Bevan*
#6,343 most common boys' name of all time · #15,834 across all names · 90% male / 10% female · used 1923–2024 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#6,343
Rank overall
#15,834 of 105,966
First appeared
1923
Years on the list
69 of 146
All-time
633
Since 2016
29
Peak year
1978 #2,247
Best rank
#2,247 1978
Girls
Boys
peak 21/yr
Bevan first appears in 1923. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,114 |
| 2023 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,996 |
| 2018 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,370 |
| 2017 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,469 |
| 2016 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,404 |
| 2015 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,869 |
| 2014 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,312 |
| 2013 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,929 |
| 2011 | 7 | 6 | 13 | #11,001 |
| 2010 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,454 |
| 2009 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,108 |
| 2007 | 6 | 8 | 14 | #9,039 |
| 2006 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,994 |
| 2005 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,271 |
| 2003 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 2002 | — | 16 | 16 | #4,741 |
| 2001 | 5 | 12 | 17 | #5,740 |
| 2000 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,361 |
| 1999 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,026 |
| 1998 | 5 | 10 | 15 | #5,932 |
| 1997 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,745 |
| 1996 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,163 |
| 1995 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,584 |
| 1994 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,114 |
| 1993 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #8,972 |
| 1992 | 5 | 9 | 14 | #5,769 |
| 1991 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,485 |
| 1990 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,488 |
| 1989 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,098 |
| 1988 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,547 |
| 1987 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,113 |
| 1986 | 6 | 13 | 19 | #3,507 |
| 1985 | 6 | 14 | 20 | #3,287 |
| 1984 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,023 |
| 1983 | 8 | 5 | 13 | #6,526 |
| 1982 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,193 |
| 1981 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,710 |
| 1980 | 7 | 10 | 17 | #3,947 |
| 1979 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,440 |
| 1978 | — | 21 | 21 | #2,247 |
| 1977 | — | 19 | 19 | #2,404 |
| 1976 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,355 |
| 1975 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,744 |
| 1974 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,688 |
| 1973 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,351 |
| 1972 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,083 |
| 1971 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,215 |
| 1970 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,694 |
| 1969 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,787 |
| 1968 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,917 |
| 1967 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,273 |
| 1963 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,900 |
| 1962 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,803 |
| 1961 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,903 |
| 1959 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,636 |
| 1958 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,473 |
| 1957 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,338 |
| 1956 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,149 |
| 1955 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,918 |
| 1954 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,129 |
| 1947 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,654 |
| 1942 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,515 |
| 1939 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,436 |
| 1937 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,493 |
| 1933 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,609 |
| 1932 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,742 |
| 1931 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,716 |
| 1927 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,166 |
| 1923 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,815 |