NameTides

Kevin

Kevin was the #221 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,628 babies), and #292 in England & Wales and #322 in Canada.

Kevin as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Kevin as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.55018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandUSNorthern IrelandCanadaEngland & WalesScotland
Kevin as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.5501880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#221 (1,628)#292 (157)#333 (10)#270 (6)#139 (39)#322 (103)—
2024#196 (1,825)#264 (177)#432 (7)#164 (13)#174 (29)#342 (95)—
2023#188 (1,920)#210 (234)#341 (10)—#138 (41)#266 (117)—
2022#182 (2,077)#203 (253)#236 (17)#207 (10)#127 (48)#292 (109)—
2021#183 (2,111)#192 (285)#213 (21)#192 (12)#131 (48)#248 (139)—
2020#157 (2,385)#155 (343)#186 (24)#270 (6)#116 (53)#225 (154)—
2019#149 (2,622)#164 (322)#225 (20)#185 (12)#100 (67)#232 (154)—
2018#125 (3,143)#162 (347)#217 (21)#161 (15)#96 (69)#196 (184)—
2017#102 (3,834)#145 (400)#186 (29)#202 (10)#92 (78)#184 (206)—
2016#90 (4,557)#166 (352)#225 (21)#216 (9)#81 (87)#171 (218)—
2015#79 (5,184)#175 (336)#206 (25)#139 (20)#87 (86)#152 (250)—
2014#70 (5,902)#180 (309)#170 (34)#164 (16)#82 (98)#154 (253)—
2013#72 (5,946)#177 (315)#227 (20)#153 (17)#73 (108)#149 (255)—
2012#69 (6,232)#178 (330)#185 (31)#125 (22)#70 (112)#137 (285)—
2011#67 (6,568)#196 (271)#148 (40)#143 (19)#58 (143)#128 (307)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1965 at #13.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1912.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,000uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,700uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 610common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Kevin is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,100 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,000 to 1 in 1,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kevin by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #317WIVermont: #80VTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #271WAIdaho: #230IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #392MNIllinois: #230ILMichigan: #280MINew York: #200NYMassachusetts: #173MAOregon: #378ORNevada: #267NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #219IAIndiana: #229INOhio: #230OHPennsylvania: #196PANew Jersey: #215NJConnecticut: #187CTRhode Island: #200RICalifornia: #182CAUtah: #378UTColorado: #278CONebraska: #377NEMissouri: #368MOKentucky: #319KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #179VAMaryland: #116MDDelaware: #203DEArizona: #272AZNew Mexico: #311NMKansas: #265KSArkansas: #232ARTennessee: #299TNNorth Carolina: #238NCSouth Carolina: #287SCDistrict of Columbia: #168DCOklahoma: #328OKLouisiana: #191LAMississippi: #201MSAlabama: #232ALGeorgia: #184GAHawaii: #214HITexas: #176TXFlorida: #171FL
Kevin (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#29546
Quebec2025#35313

Kevin (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KevinCanadaGirls—too few
KevinCanadaBoys#322103
KevinEngland & WalesBoys#292157
KevinIrelandBoys#13939
KevinNorthern IrelandBoys#2706
KevinNSWBoys—too few
KevinScotlandBoys#33310
KevinUSGirls—too few
KevinUSBoys#2211,628