Calvin — #140 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Calvin

The Social Security Administration has registered 218,340 babies named Calvin between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Calvin currently holds the #140 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 4,919 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Calvin performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 30,555 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Calvin shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 13,560 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Calvin in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Calvin 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 218,340 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.