Kelvin — #1080 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Kelvin

The Social Security Administration has registered 51,334 babies named Kelvin between 1912 and 2024, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kelvin currently holds the #1080 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 1,370 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kelvin performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 11,859 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Kelvin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 4,916 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Kelvin in 47 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kelvin 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 51,334 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.