Kevan
Kevan is a given name, a variant of the name Kevin. The feminine variant is Caoimhe.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Kevan
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kevan is a given name, a variant of the name Kevin. The feminine variant is Caoimhe.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Kevan
Kevan first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1945, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1986: 88 births, good for #983 nationwide. About 21% of every Kevan on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Kevan last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 10 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 3K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Kevan
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About the name Kevan
Kevan is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1945 and has accumulated 3K births in the dataset. Kevan's peak popularity came in 1986 when it ranked #983. Use the chart and map above to compare Kevan's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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