# Kavita (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kavita/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | “poem” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 786 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 786 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 177, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कविता (kavitā, “poem”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 20 | 5,331 |
| 2000 | 11 | 8,869 |
| 2001 | 16 | 6,799 |
| 2002 | 13 | 8,053 |
| 2003 | 16 | 7,054 |
| 2004 | 11 | 9,569 |
| 2005 | 9 | 11,365 |
| 2007 | 7 | 14,681 |
| 2008 | 7 | 14,581 |
| 2009 | 6 | 16,221 |
| 2010 | 9 | 11,749 |
| 2014 | 5 | 17,860 |
| 2017 | 5 | 17,145 |
| 2018 | 5 | 16,881 |
| 2025 | 6 | 14,055 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 24 | 897 |
| 1998 | 11 | 1,571 |
| 1999 | 14 | 1,317 |
| 2000 | 16 | 1,195 |
| 2001 | 10 | 1,728 |
| 2002 | 12 | 1,530 |
| 2003 | 10 | 1,843 |
| 2004 | 13 | 1,617 |
| 2005 | 8 | 2,438 |
| 2006 | 4 | 4,157 |
| 2008 | 7 | 3,005 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,936 |
| 2010 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: कविता

## People named Kavita

- Kavita Lorenz, German ice dancer
- Kavita Chaudhary, actor from India
- Kavita Roy, cricketer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.