Bevan

Where Bevan comes from

Anglicisation of Welsh ab Ifan.
— Wiktionary's entry for Bevan
Along the way
  1. 1923
    First appearance
    #4,239 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1978
    Peak, #2,205
    21 babies named Bevan — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1980
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #3,838.
  4. 2013
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.