How Many People Are Named Kevin?
people named Kevin are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 327 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,189,844 babies named Kevin in Social Security records from 1912 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐⭐⭐ Very Common
Peak Year
30,734 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Anglicized form of the Irish name Caoimhín, derived from the older Irish Cóemgein, composed of the Old Irish elements cóem "kind, gentle, handsome" and gein "birth". Saint Caoimhín established a monastery in Glendalough, Ireland in the 6th century and is the patron saint of Dublin. It became popular in the English-speaking world outside of Ireland in the 20th century.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Kevin in English. Counting Kevin and these spellings together, about 1,046,390 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Kevin (99.5%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Kevin alive today is about 45 years old, and 54% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 32 and 59 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Kevin first appears in the records in 1912 and was given most often in 1963, to 30,734 babies. In 2025, 1,628 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1912 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Kevin never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #11, in 1963, and it was in the top 100 for 68 years, 1949 to 2016. In 2025 it ranked #221.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #221 |
| Best rank | #11 (1963) |
| Years in the top 100 | 68 (1949 to 2016) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #14 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Kevin alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Kevin were born in California than in any other state: about 126,596 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Kevin was given about 1.5 times as often in District of Columbia, Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
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