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Kevin

Boys' name · Late 20th-century perennial

Living in the US
~1,057,800 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#221 among boys
Births in 2025
1,628 1,189,844 since 1880
Typical age
46 years, median

Kevin popularity over time

Kevin rank by birth year, 1912–2025Kevin ranked #1,746 in 1912 and #221 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #11, in 1963.#10#100#1,000#221best #11 in 1963192019401960198020002020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1912–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

1963 is the peak year for Kevin, with 30,734 births. 1912 is the earliest year with at least five recorded births. It has held a top-100 place in 68 separate years.

The 2025 position is #221, on 1,628 births. Over ten years the count has fallen 69%. It slipped 25 places against the previous year.

Babies named Kevin per yearPeaks at 30,734 births in 1963.30,734 in 19630192019401960198020002020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Kevin?

Roughly 1,057,800 Kevins are alive in the US right now. SSA has recorded 1,189,844 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Kevin?

Half of living Kevins are older than 46, half younger. Most living bearers were born in the 1960s. By the site’s era rules that makes Kevin a late 20th-century perennial name.

Your Kevin

Ages of living people named KevinHalf of living Kevins are older than 46 and half younger.median 46020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Kevin is most common

Delaware uses the name 2.8× as often as the country as a whole. District of Columbia, Rhode Island and Maryland follow.

Where Kevin is used more than average5 states use the name Kevin more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: 1.8× the national rateRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: 1.7× the national rateMDDelaware: 2.8× the national rateDEMassachusetts: 1.6× the national rateMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: 2.3× the national rateDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Kevin is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Delaware 118 2.8×
District of Columbia 112 2.3×
Rhode Island 81 1.8×
Maryland 606 1.7×
Massachusetts 639 1.6×

Kevin in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Kevin ranked #292 in 2025 on 157 births. That is 54% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Kevin comes from

Name of a seventh-century Irish saint, from Irish Caoimhghin or Caoimhín, from Old Irish Cóemgen. It first became popular outside Ireland in the mid-twentieth century.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Kevin

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Kevin Costner American actor 1955 110
Kevin Rudd 26th Prime Minister of Australia 1957 95
Kevin De Bruyne Belgian association football player 1991 92
Kevin Spacey American actor 1959 91
Kevin Durant American basketball player 1988 74
Kevin Keegan English association football player and manager 1951–2026 72
Kevin Bacon American actor 1958 69
Kevin Kline American actor 1947 66
Photo credits (5)

The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 10,073 in 1953 to 15,402 in 1954 — 1.5 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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