Kavan

Kavan was the #9,714 boys' name in the US in 2025 (7 babies), and #2,664 in England & Wales and #2,789 in Canada.

Kavan as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Kavan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Kavan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#9,714 (7)#2,664 (8)#2,789 (6)
2024#5,904 (15)#2,672 (8)#2,238 (8)
2023#8,921 (8)#2,326 (9)#1,947 (9)
2022#8,300 (9)#3,450 (5)#2,052 (8)
2021#6,032 (14)#2,493 (8)#2,491 (6)
2020#5,451 (16)#2,076 (10)#2,746 (5)
2019#6,104 (14)#1,986 (11)#2,189 (7)
2018#6,345 (13)#3,011 (6)—
2017#4,331 (23)#2,734 (7)#2,010 (8)
2016#6,349 (13)#3,079 (6)#1,487 (12)
2015#4,711 (20)#2,707 (7)#2,715 (5)
2014#7,048 (11)#3,895 (4)—
2013#4,180 (23)#1,617 (14)#2,086 (7)
2012#3,115 (36)#1,962 (11)#1,781 (9)
2011#3,306 (33)#1,600 (14)#2,125 (7)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2005 at #2,653.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1968.

How common is it?

about 1 in 250,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 250,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 34,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 26,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Kavan is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 220,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 100,000 to 1 in 450,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KavanCanadaBoys#2,7896
KavanEngland & WalesBoys#2,6648
KavanNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
KavanUSBoys#9,7147