Keven
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈkivən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Keven is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In Laos it is the 24th most common given name.
- LALaos≈1 in 103K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 328as Kevin
- BRBrazil1 in 3.7Kas Kevin
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Keven itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 211 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 26K (inferred from the name graph)
1,015,227 named Kevin, 2020
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Canada, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Kevin in US United States, LA Laos, ES Spain and 1 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
1. Kimi türlerinden kitre denilen zamk çıkarılan dikenli bir çalı. 2. Bir tür kahve.
Sources 2
- TDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)
- Nordic Names
Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Keven counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 1,015,227as Kevin | 1 in 328 | 1M | Kevin | 211 |
| EC Ecuador | — | 83,192as Kevin | 1 in 203 | 83K | — | 10 |
| BR Brazil | — | 56,596as Kevin | 1 in 3.7K | 57K | Keven | 79 |
| ES Spain | — | 17,120as Kevin | 1 in 2.9K | 17K | Kevin | 16 |
| SE Sweden | — | 15,469as Kevin | 1 in 660 | 15K | — | 13 |
| CR Costa Rica | — | 14,992as Kevin | 1 in 340 | 15K | — | 9 |
| GY Guyana | — | 2,596as Kevin | 1 in 289 | 2.6K | — | — |
| CA Canada | — | ≈1,500 est. | ≈1 in 26K | 18 | Kevin | 44 |
| LA Laos | #24 | ≈72 est. | ≈1 in 103K | — | Kevin | 32 |
1,015,227 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INEC — civil registry names; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025; Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Keven is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Turkish, 1. Kimi türlerinden kitre denilen zamk çıkarılan dikenli bir çalı. 2. Bir tür kahve.
as a wordTDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Keven McDonaldb. 1956USAmerican basketball player
- Keven Yub. 1968TWTaiwanese general
- Keven Mealamub. 1979NZNew Zealand rugby union footballer
- Keven Stammenb. 1985USAmerican poker player
- Keven Veilleuxb. 1989CACanadian hockey player
- Keven Dupontb. 1989CACanadian ice hockey player
- Kris Wub. 1990CNnot in their usual nameChinese-born Canadian rapper and convicted sex criminal (1990–)
- Keven Alemánb. 1994CRCanadian footballer
- Keven Schlotterbeckb. 1997DEGerman association football player
- Keven StrattonUSAmerican politician
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 55 sources across 35 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 15K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 15K | #1,271 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Nomes (census name API) | — | 12K | #1,945 |
| BR Brazil | Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA) | — | 11K | #679 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 7.6K | #2,925 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 2020 | 1.6K | — |
| CA Canada | Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01) | 1992 | 337 | — |
| BR Brazil | Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA) | — | 303 | #10,534 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 234 | #1,271 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 170 | #2,925 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 95 | #8,851 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 62 | — |
Reference works 2
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What are other forms of the name Keven?
- In the etymology graph, Kevin, Kevan and Kevyn are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Keven?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈkivən/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Keven a male or female name?
- Keven is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Keven have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 1.0 million people named Kevin, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Keven?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,015,227 people named Kevin in 2020, about 1 in 328 residents.
- How common is Keven compared with other names?
- In Laos, Keven is the 24th most common given name of 27,499 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Keven?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/kevenThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Keven” — the 24th most common given name in Laos. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.