Kayvon

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 35 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
35
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#5137
3 babies

Kayvon by the numbers

In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Kayvon. In the US, 35 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 55 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Kayvon

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 Kayvon. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

Sounds like Kayvon

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

  • Kavinhandsome at birth; a form of Kevin95 in the US (2017)
  • Cavanhollow or cave9 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Cavinhandsome or cavern; a form of Cavin or Calvin17 in the US (2017)
  • Kavan8 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kaven19 in the US (2017)
  • Kaiven12 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Kayvon

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