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Kevin

Pronounced /ˈkɛvɪn/

Rank in 2024
#16,456
Born in 2024
5
Peak year
1977 · #935
Origin
Irish
Also recorded for boys:1,822 in 2024 (#196)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 5 girls were named Kevin, about 1 in every 322,638.
  • It peaked in 1977 with 149 babies, ranked #935.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1938.
  • 5,333 girls have been named Kevin since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Kevin per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
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    Gen X
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    Millennials
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    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 43 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 1,302 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,962 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,562 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Gen Z: 398 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 66 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Name of a seventh-century Irish saint, from Irish Caoimhghin or Caoimhín, from Old Irish Cóemgen (literally “dear birth/person”). It first became popular outside Ireland in the mid-twentieth century.

  • A male given name from Irish.
Origin
Irish
Say it
/ˈkɛvɪn/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Kevin, CC BY-SA 4.0.