Keval — boys' name
106 babies named Keval in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
106 boys have been named Keval since 1991, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2012.
- 106
- total births
- 1991–2012
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 58%
- born in that decade
58% of everyone ever named Keval was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Keval in 2004 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Keval
The Social Security Administration has registered 106 babies named Keval between 1991 and 2012, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Keval currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Keval performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 62 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Keval shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Keval 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 106 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.
Keval at a glance
Last recorded 2012Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Keval popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–1991
- Peak year (2004)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2012.
106 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2004 with 12 births in a single year.
Keval by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 62 births that decade — 58% of Keval's all-time total
Keval decade highlights
- Peak decade 62 births
- Runner-up 36 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Keval's strongest decade
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 58% 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, 1991–2012 (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.