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Kavi

#2,244 in 2025Boys' name

Wise man, sage, poet

Kavi has been given to 968 babies in the U.S. since 1984. In 2025 it ranked #2,244 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2024, with 66 recorded.

Babies named Kavi, 2025

1 in 52,600

Kavi over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
02040608018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kavi: meaning, origin, and history

Wise man, sage, poet

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kavi means

Kavi means “wise man, sage, poet”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 929 boys were recorded with the name Kavi between 1984 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 66 in 2024; its best national rank was #2,201 in 2024.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #3,866 in 2020 to #2,244 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #3,829 in 2015 to #2,244 in 2025.

In the United States, 39 girls were recorded with the name Kavi between 2012 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 9 in 2021; its best national rank was #10,685 in 2021.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #11,603 in 2020 to #14,050 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.

How common is Kavi?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 52,600
63 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 27,100
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,244
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
36,476 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Kavi 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 36,476 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kavi. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kavis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kavi was born before 2014 — so the typical Kavi is around 11 today.

Median birth year
2014
About 11 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
34.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
89.7%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
929
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 34.9% of all recorded uses (324).

Is Kavi 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
−43
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+1,622
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,585
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
2.25×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
95.5%
Peak was 2024 (66)
Years since peak
1
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
22.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,201
2024

Spellings of Kavi

Kavi is not the most common spelling — David is, with 62.9% against Kavi's 0.02%.

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 Kavi is used

Across 1910–2025, Kavi was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 265,101 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2Illinois1 in —
  3. 3North Carolina1 in —
  4. 4New Jersey1 in —
  5. 5New York1 in —
  6. 6Texas1 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. Kavi has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Kavi around the world

Where Kavi 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
    1996–2025
    #1,705
    in 2025
  • France
    2011–2016
    #5,615
    in 2016
  • Canada
    2007–2024
    #2,328
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2006–2006
    #657
    in 2006

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Kavi by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,244
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,622
Best rank ever
#2,201
2024
Peak year
2024
66 that year
First recorded
1984
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
929
Count in 2025
63

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#14,050
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,447
Best rank ever
#10,685
2021
Peak year
2021
9 that year
First recorded
2012
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
39
Count in 2025
6

Names similar to Kavi

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

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Sibling names for Kavi

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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