girls:
66 births since 1980
#5650 (1st percentile)
boys:
559 births since 1923
#4027 (12th percentile)
overall:
625 births since 1923
#7114 (8th percentile)
The name Bevan is the #7,114 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 625 recorded births since 1923. This represents the 8.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,027 (12.1% percentile) for all time with 559 births since 1923. For girls, it ranks #5,650 (1.1% percentile) for all time with 66 births since 1980.
Bevan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1923 (1923 for boys and 1980 for girls). Birth data for Bevan is available in 68 out of the 101 years between 1923 and 2023 (67 years for boys and 11 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Bevan has been given predominantly to boys, with 89.4% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Bevan were boys.
For boys, Bevan reached its peak popularity in 1978, achieving the 2.4% percentile (ranked #660) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 1978, with 12 births per million (ranked 2.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Bevan ranks #910 for boys (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 26.7% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Bevan reached its peak popularity in 1983, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #772) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1983, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2011.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Bevan".
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