Kavon vs Kavya
American parents have registered 2,827 Kavons since 1880, against 2,152 Kavyas. But in 2025 it was Kavya that was commoner, 75 babies to 35.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Kavon Kavya
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 48 years in which either name was published, Kavon for 32 years and Kavya for 16 years. The lead changed hands once.
Side by side
| Kavon | Kavya | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 2,827 | 2,152 |
| Most in one year | 169 | 106 |
| Babies in 2025 | 35 | 75 |
| Estimated living today | 2,800 | 2,100 |
| Median age today | 22 | 12 |
| Peak year | 2000 | 2012 |
| Best rank | 932nd boys | 1,886th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 3,314th | 2,387th |
| First recorded | 1976 | 1987 |
| Girls / boys | 41 / 2,786 | 2,146 / 6 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Kavons alive today are over 22; half the Kavyas are over 12. That is 10 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Kavon Maryland (6.5×), the District of Columbia (5.2×), Virginia (3.4×)
- Kavya New Jersey (6.8×), California (3.3×), Illinois (2.2×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Kavon and Kavya.