Kevin
Meaning and origin
Recently borrowed from English Kevin.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Kevin (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Kevin has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2004. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 475 |
| 1999 | 487 |
| 2000 | 536 |
| 2001 | 466 |
| 2002 | 494 |
| 2003 | 487 |
| 2004 | 549 |
| 2005 | 528 |
| 2006 | 481 |
| 2007 | 412 |
| 2008 | 444 |
| 2009 | 423 |
| 2010 | 386 |
| 2011 | 378 |
| 2012 | 332 |
| 2013 | 310 |
| 2014 | 288 |
| 2015 | 271 |
| 2016 | 255 |
| 2017 | 193 |
| 2018 | 176 |
| 2019 | 152 |
| 2020 | 110 |
| 2021 | 117 |
| 2022 | 101 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls | Men and boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | – | 4,215 |
| 2000 | – | 4,740 |
| 2001 | – | 5,239 |
| 2002 | – | 5,728 |
| 2003 | – | 6,233 |
| 2004 | – | 6,790 |
| 2005 | – | 7,303 |
| 2006 | – | 7,806 |
| 2007 | – | 8,248 |
| 2008 | – | 8,735 |
| 2009 | – | 9,226 |
| 2010 | – | 9,655 |
| 2011 | – | 10,066 |
| 2012 | – | 10,461 |
| 2013 | – | 10,807 |
| 2014 | – | 11,118 |
| 2015 | – | 11,410 |
| 2016 | 15 | 11,680 |
| 2017 | 19 | 11,925 |
| 2018 | 21 | 12,158 |
| 2019 | 20 | 12,346 |
| 2020 | 20 | 12,470 |
Kevin in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Kevin.Hi! My name is Kevin.
- Har du träffat Kevin? Han började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Kevin? He started working here on Monday.
- Kevin har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Kevin has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Kevins mamma är lärare.Kevin's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Kevins mamma is Kevin's mum.
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Questions about Kevin
How do you pronounce Kevin in Swedish?
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What does the name Kevin mean?
Recently borrowed from English Kevin.
How popular is Kevin in Sweden?
101 babies were named Kevin in 2022. In 2020, 12,490 people in Sweden had Kevin as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2004 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.