Kayvan — #11263 US boys' name
139 babies named Kayvan in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 21% of names given to boys today.
38% of everyone ever named Kayvan was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Kayvan in 2013 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kayvan
The Social Security Administration has registered 139 babies named Kayvan between 1984 and 2024, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kayvan currently holds the #11263 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kayvan performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 53 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Kayvan shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kayvan in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kayvan 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 139 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.
Kayvan at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kayvan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1984
- Peak year (2013)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
Currently ranks #11263 among boys.
139 total births across 41 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2013 with 11 births in a single year.
Kayvan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 53 births that decade — 38% of Kayvan's all-time total
Kayvan decade highlights
- Peak decade 53 births
- Runner-up 29 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Kayvan's strongest decade
53 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
Kayvan by state
Where Kayvan concentrates geographically — total births since 1984
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 4.3% |
6 of 139 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 4.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 4.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1984–2024 (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.