Keyvon
Masculine · “Saturn”
Keyvon has a genuine Persian near-neighbor worth knowing about: Keyvan is the Persian name for the planet Saturn, borrowed from Babylonian, and it is an ordinary Iranian men's name. Whether any American Keyvon descends from it the record does not say.
How old is the name Keyvon?
Keyvon first appears in US birth records in 1983 — 42 years ago. The typical Keyvon alive today was born around 2007, making them about 18 years old. About 700 people named Keyvon are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Keyvon most popular?
Keyvon peaked in 2000, reaching #2736 nationally. Today it ranks #5608, 2,872 places below that high. See the whole 2000 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Keyvon
Two things arrived at these letters in the same decade. Iranian migration after 1979 brought Persian names into American records in numbers — Kian, Arman, Sina, Keyvan — and Keyvan is among the ordinary ones. At the same time the -von ending was fully productive in American naming, generating Davon, Javon, Trevon, Rayvon and Keyvon from a Key- opening that was itself in wide use through Keyon and Keon. The result is a spelling that a Persian family and a family with no Persian connection would both plausibly write. The 2000 peak sits at the end of the -von family's run, which is where the weight of the American record probably lies.
Meaningscholars disagree
Saturn, if from the Persian Keyvan
Persian Keyvan is the name of the planet Saturn, borrowed through Aramaic from Akkadian Kayamānu, the steady one — that reading is settled for Keyvan. Separately, Keyvon fits the American -von family alongside Davon, Javon and Rayvon, none of which has a documented source. The spelling matches both and the record does not distinguish.
Pronouncing Keyvon
KAY-vahn
Two syllables, stress on the first. Persian Keyvan puts the weight on the second, key-VAHN, with a fuller final vowel.
Nicknames for Keyvon
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
- 1983
- Most boys named
- 200033 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2736reached in 2000
- Change vs 2024
- −20.0%16 in 2025, from 20
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.
Keyvon in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- کیوان in Persian — related form
Keyvons among us
people named Keyvon are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 106,755 born in 2025 was named Keyvon
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Keyvon
- #5608
- Keyvon on the 2025 chart
- #902
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Keyvon went to 16 boys in 2025, but Keivon is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 26, which makes it the 902nd most-given boys’ name of the year — 4,706 places above the chart.
- Keyvon16
- Keivon10
About 1 boy in 65,695 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 106,755 for Keyvon 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 Ricahrd test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Keyvon's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Ricahrd climbed just as high around 1968, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Ricahrd's path sketches the road Keyvon is walking now.
Keyvon 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
Keyvon beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Keyvon in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Key and Von both work as short forms.
- The Persian near-relative has a settled and striking meaning.
- Everyone can say it after one hearing.
- The two possible sources are entirely unrelated.
- Keyvon, Keyvan, Kevon and Kayvon are four spellings of nearly one sound.
- The stress placement differs between the two readings.
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Frequently asked
- How many Keyvons are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Keyvon are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Keyvon?
- Keyvon is the most-used spelling in US records — 16 of the 26 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Keivon.
- How popular is the name Keyvon in 2025?
- Keyvon ranks #5608 among US boy names in 2025, with 16 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Keyvon?
- About 1 in every 106,755 US boys born in 2025 was named Keyvon — 16 in all.
- Will my child share the name Keyvon with classmates?
- Keyvon will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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