Nevin

Last seen for girls in 2023 at #15,194 · #3,949 for boys in 2025, 27 births
Given to boys 98.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
1926 · 54 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
6,372
since 1888

Nevin over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Nevin has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201888peak #916, 1926boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#3,94927
2024—#3,27236
2023#15,1945#2,95242
2022—#3,00341
2021—#2,73246
2020—#2,26460
2019—#2,76645
2018—#1,93776
2017—#2,21760
2016—#2,22860
2015—#2,08667
2014—#1,82881
2013#16,5475#1,62494
2012—#1,523105
2011—#1,62094
2010#16,9925#1,376122
2009—#1,381123
2008#17,5045#1,380123
2007#15,4916#1,255140
2006#17,1685#1,249134
2005#14,5026#1,253126
2004#14,1796#1,179132
2003#15,7845#1,38197
2002#15,4325#1,244109
2001#11,0208#1,059136
2000#9,16310#1,260104
1999#12,6886#1,241100
1998—#1,23798
1997—#1,21297
1996—#1,21792
1995—#1,23289
1994—#1,022118
1993#13,4425#1,000119
1992—#1,097100
1991—#1,088100
1990#12,9585#1,16687
1989—#1,12189
1988—#1,22369
1987—#1,33755
1986—#1,16166
1985—#1,56941
1984—#1,32050
1983—#1,27552
1982—#1,26454
1981—#1,47942
1980#10,3925#1,49641
1979—#1,35247
1978#7,6497#1,39344
1977—#1,45040
1976—#1,74829
1975—#1,83526
1974—#1,93423
1973—#1,32939
1972—#1,39137
1971—#1,59730
1970—#1,31440
1969—#1,19843
1968—#1,57425
1967—#1,44928
1966—#1,28235
1965—#1,16342
1964—#1,54526
1963—#1,13846
1962—#1,45429
1961—#1,40632
1960—#1,19343
1959—#1,19942
1958—#1,34533
1957—#1,11747
1956—#1,17142
1955—#1,27335
1954—#1,22737
1953—#1,37830
1952—#1,21337
1951—#1,48925
1950—#1,18137
1949—#1,18536
1948—#1,10741
1947—#1,09344
1946—#1,38226
1945—#1,16332
1944—#1,19331
1943—#1,15535
1942—#1,16735
1941—#97143
1940—#1,09036
1939—#1,05237
1938—#1,22129
1937—#1,23329
1936—#94942
1935—#1,04038
1934—#1,42523
1933—#1,36124
1932—#1,19832
1931—#99744
1930—#1,13238
1929—#1,07841
1928—#1,27232
1927—#1,00149
1926—#91654
1925—#1,16437
1924—#1,07144
1923—#97650
1922—#1,04645
1921—#1,41228
1920—#1,04544
1919—#1,02444
1918—#98646
1917—#1,13235
1916—#1,07236
1915—#92545
1914—#1,00331
1913—#1,25617
1912—#93523
1911—#1,3877
1910—#1,4216
1909—#1,0838
1908—#1,2176
1907—#1,0947
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1905—#1,0027
1904—#1,0646
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1901—#1,0585
1900—#1,1626
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1894—#1,0745
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1888—#1,0315
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First appearance
1888

The first year at least five boys were named Nevin! It came in at #1,031, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1888–1899, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Nevin is popular in 1888

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Nevin
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 677 spots since 2024 (#3,272 → #3,949)
  • 1,685 spots since 2020 (#2,264 → #3,949)
  • 1,863 spots since 2015 (#2,086 → #3,949)
  • Biggest jump: 452 spots in 1912 (#1,387 → #935)
  • Biggest drop: 321 spots in 1913 (#935 → #1,256)
Rise & fade · boys
38 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1888
  • Peaked 1926 at #916 (54 births)
  • Births halved by 1933, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 9 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 9 yrs · 1912–1993
Share of babies · boys
1 in 14,286
  • Highest: 1 in 14,286 boys born in 2001 were named Nevin (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 63,262 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #916 in 1926, was only 1 in 20,565 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 19.2% of all boys named Nevin (1,224) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#1,031 (1888)#1,031
1890s5#1,074 (1894)#1,074
1900s45#1,002 (1905)#1,097
1910s290#925 (1915)#1,114
1920s424#916 (1926)#1,098
1930s336#949 (1936)#1,161
1940s359#971 (1941)#1,151
1950s365#1,117 (1957)#1,259
1960s349#1,138 (1963)#1,340
1970s355#1,314 (1970)#1,534
1980s559#1,121 (1989)#1,325
1990s1,000#1,000 (1993)#1,151
2000s1,224#1,059 (2001)#1,264
2010s804#1,376 (2010)#1,921
2020s252#2,264 (2020)#3,029

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.

Nevin in 1888

boys
#1,031
5 births · 1 in 24,170 boys

Top boys' names in 1888

  1. #1John9,247
  2. #2William8,705
  3. #3James5,562
  4. #4George4,912
  5. #5Charles4,591
  6. #6Frank3,459
  7. #7Joseph2,993
  8. #8Robert2,814
  9. #9Harry2,759
  10. #10Henry2,596
  11. #1,031Nevin5
More about 1888

boys

120,852 boys got a published name in 1888; 1 in 24,170 of them was named Nevin, which outranked 12.4% of the 1,177 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 39.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Nevin
  1. #917York6
  2. #917Young6
  3. #917Zeke6
  4. #1,031Nevin5
  5. #1,031Ad5
  6. #1,031Ada5
  7. #1,031Addie5

Tied with 146 names at #1,031; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1887
Risers
  1. ↑ 416Dell#921 → #505
  2. ↑ 416Reed#921 → #505
  3. ↑ 377Simeon#819 → #442
  4. ↑ 375Hardy#752 → #377
  5. ↑ 367Hazel#921 → #554
Fallers
  1. ↓ 487Connie#544 → #1,031
  2. ↓ 448Alice#583 → #1,031
  3. ↓ 448Shelton#583 → #1,031
  4. ↓ 401Bruno#516 → #917
  5. ↓ 401Young#516 → #917

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1888 →