Boys' name · since 1957
Kelven
Kelven has 113 recorded births since 1957 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1961 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 113
- total births
- 1957–2011
- years on record
- 1960s
- peak decade
- 31%
- born in that decade
Kelven is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 113 have been recorded since 1957.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kelven has been recorded 113 times among boys since 1957, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1960s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1957 to 2011.
- 113 total births
- 1957–2011 years on record
- 1960s peak decade
- 31% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kelven's 113 recorded births place it above 63% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kelven's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kelven splits its recorded history at 1990: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1964 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1961 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kelven popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1957–2011
- Peak year (1961)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 55 years of records
Kelven by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1960s was Kelven's strongest decade.
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Kelven births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 7
1950s
7 births
- 1960s
1960s
35 births
- 1970s
1970s
17 births
- 1990s
1990s
24 births
- 2000s
2000s
25 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 35 births (31% of all-time use).
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- Kelven's decade-level peak was the 1960s (35 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1957–2011 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kelven: Baby Name Since 1957 - 113 Births, Peak 1961." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kelven. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Kelven 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 July 2026.