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Keva vs Kevonte

American parents have registered 1,258 Kevas since 1880, against 733 Kevontes. But in 2025 it was Kevonte that was commoner, 10 babies to fewer than five.

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Births per year: Keva against Kevonte, 1880 to 2025 0 15 30 45 60 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

Keva Kevonte

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 71 years in which either name was published, Keva for 47 years and Kevonte for 24 years. The lead changed hands 5 times.

Side by side

  Keva Kevonte
Total US births 1,258733
Most in one year 4559
Babies in 2025 under 510
Estimated living today 1,200720
Median age today 4324
Peak year 19742000
Best rank 1,913th girls1,815th boys
Rank in 2025 unranked7,679th
First recorded 19541991
Girls / boys 1,258 / 00 / 733

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Kevas alive today are over 43; half the Kevontes are over 24. That is 19 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Keva and Kevonte.