Kiva

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Kiva: Recorded since 1974, with a gap of 19 years, its highest recorded position is #428, and it stood at #4,709 in 2023.

2registrars recorded it
13times a registrar ranked it
50years from first to last
#428highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Kiva's record

Absent from every published list for 19 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2006–2023

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2006	#5061
2011	#5785
2014	#5691
2017	#5765
2019	#5591
2020	#5493
2021	#4634
2023	#4709

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 5 of the 47 years from 1974 to 2020.

In 2020: #834 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #5493 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1974–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1974
First recorded at #428 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1974 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1974–2020
Highest recorded position: #428 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1974 (recorded 1974–2020).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #4709 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Girls

Kiva appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 8 ranked years and 26 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1974.

Kiva 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.

Kiva'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	#428 (1974)	#428 (1974)	#834 (2020)	5 of 47	16 (1974–2020)	4 (1974)
England and Wales · Girls	#5061 (2006)	#4634 (2021)	#4709 (2023)	8 of 18	26 (2006–2023)	4 (2021)

Kiva 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 Kiva 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	12	4 of 10	3
2020s	11	3 of 10	4

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

Kiva 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 1974 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #428 in Republic of Ireland in 1974.

Kiva'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
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#4634	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#834	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#910	3	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#606	3	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#533	3	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#428	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 1974 and 2023, ranked in 12 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #428, first reached in 1974.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 4 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1974.

Its record falls into 9 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 19 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2006, and 32 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.

5decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 5 decades →
3 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
9separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
19 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period10 to 19 years missing →
#4,709position in 2023, its most recent recorded year
32 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 21 to 40 years →
4births registered in its largest year, 1974Under 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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Kiyaan · #685, 16y

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.

Gracjan · #429, 17y
Arminas · #430, 15y
Deimante · #430, 16y
Ella-Jane · #426, 17y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Selene · #428, 28y
Charleen · #420, 13y
Zelda · #420, 27y
Shirin · #414, 40y

Kiva was ranked #428 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1974. 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.

Kiva 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 Kiva without appearing here.

Kiva moved ahead of

Belinda Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4634 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4709 and #5687.
Cheryl Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5493 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4709 and #5687.
Donna Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4634 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4709 and #5687.
Kristin Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5493 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4709 and #5687.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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 1974 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #428 in Republic of Ireland in 1974. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Kiva

Kiva at a glance

What stands out in Kiva's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kiva across 2 official records

Kiva by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Kiva appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Kiva

Kiva and the names beside it

Kiva moved ahead of

Kiva at a glance

What stands out in Kiva's record

Kiva across 2 official records

Kiva by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Kiva appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Kiva

Kiva and the names beside it

Kiva moved ahead of