Calvary — #7865 US unisex name
131 babies named Calvary in U.S. Social Security records since 2009, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 55% of names given to girls today.
58% of everyone ever named Calvary was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Calvary in 2017 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Calvary
The Social Security Administration has registered 131 babies named Calvary between 2009 and 2024, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Calvary currently holds the #7865 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 16 babies received it in a single year. Calvary is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 94 additional births since 1998.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Calvary performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 76 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Calvary shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Calvary in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 131 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Calvary at a glance
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Current rank
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Calvary popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2009
- Peak year (2017)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
Currently ranks #7865 among girls.
131 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2017 with 16 births in a single year.
Calvary popularity over time — boys
94 total births recorded since 1998 (Calvary as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Calvary accounts for 42% of total recorded use across both genders.
Calvary by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 76 births that decade — 58% of Calvary's all-time total
Calvary decade highlights
- Peak decade 76 births
- Runner-up 49 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Calvary's strongest decade
76 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 58% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2009–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.