Kaveri
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAH-veh-ree
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Kaveri is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Kaveri mean?
Sanskrit: name of the sacred Kaveri river of southern India
The Kaveri is a sacred river of southern India, revered as a goddess, flowing through Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Kaveri a girl's or a boy's name?
Kaveri is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kaveri in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,131st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Kaveri, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. It first appears in the records in 1999.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Kaveri of any year since it first appeared, in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Kaveri in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kaveri in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
Names like Kaveri
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Avani, Dhriti, Saanvi, Vaani, Navi, Kashvi, Samadhi, Krishvi, Adhara, Armani, Ishanvi, Sanvi
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Aadhya, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya
Sources
Figures from 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, “Kaveri: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kaveri, updated 20 October 2026.