Kieva — girls' name
26 babies named Kieva in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
26 girls have been named Kieva since 1977, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1992.
- 26
- total births
- 1977–1992
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 62%
- born in that decade
62% of everyone ever named Kieva was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Kieva in 1978 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kieva
The Social Security Administration has registered 26 babies named Kieva between 1977 and 1992, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kieva currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kieva performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 16 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kieva shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kieva 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 26 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.
Kieva at a glance
Last recorded 1992Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kieva popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–1977
- Peak year (1978)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1992.
26 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1978 with 6 births in a single year.
Kieva by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 16 births that decade — 62% of Kieva's all-time total
Kieva decade highlights
- Peak decade 16 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Kieva's strongest decade
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 62% 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, 1977–1992 (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.