Kaveh

#6,638 in 2025Boys' name

Meaning uncertain in the cited reference

Kaveh has been given to 421 babies in the U.S. since 1973. In 2025 it ranked #6,638 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1983, with 18 recorded.

Babies named Kaveh, 2025

1 in 255,000

Kaveh over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kaveh: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning uncertain in the cited reference

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kaveh means

Kaveh is a given name.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 421 boys were recorded with the name Kaveh between 1973 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 18 in 1983; its best national rank was #2,622 in 1983.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #9,140 in 2020 to #6,638 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #11,409 in 2015 to #6,638 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Kaveh?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 255,000; 13 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 131,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #6,638; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 176,762 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Kaveh sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 176,762 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kaveh. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kavehs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kaveh was born before 2001 — so the typical Kaveh is around 24 today.

Median birth year: 2001; About 24 years old
Biggest decade: 1980s; 23.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 50.1%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 421; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1980s — 23.5% of all recorded uses (99).

Is Kaveh rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +6,640; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +2,502; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +4,771; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 2.17×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 72.2%; Peak was 1983 (18)
Years since peak: 42; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 40.8% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,622; 1983

Spellings of Kaveh

Kaveh is not the most common spelling — Kaleb is, with 21.8% against Kaveh's 0.11%.

Kaleb21.8%86,649
Kaden17.5%69,595
Dave16.2%64,378
Kade5.9%23,294
Kane4.9%19,521
Kash4.4%17,367
Kasey3.2%12,623
Kasen2.9%11,414

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Kaveh is used

Across 1910–2025, Kaveh was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 422,805 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1California1 in —
2Washington1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Kaveh has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Kaveh around the world

Where Kaveh ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2006–2025
#5,137
in 2025
Canada
2016–2023
#3,103
in 2023

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Kaveh by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #6,638
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 2,502
Best rank ever: #2,622; 1983
Peak year: 1983; 18 that year
First recorded: 1973
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 421
Count in 2025: 13

Names similar to Kaveh

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Kavir Kavan Kaveon Kaven Kavish Kavari Kavi Kaveer Kavon Kavin Kavion Kavyn Kavik Kavian Kavell Kavonte Kavontae Kavien Kavier Kavod Kavello Kavani Kavis Kavika

Sibling names for Kaveh

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Fawn Jenelle Bambi Adrianne Holli Janay Tanisha Cody

For a brother

Jerrod Whitney Torrey Garrick Laron Derrell Arron Marques

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