Boys' name · since 1990
Tevan
291 babies named Tevan in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,768 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 291
- born since 1990
- 1990s
- peak decade
Tevan sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 291 recorded since 1990.
Tevan has 291 recorded births among boys since 1990, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2019.
- #10,768 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 291 born since 1990
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tevan ranks #10,768 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 291 born since 1990, peaking in the 1990s.
- #10,768 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 291
- born since 1990
- 1990s
- peak decade
Tevan's 291 recorded births place it above 76.31% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
Tevan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Tevan splits its recorded history at 2002: 35% of all births land in the more recent half, 65% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 2009 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1992 peak of 24 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Tevan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2019
- Peak year (1992)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Tevan by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (163 births, 56% of the file).
1990s was Tevan's strongest decade.
163 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Tevan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
163 births
- 2000s
2000s
83 births
- 2010s 45
2010s
45 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 163 births (56% of all-time use).
Tevan by state
Where Tevan concentrates geographically, total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 2.1% |
| #2 | Tennessee | | 5 | 1.7% |
6 of 291 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Tevan's decade-level peak was the 1990s (163 total births); usage has since declined to 45 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Tevans (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tevan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~29 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, 1990–2019 (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 Tevan 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.