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Jevan

Boy · JEE-vun · Sanskrit

Jevan is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “life”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).

What does Jevan mean?

Sanskrit: spelling of Jeevan, from Sanskrit jivana

“life”

Usually a spelling of Jeevan, life; Jevan was also an old English spelling of the Welsh name Ieuan (John).

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JEE-vun

Is Jevan a girl's or a boy's name?

Jevan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Jevan in the UK?

No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 17 boys.

Half of all the boys named Jevan in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2007. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

1996Busiest: 17 in 20042016
Jevan in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20164#4,214
20150–
20143#4,829
20133#4,884
20129#2,382
20113#4,837
20106#3,092
20099#2,241
200810#2,048
20078#2,337
200614#1,487
200514#1,445
200417#1,183
200311#1,498
200211#1,384
200111#1,369
200010#1,405
199915#1,043
199815#1,016
199710#1,319
199611#1,215

How popular is Jevan in the US?

Rank in 2025
#12,003among boys
Babies in 2025
5about 1 in 340,000 boys
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Jevan, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2010, with 33 boys. It first appears in the records in 1973.

2025 had more boys named Jevan than any year since 2017.

Half of all the boys named Jevan in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.

1973Busiest: 33 in 20102025
Jevan in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20255#12,003
20240–
20230–
20220–
20210–
20200–
20190–
20180–
20175#12,241
20168#8,811
20150–
20147#9,636
20137#9,650
20127#9,703
201113#6,250
201033#3,307
200931#3,474
200817#5,244
200716#5,431
200613#6,090
200515#5,273
200412#6,132
200315#5,030
200220#4,038
200115#4,884
200014#5,034
199918#3,981
19988#6,837
199711#5,282
19969#5,975
19950–
19948#6,366
199310#5,353
19926#7,414
19910–
19908#5,816
19890–
198811#4,157
198710#4,233
19867#5,327
19850–
19848#4,549
19830–
19827#5,001
19810–
19800–
19795#6,054
19780–
19770–
19760–
19750–
19740–
19736#4,503

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