Kavon — #3297 US boys' name
2,751 babies named Kavon in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 77% of names given to boys today.
42% of everyone ever named Kavon was born in this single decade.
163 babies were named Kavon in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kavon
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,751 babies named Kavon between 1976 and 2024, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kavon currently holds the #3297 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 163 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kavon performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,166 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Kavon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 195 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Maryland and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Kavon in 19 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kavon 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 2,751 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.
Kavon at a glance
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Current rank
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Kavon popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1976
- Peak year (2000)
- 163
- Annual births at peak — across 49 years of records
Currently ranks #3297 among boys.
2,751 total births across 49 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 163 births in a single year.
Kavon popularity over time — girls
41 total births recorded since 1988 (Kavon as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Kavon accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kavon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 1,166 births that decade — 42% of Kavon's all-time total
Kavon decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,166 births
- Runner-up 734 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Kavon's strongest decade
1,166 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Kavon by state
Where Kavon concentrates geographically — total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 195 | 7.1% |
| #2 | Maryland | | 123 | 4.5% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 113 | 4.1% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 111 | 4.0% |
| #5 | California | | 98 | 3.6% |
| #6 | Virginia | | 96 | 3.5% |
| #7 | Florida | | 89 | 3.2% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 81 | 2.9% |
195 of 2,751 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 19 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 7.1% of nationwide
- Maryland 4.5% of nationwide
- Michigan 4.1% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.0% of nationwide
- California 3.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 19 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 7.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Kavon appears in 19 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1976–2024 (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.