Given name & surname
Tevin
“son of Kevin”
Tevin is used as a given name and a surname. One American interpretation is “son of Kevin.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “son of Kevin.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1969. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tevin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 11,776
- 11,717 boys · 59 girls
- Most popular year
- 1992
- 1,951 babies
- 2025
- 54
- #2,513 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −40%
- Cooling
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 54 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,513 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 40.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 1,936 in 1992. In 2025, California and Louisiana and Tennessee shared the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (5 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 8,702 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Tevin’s family of names
Tevin has a related form in Tevan. Tevin has a related form in Teven. Tevin has a related form in Tevyn.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Tevin
- Tevin CampbellAmerican singer (born 1976)
- Tevin BrownAmerican basketball player (born 1998)
- Tevin Farmerboxerborn 1990
- Tevin KokSouth African field hockey playerborn 1996
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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