Kraven
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KRAY-ven
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #3,948 for boys
Kraven is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,948th for boys in the US (27 babies).
What does Kraven mean?
Modern: probably from the Marvel character Kraven the Hunter
Recalls Kraven the Hunter, a Spider-Man villain; the similar English word craven means 'cowardly'.
Is Kraven a girl's or a boy's name?
Kraven is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 27 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kraven in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,948among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 27about 1 in 63,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 27 boys in the US were named Kraven, making it the 3,948th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. It first appears in the records in 2004.
2025 had the most boys named Kraven of any year since it first appeared, in 2004.
Half of all the boys named Kraven in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kraven in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #3,948 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,068 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
Names like Kraven
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Krishiv Aarav Vivaan Vihaan Avyaan Kash Krish Shivansh Viraj Veer Ivaan Aj
More Modern names
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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, “Kraven: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kraven, updated 20 October 2026.