Kaveh
Boy · kah-VEH · Persian
Kaveh is a boys' name of Persian origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Kaveh mean?
Persian
In the Shahnameh, Kaveh the blacksmith leads the revolt against the tyrant Zahhak, raising his leather apron as a banner.
- Say it
- kah-VEH
Is Kaveh a girl's or a boy's name?
Kaveh is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kaveh in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Kaveh, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2006, with 4 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Kaveh in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 1 | #6,416 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
How popular is Kaveh in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,442among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Kaveh, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 1983, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the boys named Kaveh in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kaveh in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 17 | #5,336 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 12 | #3,910 |
| 1987 | 11 | #3,954 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 13 | #3,398 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 18 | #2,576 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,837 |
| 1979 | 12 | #3,356 |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
Names like Kaveh
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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