Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Kevin

#24 most common boys' name of all time · #31 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1912–2025

Rank among boys
#24
Rank overall
#31 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
114 of 146
All-time
1,189,844
Since 2016
26,135
Peak year
1963 #11
Best rank
#11 1963
Girls Boys peak 30,734/yr
192019401960198020002020

Kevin first appears in 1912. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 1,628 1,628 #221
2024 5 1,825 1,830 #196
2023 5 1,920 1,925 #188
2022 — 2,077 2,077 #182
2021 — 2,111 2,111 #183
2020 8 2,385 2,393 #157
2019 — 2,622 2,622 #149
2018 — 3,143 3,143 #125
2017 9 3,834 3,843 #102
2016 6 4,557 4,563 #90
2015 14 5,184 5,198 #79
2014 14 5,902 5,916 #70
2013 10 5,946 5,956 #72
2012 7 6,232 6,239 #69
2011 15 6,568 6,583 #67
2010 7 7,330 7,337 #59
2009 21 8,780 8,801 #44
2008 11 9,798 9,809 #41
2007 23 10,537 10,560 #39
2006 27 10,779 10,806 #37
2005 31 10,917 10,948 #33
2004 46 11,220 11,266 #34
2003 28 11,734 11,762 #32
2002 31 12,046 12,077 #33
2001 36 12,596 12,632 #32
2000 31 12,674 12,705 #32
1999 35 12,257 12,292 #34
1998 16 12,510 12,526 #32
1997 33 13,295 13,328 #28
1996 35 14,589 14,624 #26
1995 59 15,860 15,919 #25
1994 57 17,315 17,372 #26
1993 53 19,084 19,137 #25
1992 59 19,647 19,706 #25
1991 81 20,262 20,343 #23
1990 71 20,413 20,484 #23
1989 99 21,209 21,308 #19
1988 116 20,168 20,284 #20
1987 142 20,421 20,563 #19
1986 146 19,935 20,081 #21
1985 147 18,814 18,961 #23
1984 124 17,858 17,982 #24
1983 144 17,377 17,521 #25
1982 118 17,462 17,580 #25
1981 111 17,454 17,565 #25
1980 117 17,972 18,089 #23
1979 120 18,733 18,853 #19
1978 105 20,094 20,199 #15
1977 149 22,463 22,612 #13
1976 113 18,474 18,587 #15
1975 106 18,066 18,172 #15
1974 127 19,461 19,588 #14
1973 134 20,768 20,902 #14
1972 118 22,354 22,472 #13
1971 134 24,850 24,984 #14
1970 128 26,968 27,096 #14
1969 128 23,557 23,685 #16
1968 125 23,862 23,987 #17
1967 117 24,603 24,720 #17
1966 123 25,592 25,715 #17
1965 117 28,177 28,294 #13
1964 114 29,357 29,471 #13
1963 121 30,613 30,734 #11
1962 91 28,325 28,416 #14
1961 108 28,926 29,034 #14
1960 93 28,400 28,493 #15
1959 99 26,790 26,889 #14
1958 93 24,666 24,759 #20
1957 90 24,285 24,375 #20
1956 67 21,761 21,828 #22
1955 68 17,158 17,226 #27
1954 80 15,322 15,402 #28
1953 62 10,011 10,073 #36
1952 45 7,916 7,961 #43
1951 45 6,349 6,394 #53
1950 38 4,752 4,790 #73
1949 31 3,292 3,323 #95
1948 27 2,225 2,252 #127
1947 14 1,549 1,563 #160
1946 16 1,035 1,051 #179
1945 14 689 703 #207
1944 7 594 601 #231
1943 5 639 644 #227
1942 — 529 529 #250
1941 6 418 424 #281
1940 — 298 298 #333
1939 5 273 278 #339
1938 6 245 251 #355
1937 — 178 178 #425
1936 — 153 153 #457
1935 — 175 175 #423
1934 — 151 151 #458
1933 — 132 132 #489
1932 — 122 122 #531
1931 — 110 110 #561
1930 — 84 84 #684
1929 — 75 75 #727
1928 — 68 68 #795
1927 — 67 67 #820
1926 — 46 46 #1,033
1925 — 61 61 #857
1924 — 50 50 #1,002
1923 — 53 53 #952
1922 — 71 71 #800
1921 — 84 84 #721
1920 — 24 24 #1,586
1919 — 14 14 #2,233
1918 — 21 21 #1,703
1917 — 19 19 #1,746
1916 — 18 18 #1,766
1915 — 15 15 #1,949
1914 — 12 12 #1,952
1913 — 9 9 #2,056
1912 — 9 9 #1,872