Keven
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KEV-in
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #5,859 for boys
Keven is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “gentle, handsome birth”. In 2025 it ranked 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Keven mean?
Irish: spelling of Kevin, from Caoimhín
“gentle, handsome birth”
A spelling of Kevin; Saint Kevin founded the 6th-century monastery at Glendalough in Ireland.
Is Keven a girl's or a boy's name?
Keven is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Keven in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 8 boys.
Keven in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,534 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 1 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
How popular is Keven in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 47% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Keven, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,495th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 225 boys. It first appears in the records in 1930.
Half of all the boys named Keven in the US since 1880 were born between 1969 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,684 boys in the US were given Keven or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #234, up from #5,859 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 27% of the babies named Keven in the US in 1950, and 4% in 1967.
Keven in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 31 | #3,495 |
| 2019 | 22 | #4,476 |
| 2018 | 32 | #3,442 |
| 2017 | 39 | #3,005 |
| 2016 | 62 | #2,184 |
| 2015 | 50 | #2,485 |
| 2014 | 62 | #2,173 |
| 2013 | 84 | #1,732 |
| 2012 | 90 | #1,686 |
| 2011 | 110 | #1,476 |
| 2010 | 163 | #1,137 |
| 2009 | 156 | #1,160 |
| 2008 | 176 | #1,067 |
| 2007 | 201 | #977 |
| 2006 | 210 | #915 |
| 2005 | 191 | #919 |
| 2004 | 181 | #933 |
| 2003 | 225 | #774 |
| 2002 | 198 | #838 |
| 2001 | 188 | #851 |
| 2000 | 199 | #807 |
| 1999 | 186 | #817 |
| 1998 | 185 | #811 |
| 1997 | 166 | #850 |
| 1996 | 158 | #869 |
| 1995 | 153 | #880 |
| 1994 | 187 | #768 |
| 1993 | 139 | #912 |
| 1992 | 143 | #880 |
| 1991 | 146 | #866 |
| 1990 | 114 | #984 |
| 1989 | 108 | #977 |
| 1988 | 107 | #923 |
| 1987 | 112 | #883 |
| 1986 | 81 | #1,027 |
| 1985 | 96 | #927 |
| 1984 | 97 | #884 |
| 1983 | 94 | #908 |
| 1982 | 88 | #957 |
| 1981 | 82 | #1,002 |
| 1980 | 85 | #974 |
| 1979 | 96 | #890 |
| 1978 | 123 | #760 |
| 1977 | 132 | #744 |
| 1976 | 106 | #809 |
| 1975 | 78 | #925 |
| 1974 | 90 | #847 |
| 1973 | 111 | #760 |
| 1972 | 137 | #685 |
| 1971 | 135 | #711 |
| 1970 | 166 | #629 |
| 1969 | 140 | #667 |
| 1968 | 144 | #631 |
| 1967 | 160 | #595 |
| 1966 | 145 | #617 |
| 1965 | 145 | #629 |
| 1964 | 166 | #607 |
| 1963 | 149 | #640 |
| 1962 | 147 | #638 |
| 1961 | 108 | #739 |
| 1960 | 139 | #664 |
| 1959 | 101 | #755 |
| 1958 | 136 | #659 |
| 1957 | 127 | #677 |
| 1956 | 134 | #654 |
| 1955 | 79 | #824 |
| 1954 | 80 | #806 |
| 1953 | 47 | #1,057 |
| 1952 | 37 | #1,212 |
| 1951 | 44 | #1,082 |
| 1950 | 24 | #1,498 |
| 1949 | 20 | #1,666 |
| 1948 | 8 | #2,787 |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,389 |
| 1930 | 5 | #3,999 |
Nicknames for Keven
- Kev
Names like Keven
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keegan Conan Aiden Kayden Finn Brayden Kody Kian Keelan Keenan Regan Declan
Other spellings of Keven
Names related to Keven
More Irish names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Keven: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/keven, updated 20 October 2026.