Kavya

#2,387 for girls in 2025, 75 births · Last seen for boys in 2010 at #10,766
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
#1,886
2012 · 106 births
Debut · girls
1987
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,146
since 1987

Kavya over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Kavya has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202013peak #1,886, 2012girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#2,38775—
2024#2,53370—
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2022#2,60467—
2021#2,51070—
2020#2,50069—
2019#2,04393—
2018#1,937102—
2017#2,05395—
2016#2,03397—
2015#2,02597—
2014#1,956102—
2013#2,08392—
2012#1,886106—
2011#2,17387—
2010#2,04397#10,7666
2009#2,27086—
2008#2,55773—
2007#2,39479—
2006#2,60269—
2005#2,67063—
2004#3,33345—
2003#3,23245—
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1999#3,37437—
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1997#5,86816—
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1995#8,7669—
1994#9,5868—
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1991#9,3368—
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First appearance
1987

The first year at least five girls were named Kavya! It came in at #9,825, and was given to 6 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1988–1990, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Kavya is popular in 2013

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Kavya, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Kavya, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Kavya, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Kavya, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Kavya, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Kavya, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Kavya, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kavya, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Kavya, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,144 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 7,244 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Kavya, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Kavya, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Kavya, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Kavya, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kavya, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Kavya, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Kavya, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Kavya, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kavya, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Kavya, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Kavya, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Kavya, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #1,369 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 10,415 girlsPANew Jersey: #806 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,562 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Kavya, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,919 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 17,097 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Kavya, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Kavya, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Kavya, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Kavya, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Kavya, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kavya, so not publishedWVVirginia: #890 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,183 girlsVAMaryland: #744 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,920 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kavya, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Kavya, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Kavya, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kavya, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kavya, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Kavya, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Kavya, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Kavya, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kavya, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Kavya, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Kavya, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Kavya, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Kavya, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Kavya, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kavya, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Kavya, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Kavya, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Maryland#744 · 1 in 3,920
  2. New Jersey#806 · 1 in 4,562
  3. Virginia#890 · 1 in 5,183
  4. Illinois#1,144 · 1 in 7,244
  5. Pennsylvania#1,369 · 1 in 10,415

Best ever in a state: #379 in New Jersey, 2014.

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Maryland#74461 in 3,920
New Jersey#80681 in 4,562
Virginia#89071 in 5,183
Illinois#1,14481 in 7,244
Pennsylvania#1,36951 in 10,415
California#1,919121 in 17,097
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See more about Kavya
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 146 spots since 2024 (#2,533 → #2,387)
  • 113 spots since 2020 (#2,500 → #2,387)
  • 362 spots since 2015 (#2,025 → #2,387)
Rise & fade · girls
25 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1987
  • Peaked 2012 at #1,886 (106 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 16,614
  • Highest: 1 in 16,614 girls born in 2012 were named Kavya (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 21,430 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 45.1% of all girls named Kavya (968) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s6#9,825 (1987)#9,825
1990s133#3,374 (1999)#7,949
2000s614#2,270 (2009)#2,760
2010s968#1,886 (2012)#2,023
2020s425#2,387 (2025)#2,492

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Kavya in 2013

girls
#2,083
92 births · 1 in 19,073 girls

Top girls' names in 2013

  1. #1Sophia21,255
  2. #2Emma20,973
  3. #3Olivia18,454
  4. #4Isabella17,689
  5. #5Ava15,271
  6. #6Mia13,166
  7. #7Emily13,144
  8. #8Abigail12,429
  9. #9Madison10,605
  10. #10Elizabeth9,476
  11. #2,083Kavya92
More about 2013

girls

1,754,746 girls got a published name in 2013; 1 in 19,073 of them was named Kavya, which outranked 89.2% of the 19,279 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kavya
  1. #2,064Siya93
  2. #2,064Starr93
  3. #2,064Taylee93
  4. #2,083Kavya92
  5. #2,083Alayla92
  6. #2,083Giulianna92
  7. #2,083Kyah92
  8. #2,096Anylah91
  9. #2,096Avigail91
  10. #2,096Jaina91

Tied with 12 names at #2,083; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2012
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,124Daleyza#3,711 → #587
  2. ↑ 736Marjorie#1,646 → #910
  3. ↑ 683Lennon#1,612 → #929
  4. ↑ 561Jurnee#1,457 → #896
  5. ↑ 539Everleigh#1,405 → #866
Fallers
  1. ↓ 827Litzy#598 → #1,425
  2. ↓ 409Geraldine#994 → #1,403
  3. ↓ 384Taraji#858 → #1,242
  4. ↓ 374Marisa#977 → #1,351
  5. ↓ 372Adley#733 → #1,105

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2013 →