How rare is the name Kevon?

4,515 people in the United States have the first name Kevon, about 1 in 66,895. It ranks #4,220 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

KEVON

#4,220

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,515
About
1 in 66,895
This common or more
83.7%
Who bears it

Of the 4,515 people named Kevon, 84.8% reported their origin as Black, 6.8% as White and 4.5% as two or more races. 98.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Kevon peaked in 2000, when 655 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19502025
Peak year
2000
Births that year
655
In 2025*
41 ▼94%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 5,503 babies have been given the name since 1950. 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.

Kevon by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,849. The largest share of babies named Kevon, 57.5%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1950s#7,83454
1960s#8,12264
1970s#8,95987
1980s#4,606322
1990s#1,9641,626
2000s#1,8492,335
2010s#4,400716
2020s#5,656299
Baby boom 1946–641.5%
Generation X 1965–802.5%
Millennials 1981–9625.1%
Generation Z 1997–1257.5%
2013 and later13.4%

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 Kevon is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kevon has been most common in District of Columbia (3.4×), Florida (3.2×), and Virginia (2.7×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.17×).

3,624 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.

Exactly as common as Kevon

1 other first name also has 4,515 people.

Spelled almost the same

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

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