Kiva
#9,184 in 2025Girls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Kiva has been given to 850 babies in the U.S. since 1958. In 2025 it ranked #9,184 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1974, with 30 recorded.
Babies named Kiva, 2025
1 in 301,000
Kiva over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
How common is Kiva?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 301,000
- 11 of 3,315,165 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 146,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2025
- #9,184
- of 17,293 girls’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 208,901 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Kiva sits on the popularity scale
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.
Put another way: gather 208,901 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kiva. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Kivas were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Kiva was born before 1986 — so the typical Kiva is around 39 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1970s
- 25.1% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 29.8%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 820
- People you could plausibly meet
1970s — 25.1% of all recorded uses (206).
Is Kiva 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
- +75
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- +2,454
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- +61
- Places climbed
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 0.92×
- Fewer babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 36.7%
- Peak was 1974 (30)
- Years since peak
- 51
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 43.3% average annual change
Spellings of Kiva
Kiva is not the most common spelling — Lisa is, with 20.8% against Kiva'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 Kiva is used
Across 1910–2025, Kiva was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,491,032 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in —
- 2Louisiana1 in —
- 3Michigan1 in —
- 4Texas1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls 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. Kiva has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Kiva around the world
Where Kiva 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 & Wales2006–2025#5,927in 2025
- Ireland1974–2020#834in 2020
- Canada2017–2017#3,407in 2017
- South Australia2010–2010#801in 2010
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Central Statistics Office, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Kiva by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Kiva
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Kiva
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.