Bevan
Boy · BEV-an · Welsh
Bevan is a boys' name of Welsh origin, meaning “son of Evan”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies).
What does Bevan mean?
Welsh: Welsh surname, from ab Evan
“son of Evan”
Aneurin Bevan, the Welsh politician who founded Britain's National Health Service, bore the surname.
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Is Bevan a girl's or a boy's name?
Bevan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bevan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,329among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 240% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Bevan, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2006, with 20 boys.
Half of all the boys named Bevan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Bevan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 1 | #6,277 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 19 | #1,290 |
| 2006 | 20 | #1,167 |
| 2005 | 9 | #1,957 |
| 2004 | 16 | #1,239 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,608 |
| 2002 | 13 | #1,252 |
| 2001 | 7 | #1,833 |
| 2000 | 8 | #1,637 |
| 1999 | 17 | #959 |
| 1998 | 6 | #1,932 |
| 1997 | 18 | #899 |
| 1996 | 13 | #1,083 |
How popular is Bevan in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1978, with 21 boys. It first appears in the records in 1923.
Half of all the boys named Bevan in the US since 1880 were born between 1970 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bevan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,697 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,502 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,011 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 13 | #3,437 |
| 1985 | 14 | #3,213 |
| 1984 | 10 | #3,922 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,107 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,837 |
| 1979 | 12 | #3,356 |
| 1978 | 21 | #2,205 |
| 1977 | 19 | #2,361 |
| 1976 | 11 | #3,262 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,556 |
| 1973 | 10 | #3,221 |
| 1972 | 11 | #2,989 |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 13 | #2,620 |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,594 |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1962 | 10 | #2,671 |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 11 | #2,529 |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,273 |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 8 | #2,967 |
| 1955 | 9 | #2,763 |
| 1954 | 8 | #2,940 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,369 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 6 | #3,211 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,112 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,175 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,267 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,360 |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,389 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 6 | #3,778 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
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