Girls' name · since 1999
Kaveri
122 babies named Kaveri in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #24,933 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,333 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 122
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Kaveri is the #7333 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 122 recorded since 1999.
Social Security Administration records show Kaveri recorded 122 times among girls since 1999, holding rank #7333 nationally today, ahead of 58% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2025.
- #24,933 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,333 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 122 born since 1999
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaveri ranks #24,933 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,333 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 122 born since 1999, peaking in the 2010s.
- #24,933 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,333 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 122
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kaveri's 122 recorded births place it above 65.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kaveri compares
122 28th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Kaveri's all-time total is 68% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kaveri | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 122 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kaveri's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kaveri splits its recorded history at 2016: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1999 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kaveri popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Kaveri by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (50 births, 41% of the file).
2010s was Kaveri's strongest decade.
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Kaveri births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 18
2000s
18 births
- 2010s
2010s
50 births
- 2020s
2020s
49 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 50 births (41% of all-time use).
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- Kaveri's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (50 total births) through the 2020s (49) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kaveri: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1999–2025 (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 Kaveri 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.