Niven

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Niven: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Niven: Recorded since 1999, its highest recorded position is #727, reached in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
16times a registrar ranked it
26years from first to last
#727highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1999–2022

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#2943
2000	#3036
2003	#3467
2004	#2578
2005	#2754
2006	#3385
2007	#4333
2008	#4432
2015	#3908
2017	#3996
2018	#3412
2019	#2488
2020	#3848
2021	#4789
2022	#4789

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 15 of the 24 years from 1999 to 2022.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1999–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1999
First recorded at #2943 among boys in England and Wales in 1999 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #4789 among boys in England and Wales, in 2022.
England and Wales · Boys

Niven by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Niven in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000sbusiest	26	7 of 10	4
2010s	21	4 of 10	5
2020s	10	3 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Niven appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #727 in Scotland in 2024.

Niven's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3848	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2488	8	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3412	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3996	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#3385	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2754	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2578	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#727	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1999 and 2024, ranked in 16 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #727, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in England and Wales in 2019.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 25 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
6 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
6 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#727position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
25 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 21 to 40 years →
8births registered in its largest year, 2019Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Aafiyah · #727, 17y
Advait · #727, 13y
Aras · #727, 17y
Ayleen · #727, 11y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Aditi · #727, 30y
Afnan · #727, 27y
Arsalan · #727, 29y
Ayoub · #727, 29y

Niven was ranked #727 in Scotland · Boys in 2024. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Niven and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Niven without appearing here.

Niven moved ahead of

Kim Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4432 and #3687 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3908 and #4747.
Morten Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4432 and #3687 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3908 and #4747.
Tayla Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4432 and #2775 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3908 and #4747.
Brooke Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4432 and #1596 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #3996 and #4812.

Moved ahead of Niven

Aksel Compare
In 2006 they stood at #3385 and #4052 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #4333 and #3589.
Espen Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2488 and #3013 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #3848 and #3334.
Willow Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2488 and #4702 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #3848 and #3848.

Moved the opposite way to Niven

Albie Compare
Between 1999 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Niven went from #2943 to #4789 while Albie went from #750 to #29.
Alfie Compare
Between 1999 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Niven went from #2943 to #4789 while Alfie went from #64 to #17.
Alfred Compare
Between 1999 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Niven went from #2943 to #4789 while Alfred went from #150 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1999 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Niven went from #2943 to #4789 while Archie went from #108 to #11.

Moved the same way as Niven

Aaron Compare
Between 1999 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Niven went from #2943 to #4789 and Aaron from #36 to #135.
Adam Compare
Between 1999 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Niven went from #2943 to #4789 and Adam from #21 to #41.
Alan Compare
Between 1999 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Niven went from #2943 to #4789 and Alan from #232 to #472.
Alex Compare
Between 1999 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Niven went from #2943 to #4789 and Alex from #45 to #139.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #727 in Scotland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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