Boys' name · since 1998
Calvyn
Calvyn has 105 recorded births since 1998 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2010 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,074 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 105
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Calvyn sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 105 recorded since 1998.
Calvyn has 105 recorded births among boys since 1998, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2019.
- #17,074 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 105 born since 1998
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Calvyn ranks #17,074 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 105 born since 1998, peaking in the 2010s.
- #17,074 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 105
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Calvyn's 105 recorded births place it above 62.35% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Calvyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Calvyn's SSA record in two at 2011 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1998, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2010 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Calvyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2019
- Peak year (2010)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Calvyn by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (63 births, 60% of the file).
2010s was Calvyn's strongest decade.
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Calvyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
37 births
- 2010s
2010s
63 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 63 births (60% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Calvyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1998–2019 (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 Calvyn 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.