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Kevon

Boy · KEV-in · Irish

Kevon is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “gentle birth”. In 2025 it ranked 2,990th for boys in the US (41 babies).

What does Kevon mean?

Irish: spelling of Kevin; anglicised form of Irish Caoimhín

“gentle birth”

Anglicised form of Caoimhín; St Kevin founded the monastery of Glendalough in County Wicklow in the 6th century.

Say it
KEV-in

Meaning borrowed from Kevin. More on Wiktionary.

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

Kevon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 41 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Kevon 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 6 boys.

2003Busiest: 6 in 20042023
Kevon in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20234#4,335
20220–
20210–
20200–
20190–
20180–
20170–
20160–
20153#4,955
20140–
20136#3,096
20120–
20110–
20103#4,865
20093#4,691
20080–
20070–
20065#3,013
20055#2,885
20046#2,399
20034#2,990

How popular is Kevon in the US?

Rank in 2025
#2,990among boys
Babies in 2025
41about 1 in 42,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 15% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 41 boys in the US were named Kevon, making it the 2,990th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,545th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 649 boys. It first appears in the records in 1950.

2025 had fewer boys named Kevon than any year since 1986.

Half of all the boys named Kevon in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,684 boys in the US were given Kevon or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #234, up from #2,990 for this spelling alone.

1950Busiest: 649 in 20002025
Kevon in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202541#2,990
202445#2,835
202355#2,440
202250#2,647
202158#2,348
202050#2,545
201954#2,463
201862#2,209
201751#2,492
201658#2,278
201565#2,132
201475#1,919
201371#1,941
201282#1,798
2011100#1,565
201098#1,599
2009129#1,341
2008128#1,343
2007135#1,287
2006147#1,149
2005156#1,061
2004178#944
2003206#842
2002248#714
2001353#579
2000649#393
1999194#788
1998183#817
1997167#845
1996179#800
1995148#900
1994152#869
1993134#927
1992138#897
1991156#823
1990137#874
198956#1,471
198857#1,369
198744#1,585
198628#2,055
198522#2,356
198429#1,884
198323#2,207
198219#2,517
198117#2,678
198015#2,964
197918#2,567
197816#2,668
197714#2,909
197613#2,945
19757#4,307
19745#5,225
19735#5,099
19720–
19710–
19709#3,280
19698#3,313
19685#4,135
196712#2,351
19668#2,985
19650–
19647#3,281
196312#2,413
19620–
19615#4,063
19607#3,335
195913#2,294
19587#3,273
19578#3,022
19567#3,214
19550–
19548#2,940
19530–
19526#3,370
19510–
19505#3,678

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Names like Kevon

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