Kaavya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAAV-ya
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Kaavya is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “poetry, poem”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Kaavya mean?
Sanskrit: spelling of Kavya
“poetry, poem”
Kavya is the name for the classical ornate poetry of Sanskrit literature, the tradition of poets such as Kalidasa.
Meaning borrowed from Kavya.
Is Kaavya a girl's or a boy's name?
Kaavya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kaavya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Kaavya, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2017, with 10 girls.
2025 had more girls named Kaavya than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Kaavya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 19 girls in the UK were given Kaavya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,417, up from #4,935 for this spelling alone.
- Kavya 15
- Kaavya 4
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Kaavya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,652 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
How popular is Kaavya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,883among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Kaavya, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 40 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the girls named Kaavya in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 88 girls in the US were given Kaavya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,855, up from #7,883 for this spelling alone.
- Kavya 75
- Kaavya 13
Kaavya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 30 | #4,545 |
| 2018 | 27 | #4,886 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,040 |
| 2016 | 30 | #4,631 |
| 2015 | 24 | #5,456 |
| 2014 | 22 | #5,795 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 25 | #5,396 |
| 2011 | 20 | #6,332 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,214 |
| 2009 | 25 | #5,535 |
| 2008 | 24 | #5,747 |
| 2007 | 31 | #4,674 |
| 2006 | 40 | #3,794 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
Names like Kaavya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Prisha Navya Arya Aadhya Aarya Krisha Aavya Saanvi Kashvi Viha Priya Vanya
Other spellings of Kaavya
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Lila Arjun Aarav Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Vihaan Avyaan Ishaan Siya Leena Shivansh
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kaavya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kaavya, updated 20 October 2026.