Keiven — boys' name
37 babies named Keiven in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1975. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
37 boys have been named Keiven since 1975, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2006.
- 37
- total births
- 1975–2006
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 43%
- born in that decade
43% of everyone ever named Keiven was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Keiven in 1975 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Keiven
The Social Security Administration has registered 37 babies named Keiven between 1975 and 2006, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Keiven currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Keiven performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 16 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Keiven shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Keiven 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 37 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.
Keiven at a glance
Last recorded 2006Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Keiven popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–1975
- Peak year (1975)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2006.
37 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1975 with 6 births in a single year.
Keiven by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 16 births that decade — 43% of Keiven's all-time total
Keiven decade highlights
- Peak decade 16 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Keiven's strongest decade
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
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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, 1975–2006 (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.