How common is the name Kevin?

1,015,227 people in the United States have the first name Kevin, about 1 in 298. It ranks #24 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KEVIN

#24

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
1,015,227
About
1 in 298
This common or more
13.8%
Who bears it

Of the 1,015,227 people named Kevin, 68% reported their origin as White, 13.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 10.7% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Kevin peaked in 1963, when 30,734 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19122025
Peak year
1963
Births that year
30,734
In 2025*
1,628 ▼95%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 1,189,844 babies have been given the name since 1912. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Kevin by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #18. The largest share of babies named Kevin, 30.1%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1910s#3,749117
1920s#1,768599
1930s#9461,634
1940s#36411,388
1950s#49159,697
1960s#18272,549
1970s#20213,465
1980s#33189,934
1990s#35165,731
2000s#50111,366
2010s#11651,400
2020s#34011,964
Greatest Generation 1901–270%
Silent Generation 1928–450.4%
Baby boom 1946–6426.4%
Generation X 1965–8030.1%
Millennials 1981–9625.2%
Generation Z 1997–1214.3%
2013 and later3.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Kevin is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kevin has been most common in District of Columbia (1.8×), Delaware (1.5×), and Rhode Island (1.5×), and least common in Mississippi (0.5×).

1,185,779 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Kevin

#22 Andrew · 1,075,513#23 Anthony · 1,075,181#25 Brian · 1,011,020#26 Susan · 979,771

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kevin, most common first.

#2,925 Keven · 7,768#4,220 Kevon · 4,515#5,394 Kevan · 3,194#7,602 Kevyn · 1,992#14,793 Kevion · 790#21,417 Keevin · 474#24,628 Kevina · 390#30,089 Kebin · 291

Also a last name

As a last name, Kevin ranks #34,525 of 156,621, with 707 people. See Kevin as a last name

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