girls:
1.3k births since 1954
#4469 (22nd percentile)
overall:
1.3k births since 1954
#6488 (16th percentile)
The name Keva is the #6,488 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,253 recorded births since 1954. This represents the 16.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 16.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,469 (21.8% percentile) for all time with 1,253 births since 1954.
Keva first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1954 (first recorded for girls in 1954). Birth data for Keva is available in 68 out of the 70 years between 1954 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Keva reached its peak popularity in 1974, achieving the 5.4% percentile (ranked #706) with 29 births per million. The name was most common in 1974, with 29 births per million (ranked 5.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Keva ranks #942 for girls (0.5% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 19.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Keva".
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