Bevan — #9066 US boys' name
567 babies named Bevan in U.S. Social Security records since 1923, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 36% of names given to boys today.
20% of everyone ever named Bevan was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Bevan in 1978 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Bevan
The Social Security Administration has registered 567 babies named Bevan between 1923 and 2024, spanning 102 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Bevan currently holds the #9066 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 21 babies received it in a single year. Bevan is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 66 additional births since 1980.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Bevan performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 116 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Bevan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Utah, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Bevan in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Bevan in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 567 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Bevan at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Bevan popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1923
- Peak year (1978)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 102 years of records
Currently ranks #9066 among boys.
567 total births across 102 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1978 with 21 births in a single year.
Bevan popularity over time — girls
66 total births recorded since 1980 (Bevan as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Bevan accounts for 10% of total recorded use across both genders.
Bevan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 116 births that decade — 20% of Bevan's all-time total
Bevan decade highlights
- Peak decade 116 births
- Runner-up 98 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Bevan's strongest decade
116 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 20% of all-time use.
Bevan by state
Where Bevan concentrates geographically — total births since 1923
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Utah | | 5 | 0.9% |
5 of 567 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Utah 0.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Utah accounts for 0.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1923–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.