Kiva — #10389 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Kiva

The Social Security Administration has registered 807 babies named Kiva between 1958 and 2024, spanning 67 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kiva currently holds the #10389 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1974, when 30 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kiva performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 206 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Kiva shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Kiva in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kiva 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 807 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.