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Bevan

UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Son of Evan

Bevan has been given to 633 babies in the U.S. since 1923. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1978, with 21 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 90% boys, 10% girls all-time.

Babies named Bevan, 2024

1 in 418,000

Bevan over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Bevan over time

In 2024, Bevan went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19232024

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Bevan: meaning, origin, and history

Son of Evan

surname transfer

What Bevan means

Bevan means “son of Evan”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Bevan is used in English.

Origin, language, and formation

Bevan is used in English. Its origins include surname transfer.

Bevan comes through Welsh ab Ifan.

Bevan is recorded as a surname transferred into given-name use.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 567 boys were recorded with the name Bevan between 1923 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 21 in 1978; its best national rank was #2,210 in 1978.

In the United States, 66 girls were recorded with the name Bevan between 1980 and 2011. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1983; its best national rank was #7,380 in 1983.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Bevan?

Bevan had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2024, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2024
1 in 418,000
8 of 3,342,801 births
Among boys only
1 in 215,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2024
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
289,633 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Bevan sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2024 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 289,633 children born in 2024 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Bevan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Bevans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Bevan was born before 1982 — so the typical Bevan is around 43 today.

Median birth year
1982
About 43 years old
Biggest decade
1970s
20.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
22.9%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
514
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1970s — 20.5% of all recorded uses (116).

Is Bevan rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1978 (21)
Years since peak
47
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
32.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,210
1978

Spellings of Bevan

Bevan is not the most common spelling — Kevin is, with 26.7% against Bevan's 0.01%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Bevan is used

Across 1910–2025, Bevan was most concentrated in Utah — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 295,875 across all states with data.

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Most concentrated

  1. 1Utah1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Bevan has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Bevan around the world

Where Bevan ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #3,256
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–1997
    #1,945
    in 1997
  • South Australia
    1944–2004
    #589
    in 2004

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Bevan by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#2,210
1978
Peak year
1978
21 that year
First recorded
1923
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
567
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#7,380
1983
Peak year
1983
8 that year
First recorded
1980
Last recorded
2011
All-time count
66
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Bevan

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

PavanLevanVivanJevanKavanSevanGavanYuvanRevanLivanNevanJeevanYvanNirvanRivanNivanJivanCavanGiovanSuvanTrevanAvanBevinEivan

Sibling names for Bevan

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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