Kavya first appears in the U.S. registration record in 1987. Its popularity climbed over the following decades. In 2012, 106 babies received the name (ranked #1895). Today it sits well outside the top 1,000 (around #2275), with roughly 83 babies named Kavya each year. Kavya's usage has held roughly steady recently. In total, around 2,077 babies have been registered with this name since 1880.