NameTides

Niven

Niven was the #647 boys' name in Scotland in 2025 (4 babies), and #4,275 in England & Wales.

Niven as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
Niven as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, ScotlandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandEngland & Wales
Niven as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, ScotlandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotland
2025—#4,275 (4)#647 (4)
2024——#727 (3)
2022—#4,790 (3)#703 (3)
2021—#4,789 (3)—
2020—#3,848 (4)#536 (5)
2019—#2,488 (8)#464 (6)
2018—#3,412 (5)#433 (7)
2017—#3,996 (4)—
2016——#532 (5)
2015—#3,908 (4)—
2014#10,717 (6)——
2012#9,709 (7)——
2010#12,231 (5)——
2008—#4,432 (3)—
2007#10,921 (6)#4,333 (3)#501 (4)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in Scotland in 2018 at #433.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in Scotland in 2003.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,900 baby boys in the published Scotland list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 67,000rare
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 4,900uncommon