Kevin
A boys’ name of Irish origin, meaning handsome at birth.
How Kevin has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #79 |
| 2016 | #90 |
| 2017 | #102 |
| 2018 | #125 |
| 2019 | #149 |
| 2020 | #157 |
| 2021 | #183 |
| 2022 | #182 |
| 2023 | #186 |
| 2024 | #196 |
| 2025 | #221 |
Kevin by the numbers
In 2025, 157 babies in England and Wales were named Kevin. In the US, 3,813 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 30,620 babies in 1963, so it is a 1960s name that has since fallen a long way.
At its height, in 1965, about 1 in 67 American boys born that year was called Kevin.
Names that come from Kevin
Forms of Kevin in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Kevionhandsome; a form of Kevin18 in the US (2017)
- Kevinagentle; beloved; a form of Kevin5 in the US (2017)
- Kevinshandsome; a form of Kevin5 in the US (2017)
- Kevionnahandsome; a form of Kevin5 in the US (2017)
- Kevontehandsome; a form of Kevin5 in the US (2017)
- Kevinashandsome; a form of Kevin4 in England and Wales (2025)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kevin. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Kelvinnarrow water; from River Kelvin in Scotland325 in the US (2017)
- Kavinhandsome at birth; a form of Kevin95 in the US (2017)
- Kevonhandsome; a modern respelling of Kevin50 in the US (2017)
- Kevenhandsome; a form of Kevin39 in the US (2017)
- Kevyna form of kevin; handsome or kind birth27 in the US (2017)
- Kevanhandsome; a form of Kevin3 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Kevin
Names that are said the same way as Kevin, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean beauty
Like Kevin, each of these has beauty in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Finleyfair-haired warrior1,733 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mackenzieson of the fair one; surname used as given name2,976 in the US (2017)
- Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
- Beauhandsome487 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alanfair or handsome2,441 in the US (2017)
- Finnfair or white706 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Kevin
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