Girls' name · since 1958
Kiva
820 babies named Kiva in U.S. Social Security records since 1958, with the highest year being 1974. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,592 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,956 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 820
- born since 1958
- 1970s
- peak decade
Kiva currently ranks #8956 among girls' names in America, with 820 babies recorded since 1958.
Kiva has 820 recorded births among girls since 1958, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8956 as of the latest data, more common than 48% of girls, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1958 to 2025.
- #8,592 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,956 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 820 born since 1958
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kiva ranks #8,592 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,956 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 820 born since 1958, peaking in the 1970s.
- #8,592 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,956 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 820
- born since 1958
- 1970s
- peak decade
Kiva's 820 recorded births place it above 88.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Kiva compares
820 Top 36% higher than 64% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Kiva's all-time total is 118% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kiva | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 820 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 30 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kiva's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kiva's SSA record in two at 1992 and the more recent half accounts for 41% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 59%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1993, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1974 peak of 30, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kiva popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1958–2025
- Peak year (1974)
- 30
- Annual births at peak, across 68 years of records
Kiva popularity over time - boys
30 total births recorded since 1994 (Kiva as boys' name)
Kiva by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (206 births, 25% of the file).
1970s was Kiva's strongest decade.
206 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Kiva births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 8
1950s
8 births
- 1960s
1960s
102 births
- 1970s
1970s
206 births
- 1980s
1980s
145 births
- 1990s
1990s
100 births
- 2000s
2000s
84 births
- 2010s
2010s
103 births
- 2020s 72
2020s
72 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 206 births (25% of all-time use).
How Kiva compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Kiva's total volume
Kiva by state
Where Kiva concentrates geographically, total births since 1958
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10 | 1.2% |
| #2 | Louisiana | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #4 | Texas | | 5 | 0.6% |
10 of 820 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Kiva's data
- Kiva's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (206 total births) through the 2020s (72) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Kivas (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
Keep exploring Kiva
Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Kiva
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kiva: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1974)
Similar record span (~67 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1958–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Kiva 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 August 2026.