Kavya
Girl · KAAV-ya · Sanskrit
Kavya is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “poetry, poem”. In 2025 it ranked 1,961st for girls in the UK (15 babies) and 2,387th for girls in the US (75 babies).
What does Kavya mean?
Sanskrit
“poetry, poem”
Kavya is the name for the classical ornate poetry of Sanskrit literature, the tradition of poets such as Kalidasa.
- Say it
- KAAV-ya
Is Kavya a girl's or a boy's name?
Kavya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the UK and 75 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kavya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,961among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the UK were named Kavya, making it the 1,961st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,268th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 24 girls.
Half of all the girls named Kavya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 19 girls in the UK were given Kavya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,417, up from #1,961 for this spelling alone.
- Kavya 15
- Kaavya 4
In 2012, 80% of the babies named Kavya in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,892nd in England and Wales.
Kavya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,961 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,644 |
| 2023 | 16 | #1,873 |
| 2022 | 12 | #2,277 |
| 2021 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 2020 | 12 | #2,268 |
| 2019 | 15 | #1,958 |
| 2018 | 15 | #2,000 |
| 2017 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2016 | 18 | #1,781 |
| 2015 | 24 | #1,431 |
| 2014 | 24 | #1,418 |
| 2013 | 16 | #1,874 |
| 2012 | 20 | #1,615 |
| 2011 | 19 | #1,629 |
| 2010 | 14 | #2,004 |
| 2009 | 11 | #2,298 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,454 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,543 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,657 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
How popular is Kavya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,387among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 75about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 75 girls in the US were named Kavya, making it the 2,387th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,500th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 106 girls. It first appears in the records in 1987.
2025 had more girls named Kavya than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Kavya 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 Kavya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,855, up from #2,387 for this spelling alone.
- Kavya 75
- Kaavya 13
Kavya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 75 | #2,387 |
| 2024 | 70 | #2,533 |
| 2023 | 74 | #2,415 |
| 2022 | 67 | #2,604 |
| 2021 | 70 | #2,510 |
| 2020 | 69 | #2,500 |
| 2019 | 93 | #2,043 |
| 2018 | 102 | #1,937 |
| 2017 | 95 | #2,053 |
| 2016 | 97 | #2,033 |
| 2015 | 97 | #2,025 |
| 2014 | 102 | #1,956 |
| 2013 | 92 | #2,083 |
| 2012 | 106 | #1,886 |
| 2011 | 87 | #2,173 |
| 2010 | 97 | #2,043 |
| 2009 | 86 | #2,270 |
| 2008 | 73 | #2,557 |
| 2007 | 79 | #2,394 |
| 2006 | 69 | #2,602 |
| 2005 | 63 | #2,666 |
| 2004 | 45 | #3,329 |
| 2003 | 45 | #3,228 |
| 2002 | 58 | #2,639 |
| 2001 | 50 | #2,877 |
| 2000 | 46 | #3,016 |
| 1999 | 37 | #3,371 |
| 1998 | 25 | #4,363 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,864 |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,060 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
Names like Kavya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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