Kevin
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #15,293 · #221 for boys in 2025, 1,628 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1963 · 30,613 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 68 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,184,507since 1912
Kevin over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | #221 | 1,628 | |
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 | #196 | 1,825 |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | #188 | 1,920 |
| 2022 | — | #182 | 2,077 | |
| 2021 | — | #183 | 2,111 | |
| 2020 | #11,090 | 8 | #157 | 2,385 |
| 2019 | — | #149 | 2,622 | |
| 2018 | — | #125 | 3,143 | |
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 | #102 | 3,834 |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | #90 | 4,557 |
| 2015 | #8,008 | 14 | #79 | 5,184 |
| 2014 | #8,053 | 14 | #70 | 5,902 |
| 2013 | #10,235 | 10 | #72 | 5,946 |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 | #69 | 6,232 |
| 2011 | #7,783 | 15 | #67 | 6,568 |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 | #59 | 7,330 |
| 2009 | #6,317 | 21 | #44 | 8,780 |
| 2008 | #10,084 | 11 | #41 | 9,798 |
| 2007 | #5,895 | 23 | #39 | 10,537 |
| 2006 | #5,086 | 27 | #37 | 10,779 |
| 2005 | #4,373 | 31 | #33 | 10,917 |
| 2004 | #3,265 | 46 | #34 | 11,220 |
| 2003 | #4,536 | 28 | #32 | 11,734 |
| 2002 | #4,071 | 31 | #33 | 12,046 |
| 2001 | #3,631 | 36 | #32 | 12,596 |
| 2000 | #3,983 | 31 | #32 | 12,674 |
| 1999 | #3,509 | 35 | #34 | 12,257 |
| 1998 | #6,073 | 16 | #32 | 12,510 |
| 1997 | #3,448 | 33 | #28 | 13,295 |
| 1996 | #3,302 | 35 | #26 | 14,589 |
| 1995 | #2,244 | 59 | #25 | 15,860 |
| 1994 | #2,295 | 57 | #26 | 17,315 |
| 1993 | #2,380 | 53 | #25 | 19,084 |
| 1992 | #2,239 | 59 | #25 | 19,647 |
| 1991 | #1,766 | 81 | #23 | 20,262 |
| 1990 | #1,938 | 71 | #23 | 20,413 |
| 1989 | #1,471 | 99 | #19 | 21,209 |
| 1988 | #1,261 | 116 | #20 | 20,168 |
| 1987 | #1,075 | 142 | #19 | 20,421 |
| 1986 | #1,032 | 146 | #21 | 19,935 |
| 1985 | #1,023 | 147 | #23 | 18,814 |
| 1984 | #1,112 | 124 | #24 | 17,858 |
| 1983 | #998 | 144 | #25 | 17,377 |
| 1982 | #1,167 | 118 | #25 | 17,462 |
| 1981 | #1,189 | 111 | #25 | 17,454 |
| 1980 | #1,152 | 117 | #23 | 17,972 |
| 1979 | #1,120 | 120 | #19 | 18,733 |
| 1978 | #1,194 | 105 | #15 | 20,094 |
| 1977 | #933 | 149 | #13 | 22,463 |
| 1976 | #1,078 | 113 | #15 | 18,474 |
| 1975 | #1,100 | 106 | #15 | 18,066 |
| 1974 | #969 | 127 | #14 | 19,461 |
| 1973 | #917 | 134 | #14 | 20,768 |
| 1972 | #1,000 | 118 | #13 | 22,354 |
| 1971 | #951 | 134 | #14 | 24,850 |
| 1970 | #979 | 128 | #14 | 26,968 |
| 1969 | #940 | 128 | #16 | 23,557 |
| 1968 | #927 | 125 | #17 | 23,862 |
| 1967 | #943 | 117 | #17 | 24,603 |
| 1966 | #910 | 123 | #17 | 25,592 |
| 1965 | #944 | 117 | #13 | 28,177 |
| 1964 | #1,001 | 114 | #13 | 29,357 |
| 1963 | #964 | 121 | #11 | 30,613 |
| 1962 | #1,145 | 91 | #14 | 28,325 |
| 1961 | #1,057 | 108 | #14 | 28,926 |
| 1960 | #1,126 | 93 | #15 | 28,400 |
| 1959 | #1,075 | 99 | #14 | 26,790 |
| 1958 | #1,089 | 93 | #20 | 24,666 |
| 1957 | #1,100 | 90 | #20 | 24,285 |
| 1956 | #1,272 | 67 | #22 | 21,761 |
| 1955 | #1,220 | 68 | #27 | 17,158 |
| 1954 | #1,102 | 80 | #28 | 15,322 |
| 1953 | #1,225 | 62 | #36 | 10,011 |
| 1952 | #1,439 | 45 | #43 | 7,916 |
| 1951 | #1,396 | 45 | #53 | 6,349 |
| 1950 | #1,495 | 38 | #73 | 4,752 |
| 1949 | #1,697 | 31 | #95 | 3,292 |
| 1948 | #1,820 | 27 | #127 | 2,225 |
| 1947 | #2,769 | 14 | #160 | 1,549 |
| 1946 | #2,392 | 16 | #179 | 1,035 |
| 1945 | #2,339 | 14 | #207 | 689 |
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 | #231 | 594 |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | #227 | 639 |
| 1942 | — | #250 | 529 | |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | #280 | 418 |
| 1940 | — | #332 | 298 | |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | #339 | 273 |
| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 | #354 | 245 |
| 1937 | — | #425 | 178 | |
| 1936 | — | #455 | 153 | |
| 1935 | — | #417 | 175 | |
| 1934 | — | #458 | 151 | |
| 1933 | — | #488 | 132 | |
| 1932 | — | #528 | 122 | |
| 1931 | — | #560 | 110 | |
| 1930 | — | #681 | 84 | |
| 1929 | — | #721 | 75 | |
| 1928 | — | #786 | 68 | |
| 1927 | — | #811 | 67 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,018 | 46 | |
| 1925 | — | #851 | 61 | |
| 1924 | — | #993 | 50 | |
| 1923 | — | #941 | 53 | |
| 1922 | — | #794 | 71 | |
| 1921 | — | #715 | 84 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,543 | 24 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,152 | 14 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,648 | 21 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,693 | 19 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,698 | 18 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,878 | 15 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,868 | 12 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,945 | 9 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,746 | 9 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Kevin! It came in at #1,746, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1912–1914, when fewer than 13 boys a year got the name.
Where Kevin is popular in 1949
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Massachusetts#25 · 1 in 115
- New York#37 · 1 in 172
- Connecticut#44 · 1 in 194
- Rhode Island#49 · 1 in 229
- New Jersey#51 · 1 in 236
Best ever in a state: #4 in North Dakota, 1960.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | #25 | 412 | 1 in 115 |
| New York | #37 | 866 | 1 in 172 |
| Connecticut | #44 | 96 | 1 in 194 |
| Rhode Island | #49 | 35 | 1 in 229 |
| New Jersey | #51 | 194 | 1 in 236 |
| New Hampshire | #54 | 20 | 1 in 272 |
| Minnesota | #57 | 108 | 1 in 324 |
| Delaware | #60 | 10 | 1 in 324 |
| Vermont | #63 | 13 | 1 in 299 |
| Iowa | #67 | 80 | 1 in 370 |
| Nevada | #73 | 5 | 1 in 276 |
| Illinois | #78 | 200 | 1 in 455 |
| District of Columbia | #83 | 30 | 1 in 406 |
| South Dakota | #85 | 18 | 1 in 431 |
| Indiana | #86 | 85 | 1 in 526 |
| Wisconsin | #86 | 68 | 1 in 576 |
| Wyoming | #91 | 7 | 1 in 428 |
| Washington | #92 | 54 | 1 in 496 |
| Pennsylvania | #94 | 145 | 1 in 747 |
| Maine | #95 | 17 | 1 in 574 |
| Ohio | #95 | 142 | 1 in 643 |
| North Dakota | #96 | 15 | 1 in 490 |
| California | #99 | 233 | 1 in 517 |
| Colorado | #108 | 27 | 1 in 582 |
| Nebraska | #111 | 22 | 1 in 653 |
| Montana | #112 | 11 | 1 in 576 |
| Utah | #112 | 16 | 1 in 602 |
| Idaho | #119 | 11 | 1 in 610 |
| Missouri | #119 | 58 | 1 in 715 |
| Michigan | #137 | 73 | 1 in 1,040 |
| Oregon | #144 | 17 | 1 in 954 |
| Kansas | #145 | 23 | 1 in 860 |
| Maryland | #153 | 20 | 1 in 1,184 |
| Arizona | #165 | 12 | 1 in 805 |
| Hawaii | #198 | 5 | 1 in 1,223 |
| Kentucky | #234 | 17 | 1 in 2,119 |
| West Virginia | #235 | 11 | 1 in 2,268 |
| Louisiana | #256 | 17 | 1 in 2,050 |
| Oklahoma | #269 | 9 | 1 in 2,586 |
| Virginia | #269 | 13 | 1 in 2,833 |
| Arkansas | #284 | 8 | 1 in 2,828 |
| Florida | #310 | 9 | 1 in 3,242 |
| North Carolina | #328 | 12 | 1 in 4,205 |
| Tennessee | #371 | 7 | 1 in 5,582 |
| Texas | #414 | 25 | 1 in 4,022 |
| Mississippi | #433 | 5 | 1 in 5,807 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Georgia | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Kevin
- 25 spots since 2024 (#196 → #221)
- 64 spots since 2020 (#157 → #221)
- 142 spots since 2015 (#79 → #221)
- Biggest jump: 828 spots in 1921 (#1,543 → #715)
- Biggest drop: 167 spots in 1926 (#851 → #1,018)
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1963 at #11 (30,613 births)
- Births halved by 1996, 33 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 68 yrs · run 1949–2016
- Top 1,000: 104 yrs · run 1927–2025
- Highest: 1 in 66 boys born in 1965 were named Kevin (1.5%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,049 boys born in 2025 (0.10%)
- Its best rank, #11 in 1963, was only 1 in 66 (1.5%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 22.9% of all boys named Kevin (271,412) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 117 | #1,648 (1918) | #1,829 |
| 1920s | 599 | #715 (1921) | #917 |
| 1930s | 1,623 | #339 (1939) | #471 |
| 1940s | 11,268 | #95 (1949) | #209 |
| 1950s | 159,010 | #14 (1959) | #34 |
| 1960s | 271,412 | #11 (1963) | #15 |
| 1970s | 212,231 | #13 (1977) | #15 |
| 1980s | 188,670 | #19 (1989) | #22 |
| 1990s | 165,232 | #23 (1990) | #27 |
| 2000s | 111,081 | #32 (2000) | #36 |
| 2010s | 51,318 | #59 (2010) | #88 |
| 2020s | 11,946 | #157 (2020) | #188 |
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.
Kevin in 1949
Top girls' names in 1949
Top boys' names in 1949
More about 1949
girls
1,710,877 girls got a published name in 1949; 1 in 55,190 of them was named Kevin, which outranked 72.0% of the 6,066 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,666Teryl32
- #1,666Thalia32
- #1,666Vivienne32
- #1,697Kevin31
- #1,697Adelita31
- #1,697Adella31
- #1,697Anastasia31
- #1,736Alane30
- #1,736Andria30
- #1,736Audry30
Tied with 38 names at #1,697; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,773,939 boys got a published name in 1949; 1 in 539 of them was named Kevin, which outranked 97.7% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.