Boys' name · since 1990
Cavon
198 babies named Cavon in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,013 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 198
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
198 boys have been named Cavon since 1990, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Cavon recorded 198 times among boys since 1990, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2021.
- #13,013 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 198 born since 1990
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cavon ranks #13,013 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 198 born since 1990, peaking in the 2000s.
- #13,013 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 198
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
Cavon's 198 recorded births place it above 71.31% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cavon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Cavon splits its recorded history at 2005: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2017 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2004 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Cavon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2021
- Peak year (2004)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Cavon by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (105 births, 53% of the file).
2000s was Cavon's strongest decade.
105 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Cavon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
47 births
- 2000s
2000s
105 births
- 2010s 41
2010s
41 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 105 births (53% of all-time use).
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What to do with Cavon's data
- Cavon's decade-level peak was the 2000s (105 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Cavon: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~31 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1990–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Cavon draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.