Fun Facts About the Name Kevyn
- More than 2 thousand babies named Kevyn: U.S. records list 2,381 babies given the name Kevyn from 1880 through 2025. Even 240 girls received the name Kevyn - about 1 girl for every 9 boys.
What Does the Name Kevyn Mean?
Kevyn is a variant spelling of Kevin, the English form of the Irish name Caoimhín. The Irish name is usually explained as a diminutive of caomh, which comes from Old Irish cóem, meaning "dear, beloved, gentle, kind." With the diminutive ending -ín, the name is read as "little dear one" or "beloved one."
The earlier Old Irish form was Cóemgein, a compound of cóem ("dear, gentle") and gein ("birth"), giving the sense "dear birth" or "gentle birth." Both the compound reading and the later diminutive reading are traditionally cited as the source of the meaning, so the name is commonly glossed as "gentle birth." Kevyn itself carries no separate etymology; it keeps the meaning of the parent name.
Kevyn Name History & Origins
The name reached English through Irish. Old Irish Cóemgein became Caoimhghin and then the modern Irish Caoimhín, which was anglicized as Kevin. Its most famous early bearer was Saint Kevin, a sixth-century abbot who founded a monastery at Glendalough in County Wicklow and is counted among Ireland's patron saints. The association with the saint helped keep the name in use in Ireland for centuries, chiefly in its Irish forms.
Kevin spread into wider English usage largely through Irish emigration to Britain, North America, and Australia in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and it became an established English-language given name in those countries.
The spelling Kevyn is a later respelling that preserves the English pronunciation while replacing the -in ending with -yn, a pattern also seen in names such as Kathryn and Lyn. It is a spelling variant rather than a name with a separate origin or history of its own, and it is used mainly in the United States. It is given occasionally to girls as well as boys. A well-known bearer of this spelling was the American makeup artist Kevyn Aucoin (1962 - 2002).
How Popular is the Name Kevyn?
Kevyn has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2007. Its best rank was #1,502 in 2007.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #17,921 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2013 | #17,981 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2007 | #19,106 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2006 | #18,659 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2005 | #15,498 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2003 | #14,834 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2002 | #12,940 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2001 | #12,773 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2000 | #8,298 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1999 | #9,923 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1998 | #8,945 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1997 | #10,297 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1996 | #12,663 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1995 | #5,571 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1994 | #9,217 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1993 | #6,440 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1992 | #9,953 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1991 | #8,292 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1990 | #12,110 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1989 | #5,984 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1988 | #5,174 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1987 | #5,763 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1986 | #11,813 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1985 | #5,834 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1982 | #8,676 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1958 | #6,537 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1953 | #4,407 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1948 | #5,629 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #11,382 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2024 | #6,020 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2023 | #7,109 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2022 | #5,328 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2021 | #5,671 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2020 | #7,269 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2019 | #5,060 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2018 | #5,430 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2017 | #3,933 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 2016 | #3,137 | 37 | 0.0020% |
| 2015 | #3,940 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 2014 | #2,477 | 51 | 0.0027% |
| 2013 | #2,320 | 55 | 0.0029% |
| 2012 | #2,849 | 42 | 0.0022% |
| 2011 | #2,425 | 52 | 0.0027% |
| 2010 | #1,771 | 84 | 0.0044% |
| 2009 | #1,947 | 73 | 0.0037% |
| 2008 | #1,808 | 82 | 0.0040% |
| 2007 | #1,502 | 106 | 0.0051% |
| 2006 | #1,634 | 88 | 0.0043% |
| 2005 | #1,795 | 73 | 0.0037% |
| 2004 | #1,792 | 70 | 0.0035% |
| 2003 | #1,794 | 67 | 0.0034% |
| 2002 | #1,989 | 56 | 0.0029% |
| 2001 | #1,671 | 70 | 0.0036% |
| 2000 | #1,719 | 66 | 0.0034% |
| 1999 | #1,835 | 54 | 0.0028% |
| 1998 | #1,712 | 60 | 0.0031% |
| 1997 | #2,047 | 44 | 0.0023% |
| 1996 | #1,728 | 54 | 0.0029% |
| 1995 | #2,324 | 34 | 0.0018% |
| 1994 | #1,551 | 60 | 0.0031% |
| 1993 | #1,653 | 54 | 0.0028% |
| 1992 | #1,760 | 48 | 0.0024% |
| 1991 | #1,734 | 47 | 0.0023% |
| 1990 | #2,145 | 34 | 0.0017% |
| 1989 | #1,779 | 43 | 0.0021% |
| 1988 | #2,652 | 22 | 0.0011% |
| 1987 | #2,602 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 1986 | #2,567 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 1985 | #3,705 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1984 | #4,082 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1983 | #4,720 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1982 | #2,650 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1981 | #3,133 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1980 | #3,182 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1979 | #3,952 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1978 | #4,013 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1977 | #3,732 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1976 | #4,694 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1975 | #5,139 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1974 | #3,453 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1972 | #2,599 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 1971 | #2,329 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1970 | #3,180 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1969 | #2,260 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1968 | #3,524 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1967 | #2,878 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1965 | #3,413 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1964 | #2,755 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1963 | #3,196 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1962 | #2,315 | 13 | 0.0006% |
| 1961 | #4,378 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1960 | #2,484 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1959 | #2,478 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1958 | #2,731 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1957 | #3,415 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1956 | #2,882 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1955 | #3,349 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1952 | #4,016 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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