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Kevyn

#11,378 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Dear birth/person, through Kevin

Kevyn has been given to 2,381 babies in the U.S. since 1952. In 2025 it ranked #11,378 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2007, with 106 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 90% boys, 10% girls all-time.

Babies named Kevyn, 2025

1 in 553,000

Kevyn over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2025, Kevyn went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19482025

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.

Kevyn: meaning, origin, and history

Dear birth/person, through Kevin

Irish

What Kevyn means

Kevyn belongs to the name family reached through Kevyn → Kevin. Its meaning is “dear birth/person”.

Origin, language, and formation

Kevyn is used in English. Its origins include Irish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Kevin.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,141 boys were recorded with the name Kevyn between 1952 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 106 in 2007; its best national rank was #1,502 in 2007.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #7,270 in 2020 to #11,378 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,938 in 2015 to #11,378 in 2025.

In the United States, 240 girls were recorded with the name Kevyn between 1948 and 2014. Its highest annual count was 17 in 1995; its best national rank was #4,406 in 1953.

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 Kevyn?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 553,000
6 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 285,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#11,378
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
382,984 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Kevyn 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 2025 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 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kevyn. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kevyns were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kevyn was born before 2002 — so the typical Kevyn is around 23 today.

Median birth year
2002
About 23 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
35.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
54.8%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
2,141
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 35.1% of all recorded uses (751).

Is Kevyn 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
−5,338
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−4,108
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−7,440
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.22×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
5.7%
Peak was 2007 (106)
Years since peak
18
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
28.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,502
2007

Spellings of Kevyn

Kevyn is not the most common spelling — Kevin is, with 60.3% against Kevyn's 0.11%.

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 Kevyn is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Kevyn was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 50,000 boys, against 1 in 122,369 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 50,000
  2. 2Arizona1 in 100,000
  3. 3Colorado1 in 100,000
  4. 4Florida1 in 100,000
  5. 5Texas1 in 100,000
  6. 6Georgia1 in —
  7. 7Illinois1 in —
  8. 8Massachusetts1 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. Kevyn has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Kevyn is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Kevyn was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 2,456,184 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls 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. Kevyn has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Kevyn around the world

Where Kevyn 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
    2018–2018
    #4,749
    in 2018
  • France
    1978–2018
    #4,505
    in 2018
  • Canada
    1991–2009
    #2,692
    in 2009
  • South Australia
    1945–1998
    #534
    in 1998

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Kevyn

People whose public names include Kevyn, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Kevyn in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Kevyn. Linked forms have their own page here.

Kevin

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Kevyn by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#11,378
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 4,108
Best rank ever
#1,502
2007
Peak year
2007
106 that year
First recorded
1952
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,141
Count in 2025
6

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#4,406
1953
Peak year
1995
17 that year
First recorded
1948
Last recorded
2014
All-time count
240
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Kevyn

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

KevonSevynKevenKevionKevanGavynDevynKevonteTrevynEvynJayvynKevisMervynDavynKevontaeMelvynAvynDonavynDravynKevalKeveonCevynTevynJavyn

Names with a curve like Kevyn

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Kevyn, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

BrandoDavenFavianTravionJacoreyDevlinKaronDemariusJarrenTrevinIainTyren

Sibling names for Kevyn

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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