Kalven — boys' name

What the Data Says About Kalven

The Social Security Administration has registered 129 babies named Kalven between 1998 and 2018, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kalven currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kalven performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 64 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kalven shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kalven 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 129 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.