Boys' name · since 2018
Kriv
29 babies named Kriv in U.S. Social Security records since 2018, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #26,123 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,702 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 29
- born since 2018
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Kriv is the #11702 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 29 recorded since 2018.
Kriv has 29 recorded births among boys since 2018, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11702 as of the latest data, more common than 16% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2018 to 2025.
- #26,123 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,702 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 29 born since 2018
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kriv ranks #26,123 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,702 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 29 born since 2018, peaking in the 2020s.
- #26,123 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,702 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 29
- born since 2018
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kriv's 29 recorded births place it above 42.29% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kriv compares
29 11th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Kriv's all-time total is 92% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kriv | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 29 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 34 | 22,252 |
Kriv's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kriv splits its recorded history at 2024: 62% of all births land in the more recent half, 38% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2018 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kriv popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Kriv by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (24 births, 83% of the file).
2020s was Kriv's strongest decade.
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 83% of all-time use.
Kriv births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 24 births (83% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kriv: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2018–2025 (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 Kriv 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.