Girls' name · since 1924
Calvina
127 babies named Calvina in U.S. Social Security records since 1924, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #24,462 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 127
- born since 1924
- 1980s
- peak decade
Calvina sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 127 recorded since 1924.
Social Security Administration records show Calvina recorded 127 times among girls since 1924, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1924 to 1994.
- #24,462 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 127 born since 1924
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Calvina ranks #24,462 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 127 born since 1924, peaking in the 1980s.
- #24,462 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 127
- born since 1924
- 1980s
- peak decade
Calvina's 127 recorded births place it above 66.07% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Calvina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Calvina's SSA record in two at 1981 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1924, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1985 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Calvina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1924–1994
- Peak year (1985)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 71 years of records
Calvina by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (59 births, 46% of the file).
1980s was Calvina's strongest decade.
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Calvina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1950s 10
1950s
10 births
- 1970s
1970s
36 births
- 1980s
1980s
59 births
- 1990s 17
1990s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 59 births (46% of all-time use).
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- Calvina's decade-level peak was the 1980s (59 total births); usage has since declined to 17 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Calvina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1985)
Similar record span (~70 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1924–1994 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Calvina draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.