Keva

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Keva: Recorded since 2000, its highest recorded position is #465, and it stood at #5,669 in 2022.

2registrars recorded it
15times a registrar ranked it
23years from first to last
#465highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2002–2022

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2002	#4137
2011	#4764
2012	#5876
2018	#5666
2019	#3151
2020	#5493
2021	#5581
2022	#5669

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 7 of the 22 years from 2000 to 2021.

In 2021: #764 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #5581 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2000–2022 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2000
First recorded at #465 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 2000 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded2000–2021
Highest recorded position: #465 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2000 (recorded 2000–2021).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #5669 among girls in England and Wales, in 2022.
England and Wales · Girls

Keva appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 8 ranked years and 29 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 2000.

Keva across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Keva's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#465 (2000)	#465 (2000)	#764 (2021)	7 of 22	25 (2000–2021)	4 (2000)
England and Wales · Girls	#4137 (2002)	#3151 (2019)	#5669 (2022)	8 of 21	29 (2002–2022)	7 (2019)

Keva by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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 Keva in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	3	1 of 10	3
2010s	17	4 of 10	4
2020s	9	3 of 10	3

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

Keva appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2000 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #465 in Republic of Ireland in 2000.

Keva'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
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3151	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#742	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#842	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	4	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#465	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2000 and 2022, ranked in 14 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #465, first reached in 2000.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 7 births, registered in England and Wales in 2019.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2002, and 2 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
5 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
5 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#5,669position in 2022, its most recent recorded year
2 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itWithin 2 years →
7births registered in its largest year, 2019Under 25 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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Kevin · #8, 74y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, 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.

Chanice · #465, 18y
Smilte · #465, 19y
Blanche · #466, 12y
Bridgette · #466, 12y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Smilte · #465, 19y
Realtin · #464, 13y
Jaheim · #460, 24y
Siyana · #460, 17y

Keva was ranked #465 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2000. 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.

Keva 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 Keva without appearing here.

Keva moved ahead of

Judith Compare
In 2008 they stood at #862 and #750 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2009 that had become #742 and #893.
Lorraine Compare
In 2008 they stood at #862 and #597 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2009 that had become #742 and #893.
Suzanne Compare
In 2008 they stood at #862 and #750 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2009 that had become #742 and #893.
Elaine Compare
In 2020 they stood at #742 and #331 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2021 that had become #764 and #883.

Moved ahead of Keva

Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3151 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #1939.
Maja Compare
In 2005 they stood at #576 and #677 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2006 that had become #764 and #220.
Charlie Compare
In 2003 they stood at #465 and #536 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2004 that had become #576 and #340.
Marianne Compare
In 2020 they stood at #742 and #893 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2021 that had become #764 and #586.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2000 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #465 in Republic of Ireland in 2000. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Keva

Keva at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Keva across 2 official records

Keva by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Keva appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Keva

Keva and the names beside it

Keva moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Keva

Keva at a glance

Keva across 2 official records

Keva by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Keva appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Keva

Keva and the names beside it

Keva moved ahead of

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