Kaven

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 19 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
19
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kaven by the numbers

Kaven was given to 19 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 44 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Kaven

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kaven. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Kavinhandsome at birth; a form of Kevin95 in the US (2017)
  • Kevenhandsome; a form of Kevin39 in the US (2017)
  • Kavehancient iranian hero or warrior3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kamenstone7 in the US (2017)
  • Kaden1,851 in the US (2017)
  • Kasen640 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kaven

Names that are said the same way as Kaven, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Cavanhollow or cave9 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Cavinhandsome or cavern; a form of Cavin or Calvin17 in the US (2017)
  • Kavon37 in the US (2017)
  • Kayvon35 in the US (2017)
  • Kavan8 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kaiven12 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Kaven

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