How rare is the name Nevin?

5,210 people in the United States have the first name Nevin, about 1 in 57,972. It ranks #3,798 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

NEVIN

#3,798

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,210
About
1 in 57,972
This common or more
83.1%
Who bears it

Of the 5,210 people named Nevin, 68.4% reported their origin as White, 10.9% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 7.5% as Black. 90.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Nevin peaked in 2007, when 146 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18882025
Peak year
2007
Births that year
146
In 2025*
27 ▼82%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 6,471 babies have been given the name since 1888. 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.

Nevin by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1910s, when it ranked #2,131. The largest share of babies named Nevin, 29.5%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1880s#3,1215
1890s#3,9395
1900s#2,79845
1910s#2,131290
1920s#2,153424
1930s#2,301336
1940s#2,461359
1950s#2,857365
1960s#3,181349
1970s#3,611362
1980s#3,155564
1990s#2,6491,016
2000s#2,8001,280
2010s#4,058814
2020s#6,254257
Before 19010.2%
Greatest Generation 1901–2710.5%
Silent Generation 1928–459.6%
Baby boom 1946–6410.6%
Generation X 1965–809%
Millennials 1981–9619.1%
Generation Z 1997–1229.5%
2013 and later11.5%

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 Nevin is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Nevin has been most common in Pennsylvania (10×), Ohio (1.6×), and California (1×), and least common in Michigan (0.36×).

3,084 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 Nevin

1 other first name also has 5,210 people.

#3,798 Linwood · 5,210

Either side of Nevin

#3,797 Zaira · 5,219#3,798 Linwood · 5,210#3,800 Isreal · 5,205#3,800 Usha · 5,205

Spelled almost the same

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

#12,017 Nevan · 1,049#14,029 Neven · 847#27,808 Nevine · 327#42,079 Nevyn · 172#47,514 Nevon · 137

Also a last name

As a last name, Nevin ranks #11,302 of 156,621, with 2,671 people. See Nevin as a last name

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