Kavon
Masculine
Kavon is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 2,786 boys against 41 girls since 1880.
Kavon belongs to the Ka- family of American names built in the last decades of the twentieth century, alongside Keon, Javon and Devon. It is short, easy and entirely of its moment.
How old is the name Kavon?
Kavon first appears in US birth records in 1976 — 49 years ago. The typical Kavon alive today was born around 2003, making them about 22 years old. About 2,700 people named Kavon are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Kavon most popular?
Kavon peaked in 2000, reaching #932 nationally. Today it ranks #3314, 2,382 places below that high. See the whole 2000 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Kavon
Ours rather than the record's. The -von ending has an odd double life in American naming: Devon is a real English county, and Javon and Kavon are not places at all — they took the sound and left the geography. That is a common enough move, but it is worth pointing out, because a name that ends in -von reads to many people as though it has a location behind it. Kavon does not. What it has is a clear rhythm and a documented place in one decade of American naming.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source language is established. The construction is documented: a Ka- opening shared with Kaleb, Kavion and Kashawn, and a -von ending shared with Javon, Devon and Trevon in American records of the same decades.
Pronouncing Kavon
kuh-VON
Two syllables with the stress on the second. Some families say KAY-von.
Nicknames for Kavon
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1976
- Most boys named
- 2000163 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #932reached in 2000
- Change vs 2024
- −2.8%35 in 2025, from 36
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Kavon in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: Florida, California, Texas.
Kavons among us
people named Kavon are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 48,802 born in 2025 was named Kavon
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Paulo test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Kavon's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Paulo climbed just as high around 1973, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Paulo's path sketches the road Kavon is walking now.
Kavon sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Kavon is headed
Kavon should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Kavon beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Kavon in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Read correctly on sight by English speakers.
- Von is a complete short form in its own right in current records.
- Five letters and two syllables, easy to write and to shout.
- Kavon, Kavion and Kavohn all appear and none is dominant.
- The first vowel is unsettled between kuh and KAY.
- There is no documented meaning, only a construction.
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Frequently asked
- How many Kavons are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,700 people named Kavon are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Kavon in 2025?
- Kavon ranks #3314 among US boy names in 2025, with 35 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Kavon?
- About 1 in every 48,802 US boys born in 2025 was named Kavon — 35 in all.
- Will my child share the name Kavon with classmates?
- Kavon will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Kavon
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