Kevyn

Where Kevyn comes from

The dictionaries list Kevyn as a given name — a male given name from Irish, of rare usage, variant of Kevin — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Irish
Along the way
  1. 1952
    First appearance
    #3,734 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1986
    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.
  3. 2007
    Peak, #1,496
    106 babies named Kevyn — more than any year before or since.
  4. 2011
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,403.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Irish, of rare usage, variant of Kevin.
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.