Kervin
Kervin is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 14 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 140.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 198946 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1916
- 1,499people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,499 boys have been named Kervin in the United States since 1916, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1989, with 46 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1988, and the 1980s alone account for 19%.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Kervin | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | |
| 1930s | 12 | |
| 1940s | 11 | |
| 1950s | 79 | |
| 1960s | 227 | |
| 1970s | 197 | |
| 1980s | 288 | |
| 1990s | 288 | |
| 2000s | 205 | |
| 2010s | 136 | |
| 2020s | 51 |
In 1989, its biggest year
Kervin was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1989 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and David. See all of 1989.
Names that rose and fell with Kervin
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Andrepeak 1970
- Anibalpeak 1990
- Arnaldopeak 1989
- Darnelpeak 1986
- Derronpeak 1990
- Heribertopeak 1993
- Rolandopeak 1994
- Bradlypeak 1990
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.