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Nevin

#4,012 in 2025Boys' name

Saint

Nevin has been given to 6,471 babies in the U.S. since 1888. In 2025 it ranked #4,012 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2007, with 140 recorded.

Babies named Nevin, 2025

1 in 123,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Nevin: meaning, origin, and history

Saint

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Nevin means

Nevin means “saint”, associated with naomh.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

A rare Anglicization of Irish Naomhán, a diminutive of naomh (“saint”).

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Nevin (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Nevin is used in English and Turkish.

Nevin comes through Irish Naomhán.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Naomhán.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Nevin is pronounced /ˈnɛv.ɪn/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 6,372 boys were recorded with the name Nevin between 1888 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 140 in 2007; its best national rank was #926 in 1926.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,280 in 2020 to #4,012 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,100 in 2015 to #4,012 in 2025.

In the United States, 99 girls were recorded with the name Nevin between 1978 and 2023. Its highest annual count was 10 in 2000; its best national rank was #8,253 in 1978.

How common is Nevin?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 123,000
27 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 63,300
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#4,012
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
85,108 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Nevin 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 85,108 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Nevin. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Nevins were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Nevin was born before 1991 — so the typical Nevin is around 34 today.

Median birth year
1991
About 34 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
19.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
34.1%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
4,908
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 19.2% of all recorded uses (1,224).

Is Nevin 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
−696
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,732
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,912
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.40×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
19.3%
Peak was 2007 (140)
Years since peak
18
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
14.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#926
1926

Spellings of Nevin

Nevin is not the most common spelling — Kevin is, with 40.1% against Nevin's 0.22%.

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 Nevin is used

Across 1910–2025, Nevin was most concentrated in Pennsylvania — about 1 in 5,556 boys, against 1 in 41,290 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).

018 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Pennsylvania1 in 5,556
  2. 2Ohio1 in 33,333
  3. 3California1 in 50,000
  4. 4New York1 in 50,000
  5. 5Arizona1 in 100,000
  6. 6Florida1 in 100,000
  7. 7Illinois1 in 100,000
  8. 8Indiana1 in 100,000

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. Nevin has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Nevin around the world

Where Nevin 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
    1998–2025
    #5,137
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2009–2009
    #626
    in 2009
  • Northern Ireland
    2013–2013
    #398
    in 2013
  • Ireland
    2008–2022
    #779
    in 2022
  • France
    2008–2022
    #6,596
    in 2022
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #3,231
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1948–2013
    #754
    in 2013

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

Notable people named Nevin

People whose public names include Nevin, 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.

Nevin in other languages

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

NeviaNevina

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

Nevin by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#4,012
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,732
Best rank ever
#926
1926
Peak year
2007
140 that year
First recorded
1888
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
6,372
Count in 2025
27

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#8,253
1978
Peak year
2000
10 that year
First recorded
1978
Last recorded
2023
All-time count
99
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Nevin

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

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Names with a curve like Nevin

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

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Sibling names for Nevin

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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