Kiva
Girl · KEE-va
Kiva is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Kiva mean?
Used in several cultures, e.g. short for Hebrew Akiva
A kiva is the round ceremonial chamber of the Pueblo peoples of the American Southwest.
- Say it
- KEE-va
Is Kiva a girl's or a boy's name?
Kiva is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 11 girls and 6 boys in the US.
How popular is Kiva in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Kiva, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 5 girls.
In 2025, 98 girls in the UK were given Kiva or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #452, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Kiva in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 2 | #7,433 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 2 | #7,579 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
How popular is Kiva in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,858among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Kiva, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 1974, with 30 girls. It first appears in the records in 1958. 6 boys were also named Kiva in 2025 (10,690th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Kiva in the US since 1880 were born between 1974 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 49 girls in the US were given Kiva or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,594, up from #8,858 for this spelling alone.
Kiva in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 16 | #6,917 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,088 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,099 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,387 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,582 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 16 | #5,280 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,890 |
| 1987 | 12 | #5,918 |
| 1986 | 13 | #5,456 |
| 1985 | 16 | #4,633 |
| 1984 | 15 | #4,736 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,147 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,532 |
| 1981 | 15 | #4,745 |
| 1980 | 20 | #3,852 |
| 1979 | 20 | #3,776 |
| 1978 | 15 | #4,459 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,651 |
| 1976 | 27 | #2,791 |
| 1975 | 23 | #3,052 |
| 1974 | 30 | #2,497 |
| 1973 | 25 | #2,753 |
| 1972 | 17 | #3,543 |
| 1971 | 19 | #3,373 |
| 1970 | 16 | #3,711 |
| 1969 | 15 | #3,618 |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,146 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 12 | #3,739 |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,288 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,473 |
| 1963 | 9 | #4,538 |
| 1962 | 12 | #3,781 |
| 1961 | 15 | #3,317 |
| 1960 | 11 | #3,919 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 8 | #4,519 |
Names like Kiva
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Krisha Prisha Kridha Kriva Aisha Viha Kavya Anvika Krishvi Khivi Priya Kiara