Keven
- Pronunciation
- [Ke-ven]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Handsome Child. Variant Of Kevin.
- Origin
- Irish
About the Name Keven
Keven is a respelling of the enduring Irish name Kevin, which derives from the Gaelic Cóemgein or Cóemín, built on the element meaning handsome, gentle, or kind — hence the familiar gloss of "handsome child." The classic spelling was carried for centuries by the memory of an early Irish saint associated with the monastic valley of Glendalough, and the name traveled widely with Irish emigration across the English-speaking world before its many phonetic variants began to appear.
This particular form swaps the middle vowel to give a softer, slightly streamlined look on the page while keeping the same pronunciation. It sits within an unusually large family of related spellings: recorded variants include Kevan, Keveon, Kevinn, Kevion, Kevon, and Kevyn, a cluster that shows just how much parents enjoyed personalizing a popular sound at the turn of the millennium. The standard Kevin remains the anchor of the group, with these forms offering individual character around it.
In the United States, Keven first entered the Social Security top-1000 in 2000 and lasted through 2007, peaking in 2003 at rank #777. It stood at #979 in 2007, its final year on the list, having reached roughly 1,593 births across its run. The trajectory marks Keven as a creative-spelling cousin of a far more common name — distinctive on paper, instantly recognizable by ear, and very much a product of its early-2000s moment.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Keven
US Popularity History (2000–2007)
Annual US births named Keven by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2003 with 225 boys named Keven (boy rank #777 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2007, ranked #979 for boys (201 US births). That's 202 places below its 2003 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Keven Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2004–2013 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Keven the strongest states are Colorado, California, Arizona.
Strongest boys-name states
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2004–2013. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Keven in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kevan | Handsome Child. Variant Of Kevin. | Male | Irish |
| Keveon | Handsome Child. Variant Of Kevin. | Male | Irish |
| Kevinn | Handsome Child. Variant Of Kevin. | Male | Irish |
| Kevion | Handsome Child. Variant Of Kevin. | Male | Irish |
| Kevon | Handsome Child. Variant Of Kevin. | Male | Irish |
| Kevyn | Gentle | Male | Celtic |
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Compare Keven to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Keven against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).