Kevina
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kuh-VEE-nuh
- Origin
- Irish
Kevina is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “gentle birth”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Kevina mean?
Irish: feminine form of Kevin, from Irish Caoimhín
“gentle birth”
Feminine form of Kevin, from Irish Caoimhín; Saint Kevin founded the monastery of Glendalough.
Is Kevina a girl's or a boy's name?
Kevina is a girls' name.
How popular is Kevina in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1993, with 31 girls. It first appears in the records in 1972.
Half of all the girls named Kevina in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kevina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,099 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,278 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 26 | #4,011 |
| 1993 | 31 | #3,501 |
| 1992 | 15 | #6,001 |
| 1991 | 21 | #4,644 |
| 1990 | 17 | #5,281 |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,525 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,316 |
| 1987 | 16 | #4,853 |
| 1986 | 15 | #4,961 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,346 |
| 1984 | 11 | #5,898 |
| 1983 | 14 | #4,883 |
| 1982 | 18 | #4,166 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,338 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
Names like Kevina
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Kevina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kevina, updated 20 October 2026.