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How popular is the name Kayvan?

Births per year, rank history and how many Kayvans are alive today.

Kayvan (male) is a rare spelling of the boys' name Cavan in England and Wales, ranked 5120th in 2024 and given to 3 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2018, when 5 babies were given the name, the 3412th most popular that year.

Across all spellings of the name, the Cavan you are most likely to meet is around 27 years old. Half of all Cavans born in England and Wales are between 17 and 28, and there are at least 800 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Cavan - on average, only one in every 379 such rooms contains a Cavan.

How many babies are named Kayvan each year?

Includes all spellings: Kayvan, Cavan, Caven. Figures before 1996 are estimates.

0204060200020201996: 161997: 391998: 581999: 552000: 532001: 512002: 402003: 262004: 312005: 332006: 282007: 362008: 292009: 312010: 122011: 162012: 152013: 142014: 152015: 112016: 152017: 82018: 112019: 32020: 62021: 142022: 32023: 72024: 102025: 9actual

Where does the Kayvan spelling rank?

1101001,00010,00020202014: ranked 4,6322016: ranked 4,8102018: ranked 3,4122019: ranked 4,7022021: ranked 4,7892024: ranked 5,120

Where does the Cavan spelling rank?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 8981997: ranked 4841998: ranked 3981999: ranked 4232000: ranked 4282001: ranked 4212002: ranked 5242003: ranked 7952004: ranked 8152005: ranked 7882006: ranked 8632007: ranked 8202008: ranked 9872009: ranked 1,0672010: ranked 1,8012011: ranked 1,4472012: ranked 1,8522013: ranked 1,6172014: ranked 1,8192015: ranked 2,0202016: ranked 1,9032017: ranked 2,5122018: ranked 3,0112020: ranked 2,9602021: ranked 1,9842022: ranked 4,7902023: ranked 2,8142024: ranked 2,9222025: ranked 2,440

Where does the Caven spelling rank?

1101001,0005,00020001998: ranked 2,9011999: ranked 2,9432000: ranked 3,0362004: ranked 2,5782005: ranked 3,8492007: ranked 3,5892008: ranked 4,4322009: ranked 2,5442012: ranked 4,805

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Common questions

When was the name Kayvan most popular?

The most popular form of the name, Cavan, peaked in 1998, when 58 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Kayvan spelling itself peaked in 2018, with 5 babies.

How many people are called Kayvan?

At least 800 people named Kayvan in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Kayvan?

Most living Kayvans are between 17 and 28; the most common age is about 27.

Is Kayvan becoming more or less popular?

Broadly steady in recent years.






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