Kiven — boys' name

What the Data Says About Kiven

The Social Security Administration has registered 307 babies named Kiven between 1955 and 2022, spanning 68 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kiven currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1960, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kiven performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 119 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Kiven shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Kiven in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kiven 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 307 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.