Kavi is a distinctive choice, ranked #1758 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Kavi in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#1758
About the Name Kavi
Kavi is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 2090 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #1454 in 1997 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Kavi is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Kavi
Unlikely. With around 14 UK babies named Kavi per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Kavi in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Kavi is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 2090 places over the last five years to #1758 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
Kavi is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Kavi include: Emmanuel Kavi — Emmanuel Kavi or Komlan Kavi, is an African contemporary painter.; Arunachala Kavi — Arunachala Kavi (Tamil: அருணாசல கவி) was a Tamil poet and a composer of Carnatic music.; Nanalal Dalpatram Kavi — Nanalal Dalpatram Kavi was an Indian writer and poet in Gujarati language of Gujarati literature..
Kavi does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Kavis in the wild.
14
UK babies named Kavi (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
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In a school of 600
↑ 2090 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Kavi
Likely around 1 other Kavi in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Kavi
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Kavi Bhushan was an Indian poet in the courts of the Bundeli king Chhatrasal and the Maratha king Shivaji I. He mainly wrote in Brajbhasha interspersed with words from Sanskrit, Arabic and Persian languages.
Oothukkaadu Venkata Kavi or Oottukkaadu Venkata Subramanyar was one of the pioneering composers in Indian classical Carnatic music. He lived in South India in the present-day state of Tamil Nadu.
Arunachala Kavi (Tamil: அருணாசல கவி) was a Tamil poet and a composer of Carnatic music. He was born in Tillaiyadi, which was formerly part of Thanjavur District and is now located in Mayiladuthurai district in Tamil Nadu.
A Kavi Sammelan (Devanagari:कवि सम्मेलन, Kavī Sammelan, transl. Poet conference) is a traditional gathering of poets in the Hindi Belt region of the Indian subcontinent, where poets recite their poetry before each other and an audience, often followed by a discussion on literary topics.
Kavi Santokh Singh (Punjabi: ਕਵੀ ਸੰਤੋਖ ਸਿੰਘ) was a Sikh historian, poet and writer. He was such a prolific writer that the Sikh Reference Library at Darbar Sahib Amritsar was named after him, located within the Mahakavi Santokh Singh Hall.