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Kevin

Gender

Male

Origin

Celtic/Gaelic
Handsome, Beautiful
Gaelic
Irish
Handsome

Syllables

2

Themes

  • Exotic

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Kevin

Pronunciation

k(e)-vin

Famous People

Actor Kevin Costner, Actor Kevin Bacon, Actor Kevin Spacey, Actor Kevin Kline, Musician Kevin Jonas, Director Kevin Smith, Athlete Kevin Love

Celebrity Babies

Son of Tatum O´Neal and John McEnroe, Son of Phil Donahue

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1963 (rank #11, 30,624 births); most recent 2025 (rank #221, 1,628 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1977 (rank #934, 149 births); most recent 2024 (rank #15243, 5 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
20251,628–
20241,8225
20231,919–
20222,077–
20212,109–
20202,3848
20192,622–
20183,143–
20173,8339
20164,5546

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2017 (rank #145, 400 births); most recent 2025 (rank #292, 157 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
2025157
2024177
2023234
2022253
2021285
2020343
2019322
2018347
2017400
2016352

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 1991 (rank #1, 14,101 births); most recent 2023 (rank #395, 127 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
2023127
2022125
2021174
2020213
2019230
2018248
2017293
2016321
2015349
2014381

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 1986 (rank #12, 639 births); most recent 2025 (rank #138, 39 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoys
202539
202429
202341
202248
202148
202053
201967
201869
201778
201687

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 1980 (rank #8, 825 births); most recent 2025 (rank #333, 10 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoys
202510
20247
202310
202217
202121
202024
201920
201821
201729
201621

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 1998 (rank #60, 53 births); most recent 2025 (rank #270, 6 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearBoys
20256
202413
2023–
202210
202112
20206
201912
201815
201710
20169

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 1970 (rank #9, 342 births); most recent 2023 (rank #244, 14 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoys
202314
202216
202115
202017
201916
201820
201724
201631
201529
201433

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence