History of National Kevin Day
The first Kevin we can find on record is Saint Kevin in 6th century Ireland. He sounds like quite the chap, having founded Glendalough Abbey in the Kingdom of Leinster. He is one of the patron saints of the Archdiocese of Dublin.
Things got pretty quiet on the Kevin front from then up until the 20th century, when Kevin became a very popular name, particularly in the 1950s. Many attribute the name’s rise in popularity to the actor Kevin McCarthy who shot to fame for his role in Death of a Salesman in 1951.
For Kevin’s in the U.S things reached a peak in 1963, with it being the 11th most popular name chosen that year. Sadly it has been on a steady decline ever since and in 2016 it was ranked as the 89th most popular boy’s name in the country. Its decline in the UK has been even more severe, with Kevin dropping out of the top 100 most popular names way back in the 1990s.
It’s not all bad though for our Kevins. The name peaked in Germany in 1991, largely due to Kevin McCallister in Home Alone, it seems they loved Macaulay Culkin’s little rascal and his mischievous ways.
Notable Kevins of our time include the actor Kevin Bacon, the Belgian Premier League soccer player Kevin DeBruyne, and comedian and actor Kevin Hart. All of whom are doing Kevins everywhere proud.
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Everybody needs love — including anyone named Kevin. If you have been neglecting your Kevins lately, here’s your chance to right a wrong. National Kevin Day aka National Hug-a-Kevin Day (not to be confused with Kevin Day, a British comedian) takes place on October 3 or April 20, depending on how much traffic social media users generate for either day. (Yes, this is a fairly crazy day to research and follow but we’re doing our best to make sense out of it.) Bottom line, grab a Kevin (with permission, of course) and give a hug.
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