Eyvin

Boys' name

Possibly luck, good fortune, through Eivind

Eyvin has been given to 5 babies in the U.S. since 2005. 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 2005, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Eyvin, 2005

1 in 769,000

Eyvin over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Eyvin: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly luck, good fortune, through Eivind

Old Norse

What Eyvin means

Eyvin belongs to the name family reached through Eyvin → Eivind. Its meaning is “luck, good fortune”.

Origin, language, and formation

Eyvin is used in Norwegian Bokmål. Its origins include Old Norse.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Eivind.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Norwegian Bokmål, Eyvin is pronounced /ˈœʏ.ʋɪn/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Eyvin between 2005 and 2005. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2005; its best national rank was #11,988 in 2005.

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.

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How common is Eyvin?

Eyvin had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2005, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2005: 1 in 769,000; 5 of 3,844,258 births
Among boys only: 1 in 399,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2005: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 532,928 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Eyvin 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 2005 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 532,928 children born in 2005 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Eyvin. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Eyvins were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Eyvin was born before 2005 — so the typical Eyvin is around 20 today.

Median birth year: 2005; About 20 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 5; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (5).

Is Eyvin 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2005 (5)
Years since peak: 20; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #11,988; 2005

Spellings of Eyvin

Eyvin is not the most common spelling — Kevin is, with 42.5% against Eyvin's <0.01%.

Kevin42.5%1,184,507
Evan10.3%287,701
Edwin8.9%247,553
Melvin8.8%244,936
Gavin6.8%189,270
Alvin5.8%161,414
Devin5.6%156,250
Kelvin1.8%51,551

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.

Eyvin 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: #11,988; 2005
Peak year: 2005; 5 that year
First recorded: 2005
Last recorded: 2005
All-time count: 5
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Eyvin

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

Eyvan Pavin Rudhvin Tovin Narvin Tarvin Tervin Ghavin Lusvin Yorvin Gervin Nirvin Layvin Novin Hirvin Gavvin Jervin Rayvin Divin Yavin Kivin Savin Burvin Karvin

Sibling names for Eyvin

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

For a sister

Jaci Yahaira Pilar Anisa Jamya Yajaira Anjali Anneliese

For a brother

Braulio Johnpaul Jamarion Kenyon Paulo Yair Kadin Lavon

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