Kevan
Last seen for girls in 1985 at #7,563 · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #7,765
Given to boys 98.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1956 · 87 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,479since 1945
Kevan over time
Rank among boys' names. Kevan has never cracked the top 700 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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | #7,765 | 10 | |
| 2023 | — | #10,821 | 6 | |
| 2022 | — | #9,823 | 7 | |
| 2021 | — | #8,825 | 8 | |
| 2020 | — | #6,296 | 13 | |
| 2019 | — | #7,173 | 11 | |
| 2018 | — | #8,154 | 9 | |
| 2017 | — | #5,111 | 18 | |
| 2016 | — | #5,318 | 17 | |
| 2015 | — | #10,644 | 6 | |
| 2014 | — | #4,866 | 19 | |
| 2013 | — | #7,537 | 10 | |
| 2012 | — | #7,559 | 10 | |
| 2011 | — | #6,256 | 13 | |
| 2010 | — | #5,741 | 15 | |
| 2009 | — | #4,748 | 20 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,145 | 24 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,793 | 27 | |
| 2006 | — | #5,072 | 17 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,815 | 24 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,074 | 32 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,528 | 25 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,372 | 43 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,681 | 35 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,298 | 42 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,398 | 37 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,349 | 37 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,024 | 44 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,115 | 40 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,841 | 47 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,773 | 49 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,493 | 62 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,352 | 70 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,282 | 76 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,238 | 79 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,150 | 85 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,108 | 81 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,030 | 85 | |
| 1986 | — | #983 | 88 | |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | #1,050 | 77 |
| 1984 | — | #1,320 | 50 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,067 | 69 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,096 | 69 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,270 | 52 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,204 | 58 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,070 | 69 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,170 | 58 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,099 | 62 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,286 | 47 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,361 | 41 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,311 | 42 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,163 | 50 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,007 | 64 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,214 | 46 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,117 | 54 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,168 | 45 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,034 | 51 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,071 | 47 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,073 | 47 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,020 | 52 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,016 | 55 | |
| 1963 | — | #971 | 60 | |
| 1962 | — | #953 | 63 | |
| 1961 | — | #980 | 62 | |
| 1960 | — | #876 | 75 | |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | #871 | 77 |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 | #855 | 78 |
| 1957 | — | #913 | 69 | |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | #796 | 87 |
| 1955 | — | #867 | 72 | |
| 1954 | — | #842 | 74 | |
| 1953 | #3,106 | 13 | #1,058 | 47 |
| 1952 | #3,372 | 11 | #1,002 | 51 |
| 1951 | — | #1,195 | 37 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,256 | 33 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,667 | 20 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,758 | 18 | |
| 1947 | — | #3,733 | 5 | |
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| 1945 | — | #3,338 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Kevan! It came in at #3,338, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1945–1947, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Kevan
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 216 spots in 1954 (#1,058 → #842)
- Biggest drop: 117 spots in 1957 (#796 → #913)
- Debuted 1945
- Peaked 1956 at #796 (87 births)
- Births halved by 1974, 18 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 1954–1963
- Highest: 1 in 20,926 boys born in 1986 were named Kevan (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 172,289 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #796 in 1956, was only 1 in 24,314 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 20.5% of all boys named Kevan (714) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 48 | #1,667 (1949) | #2,624 |
| 1950s | 625 | #796 (1956) | #966 |
| 1960s | 557 | #876 (1960) | #1,016 |
| 1970s | 533 | #1,007 (1972) | #1,180 |
| 1980s | 714 | #983 (1986) | #1,128 |
| 1990s | 541 | #1,238 (1990) | #1,787 |
| 2000s | 289 | #2,298 (2000) | #3,553 |
| 2010s | 128 | #4,866 (2014) | #6,836 |
| 2020s | 44 | #6,296 (2020) | #8,706 |
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.
Kevan 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 401,541 of them was named Kevan, which outranked 13.6% 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).
Tied with 939 names at #5,952; 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 24,314 of them was named Kevan, which outranked 82.1% 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).