Boys' name · since 1991
Keval
Since 1991, U.S. Social Security records show 106 babies named Keval, peaking in 2004. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 106
- total births
- 1991–2012
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 58%
- born in that decade
Keval is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 106 have been recorded since 1991.
Keval has 106 recorded births among boys since 1991, 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 1991 to 2012.
- 106 total births
- 1991–2012 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 58% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Keval's 106 recorded births place it above 62% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Keval's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Keval's full recorded timeline at 1998, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1992, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2004 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Keval popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2012
- Peak year (2004)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Keval by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Keval's strongest decade.
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Keval births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
62 births
- 2000s
2000s
36 births
- 2010s 8
2010s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 62 births (58% of all-time use).
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- Keval's decade-level peak was the 1990s (62 total births); usage has since declined to 8 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1991–2012 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Keval: Baby Name Since 1991 - 106 Births, Peak 2004." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/keval. 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 Keval 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.