Kavita
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Kavita is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “poem”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Kavita mean?
Sanskrit
“poem”
A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Kavita a girl's or a boy's name?
Kavita is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kavita in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 32 girls.
Half of all the girls named Kavita in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2004. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Kavita in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 1 | #7,017 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,555 |
| 2004 | 13 | #1,722 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,954 |
| 2002 | 12 | #1,649 |
| 2001 | 10 | #1,832 |
| 2000 | 17 | #1,230 |
| 1999 | 14 | #1,415 |
| 1998 | 11 | #1,694 |
| 1997 | 24 | #969 |
| 1996 | 32 | #778 |
How popular is Kavita in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 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, 6 girls in the US were named Kavita, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1983, with 33 girls. It first appears in the records in 1968.
2025 had more girls named Kavita than any year since 2010.
Half of all the girls named Kavita in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 1996, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kavita in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,213 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,794 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 22 | #4,578 |
| 1995 | 26 | #3,964 |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,440 |
| 1993 | 17 | #5,413 |
| 1992 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 1991 | 19 | #4,998 |
| 1990 | 29 | #3,618 |
| 1989 | 28 | #3,560 |
| 1988 | 30 | #3,220 |
| 1987 | 28 | #3,254 |
| 1986 | 27 | #3,275 |
| 1985 | 31 | #2,938 |
| 1984 | 23 | #3,526 |
| 1983 | 33 | #2,658 |
| 1982 | 28 | #3,092 |
| 1981 | 18 | #4,161 |
| 1980 | 26 | #3,215 |
| 1979 | 24 | #3,333 |
| 1978 | 27 | #2,942 |
| 1977 | 25 | #3,082 |
| 1976 | 24 | #3,001 |
| 1975 | 21 | #3,259 |
| 1974 | 16 | #3,862 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 8 | #5,957 |
| 1971 | 12 | #4,532 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 14 | #3,773 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
Names like Kavita
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Krisha, Radhika, Priya, Divisha, Kridha, Akshara, Viha, Varnika, Anisha, Kavya, Avira, Vihana
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Aadhya, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya
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, “Kavita: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kavita, updated 20 October 2026.