Bevan

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Bevan: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Bevan: Recorded since 1973, with a gap of 14 years, it reached #59 in 1978, and it stood at #4,270 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
33times a registrar ranked it
52years from first to last
#59highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Bevan's record

Absent from every published list for 14 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1040
1997	#845
1998	#1821
1999	#906
2000	#1703
2001	#1746
2002	#1190
2003	#1629
2004	#1160
2005	#1851
2006	#1084
2007	#1201
2008	#3158
2009	#3227
2010	#3865
2011	#2613
2012	#3416
2013	#2954
2014	#2964
2016	#4023
2017	#3449
2020	#4608
2022	#2755
2023	#3112
2024	#4270

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 25 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1973–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1973
First recorded at #76 among boys in New Zealand in 1973 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New Zealand · Boys
Highest recorded1973–1981
Highest recorded position: #59 among boys in New Zealand, in 1978 (recorded 1973–1981).
New Zealand · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4270 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Bevan appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 25 ranked years and 221 births registered; the earliest is New Zealand · Boys, from 1973.

Bevan across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Bevan's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#1040 (1996)	#845 (1997)	#4270 (2024)	25 of 29	221 (1996–2024)	20 (2006)
New Zealand · Boys	#76 (1973)	#59 (1978)	#84 (1981)	8 of 9	634 (1973–1981)	94 (1979)

Bevan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Bevan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	54	4 of 10	14
2000sbusiest	110	10 of 10	11
2010s	37	7 of 10	5
2020s	20	4 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 11 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Bevan appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1973 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #59 in New Zealand in 1979.

Bevan's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#4270	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3112	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2755	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4023	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2964	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2954	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3416	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2613	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3158	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1201	19	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1084	20	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1851	9	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1160	16	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1629	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1190	13	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1746	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1703	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#906	17	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1821	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#845	18	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1040	13	High	Verified
1981	New Zealand	male	#84	60	High	Verified
1980	New Zealand	male	#87	58	High	Verified
1979	New Zealand	male	#59	94	High	Verified
1978	New Zealand	male	#59	92	High	Verified
1977	New Zealand	male	#73	84	High	Verified
1975	New Zealand	male	#77	82	High	Verified
1974	New Zealand	male	#89	74	High	Verified
1973	New Zealand	male	#76	90	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1973 and 2024, ranked in 33 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #59, first reached in 1978.

It held a top-100 place in 8 years, 5 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 94 births, registered in New Zealand in 1979.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 14 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 23 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Beverly · #331, 31y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Linus · #49, 34y
Vaughan · #74, 31y
Elida · #77, 36y
Mille · #40, 35y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Peta · #59, 27y
Iselin · #60, 51y
Regan · #58, 41y
Casey · #61, 47y

Bevan was ranked #59 in New Zealand · Boys in 1978. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Bevan and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Bevan without appearing here.

Bevan moved ahead of

Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4608 and #3848 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #4991.
Graeme Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1746 and #1595 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1190 and #2636.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #5119.
Brent Compare
In 2021 they stood at #4608 and #4608 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2755 and #3449.

Moved ahead of Bevan

Matheo Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3449 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #4608 and #2076.
Fredrik Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1201 and #1361 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #3158 and #1242.
Johannes Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1201 and #1506 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #3158 and #1242.
Harper Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1201 and #2023 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #3158 and #1294.

Moved the opposite way to Bevan

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bevan went from #1040 to #4270 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bevan went from #1040 to #4270 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bevan went from #1040 to #4270 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bevan went from #1040 to #4270 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Bevan

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bevan went from #1040 to #4270 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bevan went from #1040 to #4270 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bevan went from #1040 to #4270 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bevan went from #1040 to #4270 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1973 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #59 in New Zealand in 1979. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Bevan

Bevan at a glance

What stands out in Bevan's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Bevan across 2 official records

Bevan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Popularity data

What the record shows

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Bevan at a glance

What stands out in Bevan's record

Bevan across 2 official records

Bevan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Bevan appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Bevan

Bevan and the names beside it

Bevan moved ahead of

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