Boys' name · since 1984
Kavi
Kavi has 929 recorded births since 1984 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,384 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,243 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 929
- born since 1984
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kavi currently ranks #2243 among boys' names in America, with 929 babies recorded since 1984.
Kavi has 929 recorded births among boys since 1984, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2243 as of the latest data, more common than 84% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 2025.
- #5,384 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #2,243 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 929 born since 1984
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kavi ranks #5,384 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,243 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 929 born since 1984, peaking in the 2010s.
- #5,384 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,243 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 929
- born since 1984
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kavi's 929 recorded births place it above 88.15% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Kavi compares
929 Top 33% higher than 67% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Kavi's all-time total is 152% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kavi | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 929 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 66 | 34 | 22,252 |
Kavi's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kavi's full recorded timeline at 2007, 76% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 24% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1988, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 66 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kavi popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 66
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Kavi popularity over time - girls
39 total births recorded since 2012 (Kavi as girls' name)
Kavi by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (324 births, 35% of the file).
2010s was Kavi's strongest decade.
324 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Kavi births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 30
1980s
30 births
- 1990s 53
1990s
53 births
- 2000s
2000s
232 births
- 2010s
2010s
324 births
- 2020s
2020s
290 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 324 births (35% of all-time use).
How Kavi compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Kavi's total volume
Kavi by state
Where Kavi concentrates geographically, total births since 1984
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 167 | 18.0% |
| #2 | New York | | 40 | 4.3% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 12 | 1.3% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 6 | 0.6% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #6 | Texas | | 5 | 0.5% |
167 of 929 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Kavi's data
- Kavi's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (324 total births) through the 2020s (290) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Kavis (167 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kavi: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1984–2025 (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 Kavi 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.