Boys' name · since 1981
Kervens
292 babies named Kervens in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,738 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,999 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 292
- born since 1981
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kervens currently ranks #3999 among boys' names in America, with 292 babies recorded since 1981.
Kervens has 292 recorded births among boys since 1981, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3999 as of the latest data, more common than 71% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 2025.
- #10,738 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #3,999 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 292 born since 1981
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kervens ranks #10,738 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,999 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 292 born since 1981, peaking in the 2020s.
- #10,738 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,999 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 292
- born since 1981
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kervens's 292 recorded births place it above 76.37% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by Florida.
How Kervens compares
292 45th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Kervens's all-time total is 21% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kervens | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 292 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 27 | 34 | 22,252 |
Kervens's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kervens's SSA record in two at 2012 and the more recent half accounts for 65% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 35%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1998, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 27, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kervens popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Kervens by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (113 births, 39% of the file).
2020s was Kervens's strongest decade.
113 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Kervens births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 23
1980s
23 births
- 1990s 25
1990s
25 births
- 2000s 37
2000s
37 births
- 2010s
2010s
94 births
- 2020s
2020s
113 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 113 births (39% of all-time use).
Kervens by state
Where Kervens concentrates geographically, total births since 1981
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 89 | 30.5% |
| #2 | Indiana | | 5 | 1.7% |
| #3 | New York | | 5 | 1.7% |
89 of 292 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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- Florida records the most Kervenss (89 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kervens: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~44 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1981–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Kervens draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.