Boys' name · since 1998
Kalven
Kalven has 129 recorded births since 1998 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2012 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,755 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 129
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kalven sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 129 recorded since 1998.
Kalven has 129 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 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2018.
- #15,755 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 129 born since 1998
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kalven ranks #15,755 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 129 born since 1998, peaking in the 2000s.
- #15,755 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 129
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kalven's 129 recorded births place it above 65.29% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kalven's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kalven's full recorded timeline at 2009, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1998, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2012 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kalven popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2018
- Peak year (2012)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Kalven by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (64 births, 50% of the file).
2000s was Kalven's strongest decade.
64 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Kalven births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
64 births
- 2010s
2010s
60 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 64 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Kalven's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (64 total births) through the 2010s (60) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kalven: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~20 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, 1998–2018 (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 Kalven 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.