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Kaveri

#7,311 in 2025Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Kaveri has been given to 122 babies in the U.S. since 1999. In 2025 it ranked #7,311 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 15 recorded.

Babies named Kaveri, 2025

1 in 221,000

Kaveri over time, 1880–2025

Girls
05101518801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kaveri: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kaveri means

Kaveri is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Kaveri is used in English.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Kaveri is pronounced /ˈkɑːvɪɹi/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 122 girls were recorded with the name Kaveri between 1999 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 15 in 2025; its best national rank was #7,311 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #10,685 in 2020 to #7,311 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #13,722 in 2015 to #7,311 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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Kaveri?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 221,000
15 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 107,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#7,311
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
153,194 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Kaveri sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

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 153,194 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kaveri. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kaveris were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kaveri was born before 2016 — so the typical Kaveri is around 9 today.

Median birth year
2016
About 9 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
41.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
95.9%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
122
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Choose a decade

2010s — 41.0% of all recorded uses (50).

Is Kaveri 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
+1,925
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+3,374
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+6,411
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
2.14×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (15)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
45.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#7,311
2025

Spellings of Kaveri

Kaveri is not the most common spelling — Avery is, with 51.7% against Kaveri's 0.04%.

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.

Kaveri around the world

Where Kaveri 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.

  • Canada
    2020–2020
    #3,347
    in 2020

Popularity data from Statistics Canada. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Kaveri by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#7,311
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 3,374
Best rank ever
#7,311
2025
Peak year
2025
15 that year
First recorded
1999
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
122
Count in 2025
15

Names similar to Kaveri

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

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Sibling names for Kaveri

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

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