unisex name

Given

  • Gender Unisex
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 5
  • Births on record 153

Given is a unisex name with 2 syllables. It is given to both girls and boys — about 15% of recorded births with this name are girls. In 2022 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 2018, when 22 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1925.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Given over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1920s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2022, not a full ten years.

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Births named Given by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1920s 5
1990s 6
2000s 18
2010s 50
2020s (to 2022) 35

How popular is Given?

In 2022, Given was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Given is used

England & Wales #4,229 4 in 2010
France #5,959 5 in 2021
United States #11,364 6 in 2022

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Given

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Given also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Given over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Given

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Given — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Given

How popular is the name Given?

In 2022, Given was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Given a girl's or a boy's name?

Given is used for both girls and boys. About 15% of recorded births with this name are girls.

How many syllables are in Given?

Given has 2 syllables.

When was Given most popular?

Given peaked in 2018, when 22 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.