Kevan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Kevan: Recorded since 1985, its highest recorded position is #249, and it stood at #5,119 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
19times a registrar ranked it
40years from first to last
#249highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1765
1997	#2859
1998	#2901
1999	#2943
2000	#2501
2001	#2587
2002	#2254
2006	#2870
2007	#4333
2008	#4432
2010	#4678
2011	#3830
2012	#4805
2013	#4685
2016	#4810
2024	#5119

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 16 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1985–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1985
First recorded at #304 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1985 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1985–2005
Highest recorded position: #249 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1987 (recorded 1985–2005).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5119 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Kevan appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 16 ranked years and 58 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1985.

Kevan 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.

Kevan'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	#1765 (1996)	#1765 (1996)	#5119 (2024)	16 of 29	58 (1996–2024)	6 (1996)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#304 (1985)	#249 (1987)	#518 (2005)	3 of 21	11 (1985–2005)	5 (1987)

Kevan 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 Kevan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	15	4 of 10	4
2000sbusiest	24	6 of 10	4
2010s	16	5 of 10	3
2020s	3	1 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

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

Kevan 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 1985 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #249 in Republic of Ireland in 1987.

Kevan'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	#5119	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#4685	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2870	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2254	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2501	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1765	6	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#518	3	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#249	5	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#304	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1985 and 2024, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #249, first reached in 1987.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 6 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 8 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 11 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.

5decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 5 decades →
7 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
7separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
8 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#5,119position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
11 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 11 to 20 years →
6births registered in its largest year, 1996Under 25 births →

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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Kevinas · #387, 18y

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.

Alain · #249, 15y
Edele · #248, 15y
Gediminas · #250, 21y
Huxley · #250, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Arman · #249, 38y
Ann-Marie · #248, 28y
Marthine · #248, 26y
Adelina · #247, 34y

Kevan was ranked #249 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1987. 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.

Kevan 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 Kevan without appearing here.

Kevan moved ahead of

Graeme Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2870 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #3830 and #4647.

Moved ahead of Kevan

Tadhg Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1765 and #2357 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #2859 and #1174.
Erin Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1765 and #2863 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #2859 and #1345.
Brooke Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3830 and #4647 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #4805 and #3416.
Sander Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2870 and #3385 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #4432 and #3158.

Moved the opposite way to Kevan

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kevan went from #1765 to #5119 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kevan went from #1765 to #5119 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kevan went from #1765 to #5119 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kevan went from #1765 to #5119 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Kevan

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kevan went from #1765 to #5119 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kevan went from #1765 to #5119 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kevan went from #1765 to #5119 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kevan went from #1765 to #5119 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 1985 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #249 in Republic of Ireland in 1987. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kevan

Kevan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kevan across 2 official records

Kevan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Kevan at a glance

Kevan across 2 official records

Kevan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1980s

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