Boys' name · since 1975

Keiven

Keiven has 37 recorded births since 1975 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1975 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

37
total births
1975–2006
years on record
1990s
peak decade
43%
born in that decade

Keiven is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 37 have been recorded since 1975.

Keiven has 37 recorded births among boys since 1975, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2006.

  • 37 total births
  • 1975–2006 years on record
  • 1990s peak decade
  • 43% born in that decade

Data updated Jul 2026

Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Keiven's 37 recorded births place it above 46% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Keiven's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Keiven's SSA record in two at 1995 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1989, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1975 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Keiven popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2006

Last recorded 2006
Peak year (1975)
6
Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
4.555.566.5 1975198919921995199920042006 5

Keiven by decade

Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance

1990s was Keiven's strongest decade.

16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.

Keiven births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1990s at 16 births (43% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of July 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Keiven?
Keiven has been given to 37 babies in the U.S. since 1975, according to SSA data. Its last appearance in the data was 2006. 6 babies were born in 1975, its single highest year.
When was Keiven most popular?
Keiven was most popular in the 1990s decade with 16 total births. The single peak year was 1975.
How long has the name Keiven been used?
The SSA has tracked Keiven since 1975 -- 32 years through the most recent 2006 data.
What names are similar to Keiven?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Keith, Keion, Keilan, Keifer, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

What to do with Keiven's data

  • Keiven's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (16 total births) through the 2000s (10) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
  • Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Data Sources

Data as of July 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, 1975–2006 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

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NameAlmanac. "Keiven: Baby Name Since 1975 - 37 Births, Peak 1975." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/keiven. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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 Keiven 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 July 2026.