Kevan
- Last seen for girls in 1985 at #7,563
- Last seen for boys in 2024 at #7,765
- Given to boys 98.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1956 · 87 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,479since 1945
Kevan over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Kevan has never cracked the top 700 here.
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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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | #7,765 | 10 | |
| 2023 | — | #10,821 | 6 | |
| 2022 | — | #9,823 | 7 | |
| 2021 | — | #8,825 | 8 | |
| 2020 | — | #6,296 | 13 | |
| 2019 | — | #7,173 | 11 | |
| 2018 | — | #8,154 | 9 | |
| 2017 | — | #5,111 | 18 | |
| 2016 | — | #5,318 | 17 | |
| 2015 | — | #10,644 | 6 | |
| 2014 | — | #4,866 | 19 | |
| 2013 | — | #7,537 | 10 | |
| 2012 | — | #7,559 | 10 | |
| 2011 | — | #6,256 | 13 | |
| 2010 | — | #5,741 | 15 | |
| 2009 | — | #4,748 | 20 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,145 | 24 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,793 | 27 | |
| 2006 | — | #5,072 | 17 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,815 | 24 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,074 | 32 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,528 | 25 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,372 | 43 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,681 | 35 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,298 | 42 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,398 | 37 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,349 | 37 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,024 | 44 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,115 | 40 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,841 | 47 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,773 | 49 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,493 | 62 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,352 | 70 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,282 | 76 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,238 | 79 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,150 | 85 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,108 | 81 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,030 | 85 | |
| 1986 | — | #983 | 88 | |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | #1,050 | 77 |
| 1984 | — | #1,320 | 50 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,067 | 69 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,096 | 69 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,270 | 52 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,204 | 58 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,070 | 69 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,170 | 58 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,099 | 62 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,286 | 47 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,361 | 41 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,311 | 42 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,163 | 50 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,007 | 64 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,214 | 46 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,117 | 54 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,168 | 45 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,034 | 51 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,071 | 47 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,073 | 47 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,020 | 52 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,016 | 55 | |
| 1963 | — | #971 | 60 | |
| 1962 | — | #953 | 63 | |
| 1961 | — | #980 | 62 | |
| 1960 | — | #876 | 75 | |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | #871 | 77 |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 | #855 | 78 |
| 1957 | — | #913 | 69 | |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | #796 | 87 |
| 1955 | — | #867 | 72 | |
| 1954 | — | #842 | 74 | |
| 1953 | #3,106 | 13 | #1,058 | 47 |
| 1952 | #3,372 | 11 | #1,002 | 51 |
| 1951 | — | #1,195 | 37 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,256 | 33 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,667 | 20 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,758 | 18 | |
| 1947 | — | #3,733 | 5 | |
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| 1945 | — | #3,338 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1945
The first year at least five boys were named Kevan! It came in at #3,338, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1945–1947, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Kevan is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Kevan in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Kevan
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 216 spots in 1954
- Biggest drop: 117 spots in 1957
Rise & fade · boys
11 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1945
- Peaked 1956 at #796 (87 births)
- Births halved by 1974, 18 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 11 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 1954–1963
Share of babies · boys
1 in 20,926
- Highest: 1 in 20,926 boys born in 1986 were named Kevan (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 172,289 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #796 in 1956, was only 1 in 24,314 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1980s
- 20.5% of all boys named Kevan (714) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 48 | #1,667 (1949) | #2,624 |
| 1950s | 625 | #796 (1956) | #966 |
| 1960s | 557 | #876 (1960) | #1,016 |
| 1970s | 533 | #1,007 (1972) | #1,180 |
| 1980s | 714 | #983 (1986) | #1,128 |
| 1990s | 541 | #1,238 (1990) | #1,787 |
| 2000s | 289 | #2,298 (2000) | #3,553 |
| 2010s | 128 | #4,866 (2014) | #6,836 |
| 2020s | 44 | #6,296 (2020) | #8,706 |
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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