Sven

Where Sven comes from

Borrowed from Swedish Sven.
— Wiktionary's entry for Sven
  • Swedish
Along the way
  1. 1911
    First appearance
    #1,537 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1967
    Peak, #1,102
    45 babies named Sven — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1976
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,177.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Swedish.
Namesakes

We look up famous namesakes for names that have made the top 1,000. Sven hasn't yet.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.