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Kavya

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Kavya is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 70 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
700.00% of girls
Peak year
2012106 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1987
2,071people given the name
Babies named Kavya, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

2,071 girls have been named Kavya in the United States since 1987, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2012, with 106 births.

It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2012, and the 2010s alone account for 47%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Kavya
1980s6
1990s133
2000s614
2010s968
2020s350

In 2012, its biggest year

Kavya was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2012 were Sophia, Emma, Isabella, Olivia and Ava. See all of 2012.

Names that rose and fell with Kavya

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.