Kevin — #196 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Kevin

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,182,874 babies named Kevin between 1912 and 2024, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kevin currently holds the #196 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1963, when 30,611 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kevin performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 271,401 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Kevin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 138,337 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Kevin in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kevin 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 1,182,874 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.