boy's name

Keven

  • Gender Boy
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 12,116

Scotland

#372

1982 births

Keven is a boy's name with 2 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 15 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 2003, when 225 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 221,043 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1930.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Keven over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1930s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

1,925
'30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Keven by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1930s 11
1940s 53
1950s 899
1960s 1,469
1970s 1,174
1980s 950
1990s 1,577
2000s 1,925
2010s 714
2020s (to 2025) 110

How popular is Keven?

In 2025, Keven was given to 15 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Keven is used

Scotland #372 3 in 1982
Canada #2,524 7 in 2018
United States #6,135 15 in 2025
England & Wales #6,360 3 in 2023
France #7,194 5 in 2022

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

How Keven is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Kéven Kéven is a rare spelling of Keven, written with an acute accent and recorded about 20 times, mostly in France. 20

Names that peaked alongside Keven

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Keven also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Keven over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Keven

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Keven — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Keven

How popular is the name Keven?

In 2025, Keven was given to 15 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Keven a girl's or a boy's name?

Keven is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

How many syllables are in Keven?

Keven has 2 syllables.

When was Keven most popular?

Keven peaked in 2003, when 225 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Keven a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Keven currently ranks #6,135 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.