Kevin Forename
199th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 2,688,122 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland
Kevin Forename Definition:
A male name. Irish Caomghin, OIr Coemgen ‘comely birth’. The name of an Irish saint, not uncommon as a christian name in Ireland.
Kevin Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 1,352,089 | 1:268 | 28 |
| England | 100% | 248,464 | 1:224 | 36 |
| Kenya | 100% | 192,815 | 1:240 | 28 |
| Canada | 100% | 128,230 | 1:258 | 21 |
| Philippines | 99% | 54,535 | 1:1,944 | 402 |
| Australia | - | 42,989 | 1:318 | 58 |
| Uganda | 87% | 42,536 | 1:963 | 167 |
| South Africa | 100% | 33,313 | 1:1,637 | 253 |
| France | 100% | 33,133 | 1:2,006 | 275 |
| Brazil | 100% | 32,088 | 1:6,677 | 832 |
| Ireland | 100% | 30,897 | 1:150 | 23 |
| Scotland | 100% | 24,704 | 1:217 | 44 |
| Indonesia | 97% | 21,294 | 1:12,114 | 1,711 |
| New Zealand | - | 20,402 | 1:222 | 22 |
| Spain | 100% | 19,509 | 1:2,385 | 316 |
| Belgium | 100% | 18,155 | 1:633 | 148 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 17,830 | 1:948 | 199 |
| Central African Republic | - | 16,861 | 1:268 | 95 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 15,106 | 1:11,755 | 1,463 |
| Germany | 100% | 13,742 | 1:7,035 | 596 |
| Wales | 100% | 13,673 | 1:226 | 38 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 12,697 | 1:1,861 | 444 |
| Ecuador | - | 11,974 | 1:1,480 | 271 |
| Ghana | 100% | 11,462 | 1:2,354 | 379 |
| China | - | 10,508 | 1:130,002 | 13,398 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 9,586 | 1:2,170 | 391 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 9,372 | 1:1,719 | 323 |
| Thailand | 100% | 8,977 | 1:7,805 | 1,304 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 8,943 | 1:1,272 | 269 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 8,767 | 1:930 | 103 |
| India | 100% | 8,570 | 1:141,759 | 15,909 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 8,393 | 1:3,671 | 602 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 8,249 | 1:578 | 113 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 8,244 | 1:224 | 40 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 8,047 | 1:3,753 | 528 |
| Burundi | 100% | 7,965 | 1:1,244 | 403 |
| Mozambique | - | 7,680 | 1:3,547 | 728 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 7,011 | 1:7,529 | 1,093 |
| Mexico | 99% | 6,648 | 1:18,674 | 1,184 |
| Honduras | 100% | 5,905 | 1:1,493 | 263 |
| Nicaragua | 99% | 5,557 | 1:1,083 | 209 |
| Chile | 100% | 5,484 | 1:3,211 | 393 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 5,454 | 1:250 | 5 |
| Sudan | 100% | 5,354 | 1:7,061 | 1,020 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 5,313 | 1:5,731 | 659 |
| Gabon | - | 4,971 | 1:379 | 45 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 4,751 | 1:4,549 | 732 |
| Togo | - | 4,615 | 1:1,569 | 237 |
| Angola | - | 4,454 | 1:6,054 | 872 |
| Sweden | 100% | 4,433 | 1:2,224 | 331 |
| Peru | 100% | 4,075 | 1:7,802 | 997 |
| Jamaica | - | 4,014 | 1:718 | 183 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 3,433 | 1:4,493 | 725 |
| Congo | 100% | 3,257 | 1:1,538 | 254 |
| Panama | 100% | 3,229 | 1:1,210 | 228 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 2,986 | 1:24,725 | 1,926 |
| Poland | 100% | 2,827 | 1:13,451 | 550 |
| Malta | - | 2,505 | 1:171 | 20 |
| Bangladesh | - | 2,474 | 1:64,455 | 5,095 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 2,371 | 1:3,464 | 554 |
| Denmark | - | 2,304 | 1:2,452 | 388 |
| Albania | 100% | 2,221 | 1:1,372 | 283 |
| Colombia | 100% | 2,206 | 1:21,659 | 1,455 |
| Austria | 100% | 2,100 | 1:4,054 | 410 |
| Hong Kong | - | 2,090 | 1:3,709 | 271 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1,933 | 1:589 | 161 |
| Guyana | 100% | 1,861 | 1:410 | 17 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 1,861 | 1:12,400 | 1,258 |
| Singapore | 100% | 1,859 | 1:3,382 | 543 |
| Namibia | - | 1,533 | 1:1,568 | 316 |
| El Salvador | - | 1,488 | 1:4,262 | 478 |
| Libya | - | 1,469 | 1:4,235 | 678 |
| Czechia | 100% | 1,434 | 1:7,431 | 395 |
| Benin | 100% | 1,428 | 1:7,406 | 1,111 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1,415 | 1:7,372 | 966 |
| Bahamas | - | 1,381 | 1:289 | 46 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 1,376 | 1:7,705 | 915 |
| Japan | - | 1,316 | 1:97,254 | 4,408 |
| Haiti | 100% | 1,200 | 1:8,939 | 1,012 |
| Bahrain | - | 1,184 | 1:1,139 | 186 |
| Egypt | 100% | 1,084 | 1:84,779 | 4,065 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 1,040 | 1:93,808 | 6,821 |
| Portugal | - | 1,033 | 1:10,078 | 627 |
| South Korea | - | 1,033 | 1:5,367 | 880 |
| Norway | 100% | 1,028 | 1:4,993 | 606 |
| Vanuatu | - | 981 | 1:267 | 45 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 932 | 1:2,638 | 432 |
| Oman | - | 928 | 1:4,427 | 603 |
| Fiji | - | 921 | 1:969 | 210 |
| Botswana | 100% | 897 | 1:2,435 | 435 |
| Morocco | - | 764 | 1:44,959 | 1,962 |
| Belize | 100% | 763 | 1:464 | 42 |
| Russia | 99% | 752 | 1:191,800 | 2,891 |
| Chad | 100% | 741 | 1:18,351 | 2,681 |
| Taiwan | 55% | 671 | 1:35,424 | 5,835 |
| Italy | 100% | 651 | 1:93,797 | 1,822 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 651 | 1:1,994 | 369 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 633 | 1:246 | 40 |
| Qatar | 100% | 611 | 1:3,878 | 601 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 561 | 1:1,036 | 199 |
| Malawi | 100% | 550 | 1:31,113 | 2,412 |
| Suriname | 100% | 543 | 1:1,018 | 197 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 527 | 1:6,737 | 532 |
| Barbados | - | 525 | 1:552 | 125 |
| Samoa | - | 502 | 1:389 | 110 |
| Swaziland | - | 461 | 1:2,820 | 593 |
| Argentina | 100% | 437 | 1:97,879 | 1,855 |
| Burkina Faso | 99% | 434 | 1:42,349 | 3,047 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 421 | 1:642 | 150 |
| Estonia | 100% | 411 | 1:3,200 | 563 |
| Jersey | 100% | 406 | 1:246 | 43 |
| Tonga | - | 377 | 1:285 | 65 |
| Finland | 100% | 360 | 1:15,231 | 975 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 338 | 1:10,141 | 752 |
| Greece | 100% | 336 | 1:32,543 | 1,362 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 335 | 1:276,487 | 1,524 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 333 | 1:335 | 8 |
| Bermuda | - | 304 | 1:213 | 20 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 292 | 1:217 | 43 |
| French Polynesia | - | 286 | 1:972 | 219 |
| Iraq | 100% | 285 | 1:122,870 | 2,707 |
| Grenada | 100% | 282 | 1:383 | 38 |
| Guam | - | 272 | 1:591 | 101 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 268 | 1:2,105 | 328 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 239 | 1:388 | 61 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 226 | 1:486 | 72 |
| Mali | - | 221 | 1:76,822 | 3,384 |
| Zambia | - | 210 | 1:75,499 | 4,006 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 207 | 1:480 | 40 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 188 | 1:292 | 20 |
| Israel | 99% | 186 | 1:45,177 | 2,939 |
| Romania | 100% | 184 | 1:108,978 | 4,670 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 183 | 1:972 | 152 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 164 | 1:34,314 | 1,997 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 161 | 1:381 | 40 |
| Micronesia | - | 153 | 1:696 | 113 |
| Hungary | 100% | 145 | 1:67,529 | 617 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 136 | 1:226,371 | 5,030 |
| Djibouti | - | 130 | 1:7,044 | 654 |
| Cambodia | 71% | 126 | 1:129,153 | 5,103 |
| Algeria | 100% | 125 | 1:305,414 | 3,780 |
| Afghanistan | 75% | 120 | 1:271,863 | 6,074 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 118 | 1:4,484 | 630 |
| Gibraltar | - | 117 | 1:292 | 52 |
| Aruba | - | 113 | 1:918 | 181 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 105 | 1:331 | 32 |
| Brunei | - | 103 | 1:4,073 | 407 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 95 | 1:329 | 14 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 95 | 1:88,157 | 2,897 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 93 | 1:588 | 97 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 87 | 1:82,207 | 6,764 |
| Guinea | 100% | 83 | 1:142,875 | 2,408 |
| Kuwait | - | 76 | 1:49,806 | 4,237 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 74 | 1:11,771 | 971 |
| Pakistan | 96% | 68 | 1:2,858,201 | 34,074 |
| Belarus | 93% | 67 | 1:141,528 | 1,351 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 65 | 1:1,308 | 141 |
| Turkey | 100% | 64 | 1:1,215,652 | 10,986 |
| Liberia | 96% | 62 | 1:71,162 | 3,400 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 61 | 1:118,636 | 2,677 |
| Mongolia | - | 55 | 1:53,360 | 4,341 |
| American Samoa | - | 49 | 1:1,140 | 146 |
| Laos | - | 49 | 1:134,426 | 189 |
| Macau | - | 42 | 1:14,481 | 303 |
| Nepal | 52% | 42 | 1:678,270 | 17,351 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 41 | 1:432,850 | 6,829 |
| Monaco | 100% | 38 | 1:1,012 | 207 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 37 | 1:358 | 13 |
| Cook Islands | 100% | 36 | 1:504 | 73 |
| Yemen | - | 35 | 1:751,336 | 2,797 |
| Iceland | 100% | 34 | 1:10,765 | 947 |
| Lithuania | - | 33 | 1:89,451 | 1,429 |
| Senegal | 94% | 30 | 1:486,045 | 6,386 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 27 | 1:258,903 | 5,728 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 27 | 1:1,897 | 291 |
| East Timor | - | 25 | 1:48,735 | 137 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 25 | 1:283,547 | 466 |
| Slovakia | 95% | 22 | 1:241,366 | 1,482 |
| Myanmar | - | 20 | 1:2,597,414 | 1,061 |
| Croatia | 100% | 18 | 1:234,282 | 3,778 |
| Gambia | - | 16 | 1:120,412 | 458 |
| Tunisia | - | 16 | 1:42,306 | 2,316 |
| Iran | - | 15 | 1:5,233,125 | 19,849 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 14 | 1:224 | 25 |
| Greenland | - | 14 | 1:4,026 | 570 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 14 | 1:166 | 12 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 12 | 1:803,579 | 13,150 |
| Kosovo | - | 12 | 1:155,120 | 6,935 |
| Jordan | 96% | 11 | 1:802,434 | 4,728 |
| Ukraine | - | 11 | 1:4,136,355 | 7,862 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 10 | 1:583 | 145 |
| Cuba | - | 9 | 1:1,278,506 | 4,217 |
| Armenia | 100% | 8 | 1:364,844 | 4,921 |
| North Macedonia | - | 7 | 1:298,680 | 7,602 |
| Montserrat | - | 6 | 1:813 | 112 |
| Maldives | - | 5 | 1:86,781 | 2,313 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 5 | 1:819,048 | 12,822 |
| Niger | - | 5 | 1:3,836,799 | 37,767 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 5 | 1:95,128 | 1,169 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 4 | 1:79,533 | 2,400 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 4 | 1:1,368,218 | 2,487 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 4 | 1:3,382 | 74 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 3 | 1:1,174,819 | 6,090 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 3 | 1:16,376 | 1,521 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 67% | 3 | 1:1,991,092 | 30,660 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 3 | 1:679,999 | 29,822 |
| Syria | - | 3 | 1:6,435,358 | 7,086 |
| Bhutan | - | 2 | 1:412,464 | 4,948 |
| Dominica | - | 2 | 1:37,736 | 863 |
| Georgia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Latvia | - | 2 | 1:1,007,822 | 4,547 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 2 | 1:18,928 | 806 |
| Montenegro | - | 2 | 1:317,288 | 3,822 |
| Nauru | 100% | 2 | 1:5,964 | 459 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Eritrea | - | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Kiribati | - | 1 | 1:113,394 | 1,211 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 1 | 1:9,555 | 215 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 1 | 1:6,315 | 385 |
| San Marino | - | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
The alternate forms: Kévin (7,474), Kèvin (10), Kevín (2) & Kevīn (1) are calculated separately.
Kevin (34,137) may also be a surname.
Kevin Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Irish Caomghin, OIr Coemgen ‘comely birth’. The name of an Irish saint, not uncommon as a christian name in Ireland.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
An Irish variant of Kenneth. A late C6-early 7 Kevin is one of the patron saints of Dublin. (Benedictines.)
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A Celtic name, meaning: Kind: comely.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Kevin Forename Popularity
Kevin Demographics
Kevin Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 282,386 (2014)
United States
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Phonetically Similar Names
Kevin Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kevin in the Russian language | ||
| Кевин | kevin | - |
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