Unisex name · since 2018

Kavani

28 babies named Kavani in U.S. Social Security records since 2018, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#26,400 of 45,481
all-time among boys
28
born since 2018
2020s
peak decade

28 boys have been named Kavani since 2018, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.

Kavani has 28 recorded births among boys since 2018, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2018 to 2022.

  • #26,400 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • 28 born since 2018
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kavani ranks #26,400 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 28 born since 2018, peaking in the 2020s.

#26,400 of 45,481
all-time among boys
28
born since 2018
2020s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Kavani's 28 recorded births place it above 41.62% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Kavani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Kavani's full recorded timeline at 2020, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2020, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2019 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Kavani popularity over time - boys

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2022

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2019)
7
Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 20182019202020212022 5

Kavani popularity over time - girls

19 total births recorded since 2021 (Kavani as girls' name)

Unisex variant - 19 births
456789 202120222025 8

Kavani by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (15 births, 54% of the file).

2020s was Kavani's strongest decade.

15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.

Kavani births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 15 births (54% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kavani? ▼
28 babies have been named Kavani since 2018. All-time, it sits at #26,400 of 45,481 boys' names by recorded births. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 2019 with 7 births.
Where does Kavani sit in the SSA name archive? ▼
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kavani ranks #26,400 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Kavani most popular? ▼
Kavani was most popular in the 2020s decade with 15 total births. The single peak year was 2019.
Is Kavani a unisex name? ▼
Yes, Kavani is used for both boys and girls. As a boy's name it has 28 births, and as a girl's name it has 19 births.
How long has the name Kavani been used? ▼
The SSA has tracked Kavani since 2018 -- 5 years through the most recent 2022 data.
What names are similar to Kavani? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kavin, Kavon, Kavion, Kaven, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Keep exploring Kavani

Nearby Names Like Kavani

Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Kavani

Kavin Boy
#3977 2,934 births
Kavon Boy
#3341 2,786 births
Kavion Boy
#3062 1,405 births
Kaven Boy
#4425 953 births
Kavi Boy
#2243 929 births

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Kavani: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2018–2022 (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 Kavani 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.