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
- Peak · boys
- 1926 · 54 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,372since 1888
Nevin over time
Rank among boys' names. Nevin has never cracked the top 900 here.
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 | — | #3,949 | 27 | |
| 2024 | — | #3,272 | 36 | |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | #2,952 | 42 |
| 2022 | — | #3,003 | 41 | |
| 2021 | — | #2,732 | 46 | |
| 2020 | — | #2,264 | 60 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,766 | 45 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,937 | 76 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,217 | 60 | |
| 2016 | — | #2,228 | 60 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,086 | 67 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,828 | 81 | |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | #1,624 | 94 |
| 2012 | — | #1,523 | 105 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,620 | 94 | |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | #1,376 | 122 |
| 2009 | — | #1,381 | 123 | |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #1,380 | 123 |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | #1,255 | 140 |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | #1,249 | 134 |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | #1,253 | 126 |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 | #1,179 | 132 |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | #1,381 | 97 |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | #1,244 | 109 |
| 2001 | #11,020 | 8 | #1,059 | 136 |
| 2000 | #9,163 | 10 | #1,260 | 104 |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 | #1,241 | 100 |
| 1998 | — | #1,237 | 98 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,212 | 97 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,217 | 92 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,232 | 89 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,022 | 118 | |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | #1,000 | 119 |
| 1992 | — | #1,097 | 100 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,088 | 100 | |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #1,166 | 87 |
| 1989 | — | #1,121 | 89 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,223 | 69 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,337 | 55 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,161 | 66 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,569 | 41 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,320 | 50 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,275 | 52 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,264 | 54 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,479 | 42 | |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #1,496 | 41 |
| 1979 | — | #1,352 | 47 | |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 | #1,393 | 44 |
| 1977 | — | #1,450 | 40 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,748 | 29 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,835 | 26 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,934 | 23 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,329 | 39 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,391 | 37 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,597 | 30 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,314 | 40 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,198 | 43 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,574 | 25 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,449 | 28 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,282 | 35 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,163 | 42 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,545 | 26 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,138 | 46 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,454 | 29 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,406 | 32 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,193 | 43 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,199 | 42 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,345 | 33 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,117 | 47 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,171 | 42 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,273 | 35 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,227 | 37 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,378 | 30 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,213 | 37 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,489 | 25 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,181 | 37 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,185 | 36 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,107 | 41 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,093 | 44 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,382 | 26 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,163 | 32 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,193 | 31 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,155 | 35 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,167 | 35 | |
| 1941 | — | #971 | 43 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,090 | 36 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,052 | 37 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,221 | 29 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,233 | 29 | |
| 1936 | — | #949 | 42 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,040 | 38 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,425 | 23 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,361 | 24 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,198 | 32 | |
| 1931 | — | #997 | 44 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,132 | 38 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,078 | 41 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,272 | 32 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,001 | 49 | |
| 1926 | — | #916 | 54 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,164 | 37 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,071 | 44 | |
| 1923 | — | #976 | 50 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,046 | 45 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,412 | 28 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,045 | 44 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,024 | 44 | |
| 1918 | — | #986 | 46 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,132 | 35 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,072 | 36 | |
| 1915 | — | #925 | 45 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,003 | 31 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,256 | 17 | |
| 1912 | — | #935 | 23 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,387 | 7 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,421 | 6 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,083 | 8 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,217 | 6 | |
| 1907 | — | #1,094 | 7 | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | #1,002 | 7 | |
| 1904 | — | #1,064 | 6 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | #1,058 | 5 | |
| 1900 | — | #1,162 | 6 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | #1,074 | 5 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #1,031 | 5 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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 1998
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Massachusetts#486 · 1 in 6,117
- Pennsylvania#501 · 1 in 5,132
- Ohio#819 · 1 in 11,664
- New York#1,134 · 1 in 14,416
- Illinois#1,156 · 1 in 16,066
Best ever in a state: #187 in Pennsylvania, 1936.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | #486 | 6 | 1 in 6,117 |
| Pennsylvania | #501 | 13 | 1 in 5,132 |
| Ohio | #819 | 6 | 1 in 11,664 |
| New York | #1,134 | 8 | 1 in 14,416 |
| Illinois | #1,156 | 5 | 1 in 16,066 |
| California | #1,161 | 12 | 1 in 20,277 |
| Texas | #1,241 | 8 | 1 in 20,076 |
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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 Nevin
- 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)
- Debuted 1888
- Peaked 1926 at #916 (54 births)
- Births halved by 1933, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 9 yrs · 1912–1993
- 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
- 19.2% of all boys named Nevin (1,224) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #1,031 (1888) | #1,031 |
| 1890s | 5 | #1,074 (1894) | #1,074 |
| 1900s | 45 | #1,002 (1905) | #1,097 |
| 1910s | 290 | #925 (1915) | #1,114 |
| 1920s | 424 | #916 (1926) | #1,098 |
| 1930s | 336 | #949 (1936) | #1,161 |
| 1940s | 359 | #971 (1941) | #1,151 |
| 1950s | 365 | #1,117 (1957) | #1,259 |
| 1960s | 349 | #1,138 (1963) | #1,340 |
| 1970s | 355 | #1,314 (1970) | #1,534 |
| 1980s | 559 | #1,121 (1989) | #1,325 |
| 1990s | 1,000 | #1,000 (1993) | #1,151 |
| 2000s | 1,224 | #1,059 (2001) | #1,264 |
| 2010s | 804 | #1,376 (2010) | #1,921 |
| 2020s | 252 | #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 1998
Top boys' names in 1998
More about 1998
boys
1,911,366 boys got a published name in 1998; 1 in 19,504 of them was named Nevin, which outranked 89.1% of the 11,311 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,231Latrell99
- #1,231Lyndon99
- #1,231Tye99
- #1,237Nevin98
- #1,237Aditya98
- #1,237Ajay98
- #1,237Earnest98
- #1,246Adriel97
- #1,246Akeem97
- #1,246Braedon97
Tied with 8 names at #1,237; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.