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 1956
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Utah#9 · 1 in 43
- North Dakota#10 · 1 in 49
- Iowa#11 · 1 in 48
- South Dakota#11 · 1 in 52
- Idaho#11 · 1 in 53
Best ever in a state: #4 in North Dakota, 1960.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #9 | 280 | 1 in 43 |
| North Dakota | #10 | 152 | 1 in 49 |
| Idaho | #11 | 136 | 1 in 53 |
| Iowa | #11 | 646 | 1 in 48 |
| South Dakota | #11 | 158 | 1 in 52 |
| New York | #13 | 2,792 | 1 in 63 |
| Vermont | #13 | 78 | 1 in 51 |
| Massachusetts | #14 | 1,016 | 1 in 55 |
| New Jersey | #14 | 916 | 1 in 64 |
| Illinois | #15 | 1,632 | 1 in 69 |
| Rhode Island | #15 | 175 | 1 in 53 |
| District of Columbia | #16 | 225 | 1 in 67 |
| Connecticut | #17 | 352 | 1 in 70 |
| Minnesota | #17 | 720 | 1 in 56 |
| Missouri | #17 | 688 | 1 in 70 |
| Nebraska | #17 | 247 | 1 in 65 |
| New Hampshire | #17 | 103 | 1 in 57 |
| Kansas | #18 | 344 | 1 in 72 |
| Indiana | #19 | 832 | 1 in 66 |
| Maryland | #20 | 394 | 1 in 80 |
| Wyoming | #20 | 41 | 1 in 85 |
| Pennsylvania | #21 | 1,550 | 1 in 79 |
| Washington | #21 | 396 | 1 in 80 |
| Colorado | #22 | 222 | 1 in 92 |
| Michigan | #22 | 1,269 | 1 in 79 |
| Ohio | #22 | 1,287 | 1 in 90 |
| California | #23 | 1,547 | 1 in 108 |
| Oregon | #23 | 201 | 1 in 89 |
| Delaware | #24 | 60 | 1 in 83 |
| Montana | #25 | 79 | 1 in 100 |
| Wisconsin | #25 | 529 | 1 in 87 |
| Maine | #26 | 123 | 1 in 84 |
| Florida | #30 | 305 | 1 in 155 |
| Louisiana | #30 | 295 | 1 in 143 |
| Hawaii | #31 | 60 | 1 in 123 |
| Oklahoma | #31 | 185 | 1 in 134 |
| Nevada | #33 | 21 | 1 in 128 |
| Alaska | #36 | 23 | 1 in 138 |
| West Virginia | #38 | 113 | 1 in 191 |
| Virginia | #39 | 227 | 1 in 196 |
| Arizona | #43 | 73 | 1 in 194 |
| Kentucky | #44 | 188 | 1 in 193 |
| Texas | #58 | 431 | 1 in 287 |
| New Mexico | #70 | 45 | 1 in 270 |
| North Carolina | #71 | 170 | 1 in 326 |
| Tennessee | #73 | 117 | 1 in 350 |
| Arkansas | #83 | 54 | 1 in 377 |
| Georgia | #106 | 96 | 1 in 523 |
| South Carolina | #110 | 62 | 1 in 496 |
| Mississippi | #126 | 46 | 1 in 620 |
| Alabama | #127 | 60 | 1 in 666 |
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 1956
Top girls' names in 1956
Top boys' names in 1956
More about 1956
girls
2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 29,966 of them was named Kevin, which outranked 81.5% of the 6,891 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,260Suzy68
- #1,260Teresia68
- #1,260Tonie68
- #1,272Kevin67
- #1,272Anthony67
- #1,272Cari67
- #1,272Gary67
- #1,279Cristy66
- #1,279Deidra66
- #1,279Edythe66
Tied with 6 names at #1,272; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,115,302 boys got a published name in 1956; 1 in 97 of them was named Kevin, which outranked 99.5% of the 4,455 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.