Kaivan — #8720 US boys' name
27 babies named Kaivan in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 39% of names given to boys today.
63% of everyone ever named Kaivan was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Kaivan in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kaivan
The Social Security Administration has registered 27 babies named Kaivan between 2005 and 2024, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kaivan currently holds the #8720 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kaivan performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kaivan shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kaivan in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 27 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Kaivan at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kaivan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2005
- Peak year (2024)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
Currently ranks #8720 among boys.
27 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 9 births in a single year.
Kaivan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 17 births that decade — 63% of Kaivan's all-time total
Kaivan decade highlights
- Peak decade 17 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Kaivan's strongest decade
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 63% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2005–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.