Kaven
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAY-ven
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #4,395 for boys
Kaven is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,395th for boys in the US (23 babies).
Where does Kaven come from?
Modern: modern name, perhaps from Kavan or Cavan
Is Kaven a girl's or a boy's name?
Kaven is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kaven in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2018, with 6 boys.
Half of all the boys named Kaven in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kaven in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | #6,364 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 1 | #3,857 |
How popular is Kaven in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,395among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 74,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the US were named Kaven, making it the 4,395th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. Its busiest year was 2013, with 44 boys. It first appears in the records in 1951.
Half of all the boys named Kaven in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 94 boys in the US were given Kaven or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,542, up from #4,395 for this spelling alone.
Kaven in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #4,395 |
| 2024 | 19 | #5,063 |
| 2023 | 27 | #3,999 |
| 2022 | 36 | #3,276 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,007 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,231 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2018 | 33 | #3,369 |
| 2017 | 20 | #4,742 |
| 2016 | 28 | #3,775 |
| 2015 | 24 | #4,177 |
| 2014 | 27 | #3,784 |
| 2013 | 44 | #2,666 |
| 2012 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2011 | 35 | #3,163 |
| 2010 | 31 | #3,452 |
| 2009 | 35 | #3,222 |
| 2008 | 34 | #3,284 |
| 2007 | 29 | #3,589 |
| 2006 | 29 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 30 | #3,315 |
| 2004 | 23 | #3,855 |
| 2003 | 21 | #3,971 |
| 2002 | 20 | #4,038 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 17 | #4,383 |
| 1999 | 20 | #3,699 |
| 1998 | 17 | #4,015 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,390 |
| 1995 | 16 | #3,848 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 15 | #4,013 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 9 | #4,781 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 11 | #3,802 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
| 1968 | 11 | #2,575 |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 7 | #3,247 |
| 1965 | 8 | #2,980 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,317 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
Names like Kaven
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden Aiden Finn Kian Ronan Brody Keegan Declan Brayden Jayden Conan Caelan
Other spellings of Kaven
Names related to Kaven
More Modern names
Ailany Myla Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn Ailani
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, “Kaven: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kaven, updated 20 October 2026.