girls:
130 births since 1948
#5586 (2nd percentile)
boys:
8.7k births since 1930
#1266 (72nd percentile)
overall:
8.9k births since 1930
#2871 (63rd percentile)
The name Keven is the #2,871 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 8,851 recorded births since 1930. This represents the 62.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 62.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,266 (72.4% percentile) for all time with 8,721 births since 1930. For girls, it ranks #5,586 (2.2% percentile) for all time with 130 births since 1948.
Keven first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1930 (1930 for boys and 1948 for girls). Birth data for Keven is available in 80 out of the 94 years between 1930 and 2023 (80 years for boys and 16 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 Keven has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 98.5% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Keven reached its peak popularity in 2003, achieving the 26.3% percentile (ranked #608) with 107 births per million. The name was most common in 2003, with 107 births per million (ranked 26.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2003, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Keven ranks #901 for boys (1.1% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 7.7% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Keven reached its peak popularity in 1956, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #740) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1956, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1967.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Keven".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Keven", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 15 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Kevin" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Kevin..
Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Keven. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 53.5% confident that Keven is pronounced as KEH-vuhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KEE-vuhn, at 32.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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