Boys' name · since 1988

Keyvan

Keyvan has 68 recorded births since 1988 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1994 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

68
total births
1988–2025
years on record
1990s
peak decade
34%
born in that decade

Keyvan is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 68 have been recorded since 1988.

Keyvan has 68 recorded births among boys since 1988, 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 1988 to 2025.

  • 68 total births
  • 1988–2025 years on record
  • 1990s peak decade
  • 34% born in that decade

Data updated Jul 2026

Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Keyvan's 68 recorded births place it above 56% 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.

Keyvan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Keyvan's full recorded timeline at 2000, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1989, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1994 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Keyvan popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2025

Last recorded 2025
Peak year (1994)
12
Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
468101214 1988198919941996199820002001202020232025 8

Keyvan by decade

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

1990s was Keyvan's strongest decade.

23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.

Keyvan births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1990s at 23 births (34% of all-time use).

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Keyvan?
Keyvan has been given to 68 babies in the U.S. since 1988, according to SSA data. Its last appearance in the data was 2025. 12 babies were born in 1994, its single highest year.
When was Keyvan most popular?
Keyvan was most popular in the 1990s decade with 23 total births. The single peak year was 1994.
How long has the name Keyvan been used?
The SSA has tracked Keyvan since 1988 -- 38 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Keyvan?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Keyon, Keyshawn, Keyan, Keylan, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

What to do with Keyvan's data

  • Keyvan's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (23 total births) through the 2020s (18) -- 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, 1988–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

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

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NameAlmanac. "Keyvan: Baby Name Since 1988 - 68 Births, Peak 1994." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/keyvan. 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 Keyvan 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.