Tevin
Masculine
Tevin is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 11,717 boys against 59 girls since 1880.
Tevin arrived in American use almost overnight in 1990, which is what happens when a name is not inherited but introduced — a young singer carried it, and the registers responded within a year.
How old is the name Tevin?
Tevin first appears in US birth records in 1969 — 56 years ago. The typical Tevin alive today was born around 1994, making them about 31 years old. About 11,500 people named Tevin are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Tevin most popular?
Tevin peaked in 1992, reaching #162 nationally. Today it ranks #2480, 2,318 places below that high. See the whole 1992 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Tevin
Our story of Tevin begins in a recording studio in 1990. A teenage singer with an unusual name released a record that did very well, and parents heard the name the way parents do — as a shape rather than a history. It looked like Kevin and Devin, which were everywhere, and it was not either of them. Within a year it was on birth certificates across the country. It peaked in 1991 and 1992, and it has stayed in quiet use since, which is more than most such names manage.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No established meaning. It is generally read as a blend or a respelling — of Kevin with a T, or of Devin, or as a coinage on the Te- and -vin elements that American naming used freely. None of these is documented as the source, and the name has no earlier record.
Pronouncing Tevin
TEV-in
Two syllables, stress on the first. No pronunciation ambiguity in English.
Nicknames for Tevin
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1969
- Most boys named
- 19921,936 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #162reached in 1992
- Change vs 2024
- +10.2%54 in 2025, from 49
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Tevin in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Tevon in English — spelling variant
- Tevyn in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Florida, California.
Tevins among us
people named Tevin are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 31,631 born in 2025 was named Tevin
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Stuart test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Tevin's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Stuart climbed just as high around 1960, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Stuart's path sketches the road Tevin is walking now.
Tevin sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Tevin is headed
Tevin is easing off slowly — about 26% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Tevin beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Tevin in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The origin can be dated to a single year, which very few names can offer.
- Two clean syllables that sit comfortably alongside Kevin and Devin without being either.
- It is instantly readable while remaining genuinely uncommon.
- It has no inherited meaning to offer.
- It is very tightly dated to the early 1990s.
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Frequently asked
- How many Tevins are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 11,500 people named Tevin are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Tevin in 2025?
- Tevin ranks #2480 among US boy names in 2025, with 54 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Tevin?
- About 1 in every 31,631 US boys born in 2025 was named Tevin — 54 in all.
- Will my child share the name Tevin with classmates?
- Tevin will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Tevin
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