Kevin
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Kevin is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country, where it is the 35th most common given name. Recorded meaning: ‘comely birth’; St Kevin, a Leinsterman, founded Glendalough monastery.
- IEIreland≈1 in 227(inferred from the name graph)
- SVEl Salvador≈1 in 234
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 258
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- #74 (measured from records)
- 7 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 692 (measured from records)
- 1 in 203 (inferred from the name graph)
1,015,227 people, 2020
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Ecuador
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
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)
‘comely birth’; St Kevin, a Leinsterman, founded Glendalough monastery.
Sources 1
- Irish first names
Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Kevin 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 | #35 | 1,015,227 | 1 in 328 | 1M | Kevin | 692 |
| GB United Kingdom | #40 | ≈250,000 est. | ≈1 in 258 | 887 | Kevin | 402 |
| FR France | #55 | ≈160,000 est. | ≈1 in 416 | 153K | Kevin | 432 |
| CO Colombia | #93 | ≈130,000 est. | ≈1 in 372 | — | Kevin | 186 |
| CA Canada | #27 | ≈130,000 est. | ≈1 in 291 | 46 | Kevin | 397 |
| EC Ecuador | — | 83,192 | 1 in 203 | 83K | Kevin | 80 |
| BE Belgium | #37 | ≈41,000 est. | ≈1 in 283 | 36 | Kevin | 201 |
| SV El Salvador | #61 | ≈28,000 est. | ≈1 in 234 | — | Kevin | 92 |
| IE Ireland | #18 | ≈23,000 est. | ≈1 in 227 | — | Kevin | 201 |
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; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; INEC — civil registry names; Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register). 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)
Kevin is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, From Irish Caoimhín, meaning 'handsome birth' or 'gentle birth'.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Of Irish origin: Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Caoimhin, originally a byname representing a diminutive of caomh ‘comely’, ‘beloved’. This was the name of a 7th-century saint who is one of the patrons of Dublin.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
Anglicized form of 6 Caoimhm ‘descent of Caoimhm’ (Kevin), a byname representing a diminutive of Gaelic caomh ‘comely’, ‘beloved’. This was the name of a 7th-cenmry saint who is one of the patrons of Dublin.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
In French, a male given name; masculine of Kevine
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In French, Du gaélique Caoimhín, « beau, doux, bien né »; fêté le 3 juin, saint Kevin de Glendalough.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
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)
- Kevin Conroyb. 1955USAmerican actor (1955–2022)
- Kevin McNallyb. 1956GBEnglish actor
- Kevin Ruddb. 1957AU26th Prime Minister of Australia
- Kevin Spaceyb. 1959USAmerican actor
- Kevin Carterb. 1960ZASouth African photojournalist
- Kevin Jamesb. 1965USAmerican comedian and actor
- Kevin Jonasb. 1987USAmerican singer, actor and musician
- Kevin Durantb. 1988USAmerican basketball player (born 1988)
- Kevin Loveb. 1988USAmerican basketball player (born 1988)
- Kevin De Bruyneb. 1991BEBelgian association football player (born 1991)
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 142 sources across 76 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1M | #24 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2024 | 153K | #561 |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — civil registry names | 2024 | 83K | #16 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1.8K | #24 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 1.6K | — |
| CA Canada | Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01) | 2024 | 96 | — |
| CA Canada | Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender | 2024 | 18 | #259 |
| CA Canada | Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01) | 1996 | 6 | — |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- 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 does the name Kevin mean, and where does it come from?
- ‘comely birth’; St Kevin, a Leinsterman, founded Glendalough monastery. Recorded by Irish first names.
- Is Kevin a male or female name?
- Kevin 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 Kevin 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, where it is most often spelled kevin.
- Where is Kevin most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Kevin is densest in Ecuador — about 1 in 203 people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Kevin?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,015,227 people named Kevin in 2020, about 1 in 328 residents.
- How common is Kevin compared with other names?
- In the United States, Kevin is the 35th most common given name of 2,815,431 given names recorded there.
- What are other forms of the name Kevin?
- In the etymology graph, Keven, Kevan and Kevyn are forms of the same name in other languages; Kev is a recorded short or pet form.
What do you want to know about Kevin?
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/kevinThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Kevin” — the 35th most common given name in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.