Carvin — boys' name
730 babies named Carvin in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1957. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
17% of everyone ever named Carvin was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Carvin in 1957 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Carvin
The Social Security Administration has registered 730 babies named Carvin between 1916 and 2017, spanning 102 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Carvin currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Carvin performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 122 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Carvin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Carvin in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Carvin 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 730 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.
Carvin at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Carvin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1916
- Peak year (1957)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 102 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
730 total births across 102 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1957 with 17 births in a single year.
Carvin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 122 births that decade — 17% of Carvin's all-time total
Carvin decade highlights
- Peak decade 122 births
- Runner-up 97 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Carvin's strongest decade
122 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 17% of all-time use.
Carvin by state
Where Carvin concentrates geographically — total births since 1916
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 5 | 0.7% |
5 of 730 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Florida 0.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 0.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1916–2017 (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.