Kevin Name Popularity

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How popular is Kevin?

The somewhat popular name Kevin was the 125th Most Popular Boys Name in the United States in 2018.

This top 250 contender has seen rankings outside of the top 1000.

Its highest popularity ranking of #11 was reached in 1963 with 30,619 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Kevin in any given year was less than 5, most recently in 1911.

Kevin, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1913-1916, 1917-1921, 1926-1963, and 1984-1987, whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1965-1968, 1970-1975, 1977-1981, 1993-1998, 2000-2011, and 2012-2017.

Where is the name Kevin popularity headed?

Kevin's popularity is at a very low point when measured against its most notable year.

For a number of years, the name Kevin has been spiralling downward in popularity. In recent years, continuing the trend, the number of babies given the name Kevin has dropped.

The name Kevin is favored by many parents but will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Kevin is much less frequently used as a given name.

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		Kevin (Girl)		Kevin (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		< 5	--	3,124	125
2017		9	11,133	3,818	101
2016		6	15,286	4,545	90
2015		14	8,211	5,173	79
2014		14	8,274	5,896	70
2013		10	10,626	5,935	72
2012		7	14,255	6,224	68
2011		15	7,991	6,562	67
2010		7	14,251	7,323	58
2009		21	6,428	8,772	44
2008		11	10,440	9,796	41
2007		23	5,998	10,532	39
2006		27	5,165	10,775	37
2005		31	4,425	10,910	33
2004		46	3,298	11,217	34
2003		28	4,606	11,731	32
2002		31	4,129	12,043	33
2001		36	3,665	12,593	32
2000		31	4,030	12,669	32
1999		35	3,540	12,256	34
1998		16	6,219	12,507	32
1997		33	3,497	13,292	28
1996		35	3,331	14,584	26
1995		59	2,265	15,852	25
1994		57	2,307	17,308	26
1993		53	2,400	19,079	25
1992		59	2,258	19,635	25
1991		81	1,771	20,261	23
1990		71	1,947	20,406	23
1989		99	1,476	21,210	19
1988		116	1,262	20,160	20
1987		142	1,077	20,418	19
1986		146	1,038	19,933	21
1985		147	1,026	18,812	23
1984		124	1,112	17,863	24
1983		145	997	17,383	25
1982		118	1,169	17,467	24
1981		111	1,188	17,464	25
1980		117	1,156	17,984	23
1979		120	1,121	18,739	19
1978		105	1,196	20,111	15
1977		149	933	22,475	13
1976		113	1,082	18,481	15
1975		106	1,101	18,084	15
1974		127	971	19,473	14
1973		134	924	20,781	14
1972		118	1,003	22,363	13
1971		134	954	24,870	14
1970		129	977	26,980	14
1969		128	941	23,563	16
1968		125	927	23,871	17
1967		117	944	24,612	17
1966		123	911	25,590	17
1965		117	946	28,189	13
1964		114	1,004	29,364	13
1963		121	966	30,619	11
1962		91	1,145	28,348	14
1961		107	1,060	28,894	14
1960		94	1,122	28,388	15
1959		100	1,072	26,760	14
1958		93	1,091	24,651	20
1957		90	1,102	24,264	20
1956		68	1,264	21,767	22
1955		68	1,225	17,153	27
1954		80	1,104	15,320	28
1953		62	1,233	10,014	36
1952		45	1,446	7,919	43
1951		45	1,403	6,352	53
1950		38	1,511	4,754	73
1949		31	1,722	3,292	95
1948		27	1,837	2,230	127
1947		14	2,830	1,550	160
1946		16	2,431	1,035	179
1945		14	2,396	690	207
1944		7	3,892	594	231
1943		5	5,020	639	227
1942		< 5	--	530	250
1941		6	4,194	419	280
1940		< 5	--	298	332
1939		5	4,589	273	339
1938		6	4,087	246	355
1937		< 5	--	178	424
1936		< 5	--	153	456
1935		< 5	--	175	421
1934		< 5	--	151	458
1933		< 5	--	132	489
1932		< 5	--	121	534
1931		< 5	--	112	555
1930		< 5	--	84	682
1929		< 5	--	76	720
1928		< 5	--	68	793
1927		< 5	--	67	816
1926		< 5	--	46	1,027
1925		< 5	--	61	854
1924		< 5	--	50	999
1923		< 5	--	53	943
1922		< 5	--	71	797
1921		< 5	--	84	720
1920		< 5	--	24	1,572
1919		< 5	--	14	2,204
1918		< 5	--	21	1,683
1917		< 5	--	19	1,730
1916		< 5	--	18	1,732
1915		< 5	--	15	1,930
1914		< 5	--	12	1,916
1913		< 5	--	9	2,020
1912		< 5	--	9	1,819
1911		< 5	--	< 5	--
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.