Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Kiva

#7,888 most common girls' name of all time · #13,189 across all names · 4% male / 96% female · used 1958–2025

Rank among girls
#7,888
Rank overall
#13,189 of 105,966
First appeared
1958
Years on the list
67 of 146
All-time
850
Since 2016
124
Peak year
1974 #2,538
Best rank
#2,538 1974
Girls Boys peak 30/yr
1960198020002020

Kiva first appears in 1958. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 11 6 17 #8,971
2024 11 11 #9,089
2023 16 16 #7,000
2022 15 15 #7,357
2021 11 11 #9,105
2020 8 8 #11,284
2019 9 9 #10,639
2018 19 19 #6,321
2017 8 8 #11,809
2016 10 10 #10,252
2015 12 12 #9,043
2014 14 14 #8,155
2013 18 18 #6,806
2012 6 6
2011 5 5 #17,192
2010 8 5 13 #12,482
2009 7 7 #13,972
2008 6 6 #15,723
2007 18 18 #7,176
2006 5 5 #17,592
2005 7 8 15 #13,259
2004 8 8 #11,852
2003 5 5 #16,204
2002 7 7 #12,457
2001 6 6 #13,839
2000 15 15 #6,907
1999 8 8 #10,577
1998 13 13 #7,232
1997 11 11 #7,903
1996 14 14 #6,493
1995 9 9 #8,963
1994 8 5 13 #9,836
1993 5 5 #13,958
1992 10 10 #8,255
1991 13 13 #6,705
1990 9 9 #8,732
1989 16 16 #5,394
1988 13 13 #6,039
1987 12 12 #6,084
1986 13 13 #5,583
1985 16 16 #4,742
1984 15 15 #4,852
1983 13 13 #5,296
1982 12 12 #5,704
1981 15 15 #4,846
1980 20 20 #3,926
1979 20 20 #3,848
1978 15 15 #4,571
1977 14 14 #4,810
1976 27 27 #2,841
1975 23 23 #3,120
1974 30 30 #2,538
1973 25 25 #2,802
1972 17 17 #3,675
1971 19 19 #3,471
1970 16 16 #3,833
1969 15 15 #3,738
1968 8 8 #5,477
1967 6 6 #6,522
1966 12 12 #3,927
1965 7 7 #5,715
1964 7 7 #5,891
1963 9 9 #4,855
1962 12 12 #3,991
1961 15 15 #3,457
1960 11 11 #4,176
1958 8 8 #4,879