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Kalvin

#1,567 in 2025Boys' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Kalvin has been given to 6,726 babies in the U.S. since 1933. In 2025 it ranked #1,567 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2017, with 177 recorded.

Babies named Kalvin, 2025

1 in 30,400

Kalvin over time, 1880–2025

Boys
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kalvin: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kalvin means

Kalvin is a given name.

The naming story behind Kalvin

Wikidata records Kalvin as a male given name. The entity identifier is Q71869577, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 6,726 boys were recorded with the name Kalvin between 1933 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 177 in 2017; its best national rank was #906 in 1988.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,303 in 2020 to #1,567 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,136 in 2015 to #1,567 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Kalvin?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 30,400
109 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 15,700
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,567
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
21,083 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Kalvin sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5002%

Put another way: gather 21,083 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kalvin. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kalvins were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kalvin was born before 2000 — so the typical Kalvin is around 25 today.

Median birth year
2000
About 25 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
21.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
49.9%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
6,675
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Choose a decade

2010s — 21.8% of all recorded uses (1,469).

Is Kalvin rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+219
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−264
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−431
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.65×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
61.6%
Peak was 2017 (177)
Years since peak
8
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
11.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#906
1988

Spellings of Kalvin

Kalvin is not the most common spelling — Kevin is, with 48.0% against Kalvin's 0.27%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Kalvin is used

Across 2016–2025, Kalvin was most concentrated in Michigan — about 1 in 8,333 boys, against 1 in 15,629 across all states with data. It was least common in New Jersey (1 in 100,000).

112 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Michigan1 in 8,333
  2. 2Ohio1 in 9,091
  3. 3Arizona1 in 10,000
  4. 4Wisconsin1 in 10,000
  5. 5Florida1 in 12,500
  6. 6Iowa1 in 12,500
  7. 7California1 in 14,286
  8. 8Indiana1 in 14,286

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Kalvin around the world

Where Kalvin ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2024
    #3,689
    in 2024
  • Scotland
    1995–2025
    #647
    in 2025
  • Northern Ireland
    1998–2010
    #387
    in 2010
  • Ireland
    1996–2024
    #655
    in 2024
  • France
    1992–2025
    #2,715
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #1,614
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1974–2010
    #754
    in 2010

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Kalvin

People whose public names include Kalvin, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Kalvin in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Kalvin. Linked forms have their own page here.

CalvinKelvin

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Kalvin by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,567
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 264
Best rank ever
#906
1988
Peak year
2017
177 that year
First recorded
1933
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
6,726
Count in 2025
109

Names similar to Kalvin

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

KallenKalaniKalenKalelDelvinKaleTrevinKalmanKaleoDarvinMervinKalinNevinKallanKalobKalibArvinKallumKalanKalilDavinKaleelTevinKalon

Names with a curve like Kalvin

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Kalvin, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

AndreasRamseyCristobalVladimirKonradMarkoEliezerEleazarEliotMauroSimeonBritton

Sibling names for Kalvin

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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