Kayvion
Masculine
Kayvion ends in a syllable with an unlikely history. The -vion came off Xavier by way of Xavion, and Xavier is a Basque place-name — so a castle in Navarre is standing several removes behind this very American name.
How old is the name Kayvion?
Kayvion first appears in US birth records in 2001 — 24 years ago. The typical Kayvion is a kid of about 8 — this name's wave is very recent. About 500 people named Kayvion are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Kayvion most popular?
Kayvion peaked in 2025, reaching #2884 nationally. Today it ranks #2884, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Kayvion
Our story of Kayvion follows an ending backwards. Xavier came to America with Catholic families, was shortened and respelled and eventually broken up, and its tail — the -vier, then -vion — came loose and started attaching to other openings. Davion, Javion, Xavion, Kayvion: a whole family of names built on the back half of a Basque farmhouse. That is not a corruption of anything. It is how naming has always worked in every language: a sound proves itself, becomes available, and gets used by people who have never heard of the place it started. The new house in Navarre has no idea.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Nothing is documented for the compound. The -vion ending belongs to a recent American family — Xavion, Davion, Javion, Kayvion — that grew out of Xavier, whose own meaning is settled: Basque etxe berri, 'the new house'. The Kay- opening corresponds to no recorded element. Neither half is recorded as the source of this name, and importing Xavier's Basque etymology would be borrowing another name's history.
Pronouncing Kayvion
KAY-vee-un
Three syllables, stress on the first. kay-VY-un, with the stress in the middle and a long i, is also heard and the name is new enough that neither has settled.
Nicknames for Kayvion
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
- 2001
- Most boys named
- 202543 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2884reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +38.7%43 in 2025, from 31
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.
Kayvion in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: Florida, Texas, Wisconsin.
Kayvions among us
people named Kayvion are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 39,723 born in 2025 was named Kayvion
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Kayvion
- #2884
- Kayvion on the 2025 chart
- #880
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Kayvion went to 43 boys in 2025, but Kaivion is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 48, which makes it the 880th most-given boys’ name of the year — 2,004 places above the chart.
- Kayvion43
- Kaivion5
About 1 boy in 35,585 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 39,723 for Kayvion itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Hari test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Kayvion's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Hari climbed just as high around 2002, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Hari's path sketches the road Kayvion is walking now.
Kayvion 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 Kayvion is headed
Kayvion 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.
Kayvion beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Kayvion in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Three syllables with a soft ending, which balances a short blunt surname well.
- Kay is a ready short form with centuries of use behind it.
- Every sound in it is easy in English, so it is said correctly on sight.
- It has no documented meaning, so anything offered for it has been supplied.
- Kayvion, Kavion, Kavian and Kayvian are all in use and none is standard.
- The spelling will need giving letter by letter for the child's whole life.
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Frequently asked
- How many Kayvions are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Kayvion are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Kayvion?
- Kayvion is the most-used spelling in US records — 43 of the 48 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Kaivion.
- How popular is the name Kayvion in 2025?
- Kayvion ranks #2884 among US boy names in 2025, with 43 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Kayvion?
- About 1 in every 39,723 US boys born in 2025 was named Kayvion — 43 in all.
- Will my child share the name Kayvion with classmates?
- Kayvion will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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