Kervin
- #6,143 for boys in 2025, 14 births
- Peak · boys
- 1963 · 30 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,513since 1916
Kervin over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Kervin has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,143 | 14 |
| 2024 | #6,199 | 14 |
| 2023 | #8,921 | 8 |
| 2022 | #7,768 | 10 |
| 2021 | #6,698 | 12 |
| 2020 | #9,554 | 7 |
| 2019 | #6,406 | 13 |
| 2018 | #6,703 | 12 |
| 2017 | #6,060 | 14 |
| 2016 | #6,349 | 13 |
| 2015 | #5,746 | 15 |
| 2014 | #6,632 | 12 |
| 2013 | #7,026 | 11 |
| 2012 | #5,256 | 17 |
| 2011 | #5,433 | 16 |
| 2010 | #6,359 | 13 |
| 2009 | #4,922 | 19 |
| 2008 | #4,540 | 21 |
| 2007 | #4,375 | 22 |
| 2006 | #4,520 | 20 |
| 2005 | #4,062 | 22 |
| 2004 | #4,793 | 17 |
| 2003 | #4,114 | 20 |
| 2002 | #3,909 | 21 |
| 2001 | #3,512 | 24 |
| 2000 | #4,066 | 19 |
| 1999 | #3,279 | 24 |
| 1998 | #3,390 | 22 |
| 1997 | #3,351 | 21 |
| 1996 | #2,911 | 25 |
| 1995 | #3,303 | 20 |
| 1994 | #2,123 | 38 |
| 1993 | #1,850 | 45 |
| 1992 | #2,467 | 29 |
| 1991 | #2,544 | 27 |
| 1990 | #2,012 | 37 |
| 1989 | #1,678 | 46 |
| 1988 | #1,815 | 37 |
| 1987 | #2,020 | 30 |
| 1986 | #1,760 | 35 |
| 1985 | #2,357 | 22 |
| 1984 | #2,036 | 26 |
| 1983 | #2,017 | 26 |
| 1982 | #2,059 | 26 |
| 1981 | #2,086 | 25 |
| 1980 | #2,965 | 15 |
| 1979 | #2,157 | 23 |
| 1978 | #2,669 | 16 |
| 1977 | #2,791 | 15 |
| 1976 | #2,417 | 18 |
| 1975 | #2,134 | 21 |
| 1974 | #2,199 | 19 |
| 1973 | #2,857 | 12 |
| 1972 | #1,871 | 23 |
| 1971 | #1,823 | 24 |
| 1970 | #1,699 | 26 |
| 1969 | #1,570 | 27 |
| 1968 | #1,428 | 30 |
| 1967 | #1,476 | 27 |
| 1966 | #1,963 | 16 |
| 1965 | #1,720 | 21 |
| 1964 | #1,700 | 22 |
| 1963 | #1,426 | 30 |
| 1962 | #1,757 | 21 |
| 1961 | #1,997 | 17 |
| 1960 | #2,042 | 16 |
| 1959 | #1,974 | 17 |
| 1958 | #2,642 | 10 |
| 1957 | #2,190 | 14 |
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| 1955 | #2,048 | 15 |
| 1954 | #3,827 | 5 |
| 1953 | #1,836 | 18 |
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| 1947 | #3,370 | 6 |
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| 1943 | #3,538 | 5 |
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| 1938 | #3,534 | 5 |
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| 1936 | #2,854 | 7 |
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| 1916 | #3,897 | 5 |
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First appearance
1916
The first year at least five boys were named Kervin! It came in at #3,897, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1916–1935, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Kervin is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Kervin in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Kervin
Momentum · boys
Rising
- 56 spots since 2024 (#6,199 → #6,143)
- 3,411 spots since 2020 (#9,554 → #6,143)
- 397 spots since 2015 (#5,746 → #6,143)
Rise & fade · boys
47 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1916
- Peaked 1963 at #1,426 (30 births)
- Births halved by 1973, 10 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 43,498
- Highest: 1 in 43,498 boys born in 1989 were named Kervin (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 122,005 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,426 in 1963, was only 1 in 67,703 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1980s
- 19.0% of all boys named Kervin (288) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #3,897 (1916) | #3,897 |
| 1920s | 0 | — | — |
| 1930s | 12 | #2,854 (1936) | #3,194 |
| 1940s | 11 | #3,370 (1947) | #3,454 |
| 1950s | 79 | #1,836 (1953) | #2,420 |
| 1960s | 227 | #1,426 (1963) | #1,708 |
| 1970s | 197 | #1,699 (1970) | #2,262 |
| 1980s | 288 | #1,678 (1989) | #2,079 |
| 1990s | 288 | #1,850 (1993) | #2,723 |
| 2000s | 205 | #3,512 (2001) | #4,281 |
| 2010s | 136 | #5,256 (2012) | #6,197 |
| 2020s | 65 | #6,143 (2025) | #7,547 |
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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