121
19563#704
19573#734
19588#563
195910#548
196013#490
196118#424
196225#369
196325#385
196437#311
196524#392
196626#375
196742#303
196863#240
196972#234
197081#216
197189#195
1972108#170
1973114#155
1974120#153
1975124#139
1976115#154
1977123#140
1978127#140
1979103#163
1980110#161
1981155#125
1982140#132
1983143#128
1984156#125
1985210#97
1986245#87
1987248#85
1988254#82
1989338#58
1990397#54
1991306#65
1992334#62
1993339#60
1994358#53
1995384#51
1996354#54
1997433#41
1998490#34
1999515#32
2000525#32
2001549#28
2002562#21
2003603#21
2004504#24
2005586#17
2006673#10
2007672#12
2008663#14
2009628#17
2010493#18
2011478#20
2012484#21
2013421#23
2014406#26