Kavan

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Kavan: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Kavan: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #629, and it stood at #2,671 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#629highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1235
1997	#809
1998	#629
1999	#639
2000	#673
2001	#842
2002	#869
2003	#1053
2004	#1160
2005	#1190
2006	#1084
2007	#1440
2008	#2276
2009	#1494
2010	#2036
2011	#1600
2012	#1962
2013	#1617
2014	#3895
2015	#2707
2016	#3079
2017	#2734
2018	#3011
2019	#1986
2020	#2076
2021	#2493
2022	#3449
2023	#2325
2024	#2671

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1235 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #629 among boys in England and Wales, in 1998 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2671 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Kavan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Kavan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	84	4 of 10	21
2000sbusiest	175	10 of 10	18
2010s	90	10 of 10	9
2020s	40	5 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 18 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Kavan appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #629 in England and Wales in 1998.

Kavan's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#2671	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2325	9	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2493	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2076	10	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1986	11	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3011	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2734	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3079	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2707	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3895	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1617	14	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1962	11	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1600	14	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2036	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1494	15	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2276	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1440	15	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1084	20	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1190	17	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1160	16	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1053	17	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#869	20	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#842	20	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#673	27	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#639	27	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#629	28	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#809	19	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1235	10	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #629, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 28 births, registered in England and Wales in 1998.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#2,671position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
28births registered in its largest year, 199825 to 49 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Jamaal · #629, 29y
Jaskaran · #629, 29y
Naeem · #629, 29y
Layth · #630, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Abdurahman · #629, 29y
Abid · #629, 29y
Austen · #629, 29y
Brandyn · #629, 11y

Kavan was ranked #629 in England and Wales · Boys in 1998. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Kavan and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Kavan without appearing here.

Kavan moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3449 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2325 and #4991.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2325 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2671 and #5119.
Courtney Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3449 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2671 and #4270.
Brett Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3449 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2325 and #3523.

Moved ahead of Kavan

Lars Compare
In 2013 they stood at #1617 and #1706 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #3895 and #1421.
Marius Compare
In 2013 they stood at #1617 and #2055 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #3895 and #1486.
Aksel Compare
In 2013 they stood at #1617 and #2403 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #3895 and #2079.
Matheo Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2493 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #3449 and #2018.

Moved the opposite way to Kavan

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kavan went from #1235 to #2671 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kavan went from #1235 to #2671 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kavan went from #1235 to #2671 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kavan went from #1235 to #2671 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Kavan

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kavan went from #1235 to #2671 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kavan went from #1235 to #2671 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kavan went from #1235 to #2671 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kavan went from #1235 to #2671 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #629 in England and Wales in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kavan

Kavan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kavan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Kavan at a glance

Kavan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Kavan moved ahead of

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