Bevan
- Last seen for girls in 2011 at #13,347
- Last seen for boys in 2024 at #8,987
- Given to boys 89.6% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1978 · 21 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 567since 1923
Bevan over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | #8,987 | 8 | |
| 2023 | — | #10,821 | 6 | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | #12,156 | 5 | |
| 2017 | — | #12,246 | 5 | |
| 2016 | — | #12,185 | 5 | |
| 2015 | — | #8,744 | 8 | |
| 2014 | — | #12,108 | 5 | |
| 2013 | — | #8,789 | 8 | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | — | #12,231 | 5 | |
| 2009 | — | #8,985 | 8 | |
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | #8,915 | 8 |
| 2006 | — | #6,904 | 11 | |
| 2005 | — | #9,115 | 7 | |
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | — | |
| 2002 | — | #4,703 | 16 | |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | #5,667 | 12 |
| 2000 | — | #8,209 | 7 | |
| 1999 | — | #7,874 | 7 | |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | #5,840 | 10 |
| 1997 | — | #5,642 | 10 | |
| 1996 | — | #7,971 | 6 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,508 | 13 | |
| 1994 | — | #6,968 | 7 | |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 | #8,700 | 5 |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #5,660 | 9 |
| 1991 | — | #7,271 | 6 | |
| 1990 | — | #5,382 | 9 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,017 | 13 | |
| 1988 | — | #7,270 | 5 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,968 | 8 | |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 | #3,440 | 13 |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | #3,216 | 14 |
| 1984 | — | #3,925 | 10 | |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | — | #3,108 | 14 | |
| 1981 | — | #5,468 | 6 | |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | #3,838 | 10 |
| 1979 | — | #3,357 | 12 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,205 | 21 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,361 | 19 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,264 | 11 | |
| 1975 | — | #5,464 | 5 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,558 | 9 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,223 | 10 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,991 | 11 | |
| 1971 | — | #4,907 | 5 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,621 | 13 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,595 | 7 | |
| 1968 | — | #3,673 | 6 | |
| 1967 | — | #3,966 | 5 | |
| 1966 | — | — | ||
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| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | — | #3,646 | 6 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,673 | 10 | |
| 1961 | — | #3,652 | 6 | |
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | — | #2,530 | 11 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,275 | 7 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,993 | 5 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,969 | 8 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,764 | 9 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,942 | 8 | |
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| 1947 | — | #3,370 | 6 | |
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| 1942 | — | #3,212 | 6 | |
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| 1939 | — | #3,113 | 6 | |
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| 1937 | — | #3,175 | 6 | |
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| 1933 | — | #3,268 | 6 | |
| 1932 | — | #3,361 | 6 | |
| 1931 | — | #3,390 | 6 | |
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| 1927 | — | #3,780 | 6 | |
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| 1923 | — | #4,239 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1923
The first year at least five boys were named Bevan! It came in at #4,239, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1923–1926, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Bevan is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Bevan in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Bevan
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · boys
55 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1923
- Peaked 1978 at #2,205 (21 births)
- Births halved by 1980, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 78,183
- Highest: 1 in 78,183 boys born in 1978 were named Bevan (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 215,361 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1970s
- 20.5% of all boys named Bevan (116) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2013
- Mostly girls until 2012, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 11 | #3,780 (1927) | #4,010 |
| 1930s | 30 | #3,113 (1939) | #3,261 |
| 1940s | 12 | #3,212 (1942) | #3,291 |
| 1950s | 48 | #2,530 (1959) | #3,079 |
| 1960s | 40 | #2,673 (1962) | #3,534 |
| 1970s | 116 | #2,205 (1978) | #3,395 |
| 1980s | 98 | #3,108 (1982) | #4,549 |
| 1990s | 82 | #4,508 (1995) | #6,582 |
| 2000s | 69 | #4,703 (2002) | #7,500 |
| 2010s | 47 | #8,744 (2015) | #11,158 |
| 2020s | 14 | #8,987 (2024) | #9,904 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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