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Kayven

Gender
Boy
Say it
KAY-ven
Origin
Modern
US rank, 2025
#5,044 for boys

Kayven is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,044th for boys in the US (19 babies).

Where does Kayven come from?

Modern: blend of Kay with -ven, like Kevin or Javen

Is Kayven a girl's or a boy's name?

Kayven is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Kayven in the US?

Rank in 2025
#5,044among boys
Babies in 2025
19about 1 in 90,000 boys
Five-year trend
Risingup 28% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 19 boys in the US were named Kayven, making it the 5,044th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. It first appears in the records in 2003.

It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Kayven of any year since it first appeared, in 2003.

Half of all the boys named Kayven in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 94 boys in the US were given Kayven or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,542, up from #5,044 for this spelling alone.

2003Busiest: 19 in 20252025
Kayven in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202519#5,044
202417#5,439
202314#6,215
20226#10,855
202110#7,582
202013#6,292
201910#7,638
201816#5,536
20178#8,835
20167#9,659
201514#5,995
201416#5,481
20139#8,113
201212#6,620
20117#9,593
201013#6,353
200914#6,091
20087#9,864
200710#7,586
200616#5,299
20056#10,144
20040–
20035#10,886

Names like Kayven

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Other spellings of Kayven

Names related to Kayven

More Modern names

Every Modern name

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, “Kayven: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kayven, updated 20 October 2026.