Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Keyvan isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1988. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Keyvan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 68
- 68 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1994
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #9,341 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,341 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 12 in 1994. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 438 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Keyvan’s family of names
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Keyvan
- Keivan GhanbarzadehIranian high jumperborn 1990
- Kayvon ZandAmerican nightlife personality and musicianborn 2000
- Keyvan KhosrovaniIranian architect, lighting designer, fashion designer (1938-2026)
- Keyvan VahdaniIranian footballer (1991-2019)
- Keywan KarimiIranian independent filmmaker of Kurdish descentborn 1985
- Keivan SaketIranian musician and composerborn 1961
- Keivan AmraeiIranian football playerborn 1986
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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