Karver — #5381 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Karver

The Social Security Administration has registered 425 babies named Karver between 2003 and 2024, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Karver currently holds the #5381 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 37 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Karver performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 260 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Karver shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Iowa, which accounts for 18 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Minnesota and Missouri. In total, SSA state-level files list Karver in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Karver 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 425 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.