Kalvin — #1777 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Kalvin

The Social Security Administration has registered 6,616 babies named Kalvin between 1933 and 2024, spanning 92 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kalvin currently holds the #1777 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 177 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kalvin performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,468 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Kalvin shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 667 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Kalvin in 32 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kalvin 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 6,616 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.