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Haven

OriginWord name, English
Meaning"a place of safety"
GenderBoy & girl
US rank · girls#190

2025 SSA

US rank · boys#1354

2025 SSA

About Haven

Haven is a recently invented safe-harbor name that appeals to an increasing number of parents who don't want to voyage quite as far as Heaven.

Haven for girls#190 US

Haven Kimmel is the author of the bestselling memoir A Girl Named Zippy, and Haven Denney is a medal-winning skater. There was also a supernatural TV series called Haven.

Jessica Alba's younger daughter and middle child is named Haven, sister of Honor and Hayes. Robert Herjavec and Kym Johnson named their daughter Haven, twin of Hudson.

There are currently more than ten baby girls named Haven for every boy, though the name is equally appropriate for any gender.

Haven for boys#1354 US

Like Harbor, one of the new generation of word names with appealing meanings, though (female) memoirist Haven Kimmel has tipped it decidedly toward the girls' side.

There are now more than ten female babies named Haven for every boy. But Haven is an equally appealing name for a baby of any gender.

Pronounced HAY-vun.

As of October 2026, Haven ranked #190 in US births in 2025 SSA, Nameberry popularity #602.

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Famous Havens

  • Haven KimmelGirl

    American memoirist

  • Haven DenneyGirl

    American pair skater

  • Haven Garner Warren (b. 2011)Girl

    daughter of actress Jessica Alba & Cash Warren

  • Haven Michelle Leach (b. 2014)Girl

    daughter of tennis players Lindsay Davenport and Jon Leach

  • Haven Mae Herjavec (b. 2018)Girl

    daughter of TV personalities Robert Herjavec and Kym Johnson; twin of brother Hudson Robert

  • Haven Belle Huff (born 2023)Girl

    daughter of Sadie Robertson Huff and Christian Huff

  • Haven GillespieBoy

    songwriter "Santa Clause Is Coming to Town"

  • Haven MosesBoy

    American NFL football player

  • Haven RineyBoy

    American radio host and actor

  • Haven ShoemakerBoy

    Maryland Legislator

  • James Haven VoightBoy

    son of actor Jon Voight, and brother of Angelina Jolie

Haven in pop culture

  • "Safe HavenGirl

    " novel by Nicholas Sparks and 2013 film

  • "HavenGirl

    " TV series

  • "HavenGirl

    " novel by Beverly Patt

  • HavenGirl

    location in the Dragon Age video game series

  • New HavenGirl

    Connecticut, USA

  • HavenGirl

    an academy in Mistral in the web series RWBY

  • House HavenGirl

    family in the"Red Queen" series by Victoria Aveyard

  • Haven McPhailGirl

    main character in novel "That Summer"

  • "HavenBoy

    " TV series on SyFy

  • A prominent location in the video game "Dragon Age: InquisitionBoy

    " which played a more minor part in its predecessor "Dragon Age: Origins"

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