Kevin Boy
How popular is Kevin?
#221 boy name in 2025
1,628 baby boys were named Kevin in the US in 2025, making it the 221st most popular boy name.
Kevin popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #221 for boys (▼ 25 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,628 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-69% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #79 in 2015, #157 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1963 (30,613 boys) |
| Highest rank | #11 in 1963 |
| First recorded | 1912 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kevin counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kevin family of names ranked #222 for boys in 2025 (#206 the year before), with 1,690 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Kevin is most popular
Babies named Kevin per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Delaware: 3.7 per 1,000 (56 boys)
- Maryland: 2.1 per 1,000 (246 boys)
- District of Columbia: 2.0 per 1,000 (30 boys)
- Massachusetts: 1.8 per 1,000 (251 boys)
- Connecticut: 1.6 per 1,000 (111 boys)
Kevin by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 117 | #1,647 |
| 1920s | 599 | #715 |
| 1930s | 1,623 | #339 |
| 1940s | 11,268 | #95 |
| 1950s | 159,010 | #14 |
| 1960s | 271,412 | #11 |
| 1970s | 212,231 | #13 |
| 1980s | 188,670 | #19 |
| 1990s | 165,232 | #23 |
| 2000s | 111,081 | #32 |
| 2010s | 51,318 | #59 |
| 2020s | 11,946 | #157 |
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Questions
- Is Kevin a boy or girl name?
- Kevin is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Kevin were boys.
- How popular is the name Kevin?
- 1,628 baby boys were named Kevin in the US in 2025, making it the 221st most popular boy name.
- When was Kevin most popular?
- Kevin peaked in 1963, when 30,613 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #11 in 1963.
- How many people are named Kevin?
- 1,189,844 babies have been named Kevin in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,052,853 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 47.
- Where is Kevin most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kevin was most common in Delaware, at 3.7 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.