Kevins

maleStatistical record

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

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

Kevins: Recorded since 2008, its highest recorded position is #604, and it stood at #4,789 in 2021.

2registrars recorded it
15times a registrar ranked it
14years from first to last
#604highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2010–2021

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2010	#3332
2011	#2194
2012	#3987
2013	#2660
2014	#2690
2015	#3373
2016	#4023
2018	#4749
2019	#4702
2020	#4608
2021	#4789

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 11 of the 12 years from 2010 to 2021.

In 2019: #646 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #4702 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2008–2021 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2008
First recorded at #698 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 2008 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded2008–2019
Highest recorded position: #604 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2009 (recorded 2008–2019).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2021
Most recently recorded at #4789 among boys in England and Wales, in 2021.
England and Wales · Boys

Kevins appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 11 ranked years and 53 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 2008.

Kevins 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.

Kevins'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	#3332 (2010)	#2194 (2011)	#4789 (2021)	11 of 12	53 (2010–2021)	9 (2011)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#698 (2008)	#604 (2009)	#646 (2019)	4 of 12	15 (2008–2019)	4 (2009)

Kevins 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 2008 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #604 in Republic of Ireland in 2009.

Kevins'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
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#4702	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#4749	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4023	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3373	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2690	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2660	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3987	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2194	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3332	5	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#646	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#623	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#604	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#698	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 2008 and 2021, ranked in 13 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #604, first reached in 2009.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in England and Wales in 2011.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2010, and 2 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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
9 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#4,789position in 2021, its most recent recorded year
2 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itWithin 2 years →
9births registered in its largest year, 2011Under 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.

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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.

Mate · #604, 16y
Nyra · #603, 14y
Sorin · #605, 10y
Ijeoma · #606, 16y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Mate · #604, 16y
Emanuele · #601, 12y
Maksym · #601, 21y
Matus · #601, 14y

Kevins was ranked #604 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2009. 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.

Kevins 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 Kevins without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Kevins

Daithi Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2690 and #4632 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #4023 and #3079.
Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3332 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #2194 and #1398.
Leif Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2660 and #2954 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2690 and #1935.
Garry Compare
In 2014 they stood at #2690 and #4632 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3373 and #3373.

Moved the opposite way to Kevins

Aksel Compare
Between 2010 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Kevins went from #3332 to #4789 while Aksel went from #3332 to #1688.
Albie Compare
Between 2010 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Kevins went from #3332 to #4789 while Albie went from #288 to #32.
Alfred Compare
Between 2010 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Kevins went from #3332 to #4789 while Alfred went from #154 to #80.
Andrea Compare
Between 2010 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Kevins went from #3332 to #4789 while Andrea went from #3332 to #1860.

Moved the same way as Kevins

Aaron Compare
Between 2010 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Kevins went from #3332 to #4789 and Aaron from #55 to #119.
Alan Compare
Between 2010 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Kevins went from #3332 to #4789 and Alan from #205 to #352.
Alex Compare
Between 2010 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Kevins went from #3332 to #4789 and Alex from #52 to #122.
Alfie Compare
Between 2010 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Kevins went from #3332 to #4789 and Alfie from #4 to #16.

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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 2008 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #604 in Republic of Ireland in 2009. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Kevins

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Popularity journey

Kevins across 2 official records

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Kevins at a glance

Kevins across 2 official records

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What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Kevins

Kevins and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Kevins

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