Kavya
A girls’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning poetry, poem.
Babies a year
95
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#1892
15 babies
Kavya by the numbers
In 2025, 15 babies in England and Wales were named Kavya. In the US, 95 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 106 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kavya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean song or music
Like Kavya, each of these has song or music in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Harperharp player10,735 in the US (2017)
- Ariamelody, air; lioness7,160 in the US (2017)
- Melodysong, music2,046 in the US (2017)
- Carmensong; poem; possibly from mount carmel789 in the US (2017)
- Lyralyre, a musical instrument643 in England and Wales (2025)
- Calliopebeautiful voice; muse of epic poetry57 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Kavya
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