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Kevan

Boy · Irish

Kevan is a boys' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).

What does Kevan mean?

Irish

A male given name from Irish, variant of Kevin.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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

Kevan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Kevan in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#5,065among boys
Babies in 2025
3about 1 in 100,000 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, 3 boys in the UK were named Kevan, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2002, with 7 boys.

Half of all the boys named Kevan 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.

In 2025, 176 boys in the UK were given Kevan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #300, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 7 in 20022025
Kevan in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20253#5,065
20243#5,198
20230–
20220–
20210–
20200–
20190–
20181#6,277
20170–
20163#5,015
20150–
20141#6,179
20133#4,884
20123#4,999
20114#3,986
20103#4,865
20090–
20084#3,836
20075#3,231
20065#3,013
20050–
20040–
20031#4,616
20027#1,900
20016#2,049
20004#2,612
19994#2,513
19984#2,531
19973#2,979
19966#1,840

How popular is Kevan in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1986, with 88 boys. It first appears in the records in 1945.

Half of all the boys named Kevan in the US since 1880 were born between 1962 and 1991, the years shaded on the chart below.

1945Busiest: 88 in 19862024
Kevan in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202410#7,760
20236#10,815
20227#9,815
20218#8,820
202013#6,292
201911#7,168
20189#8,150
201718#5,107
201617#5,314
20156#10,638
201419#4,862
201310#7,532
201210#7,553
201113#6,250
201015#5,737
200920#4,746
200824#4,142
200727#3,791
200617#5,068
200524#3,811
200432#3,070
200325#3,523
200243#2,368
200135#2,676
200042#2,294
199937#2,395
199837#2,346
199744#2,021
199640#2,110
199547#1,836
199449#1,768
199362#1,488
199270#1,347
199176#1,276
199079#1,233
198985#1,146
198881#1,106
198785#1,029
198688#982
198577#1,049
198450#1,319
198369#1,067
198269#1,096
198152#1,270
198058#1,204
197969#1,070
197858#1,170
197762#1,099
197647#1,286
197541#1,361
197442#1,311
197350#1,163
197264#1,007
197146#1,214
197054#1,117
196945#1,168
196851#1,034
196747#1,071
196647#1,073
196552#1,020
196455#1,016
196360#970
196263#952
196162#979
196075#875
195977#870
195878#854
195769#912
195687#795
195572#866
195474#841
195347#1,057
195251#1,001
195137#1,194
195033#1,255
194920#1,666
194818#1,757
19475#3,731
19460–
19455#3,337

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