Boys' name · since 1973
Kelvis
Since 1973, U.S. Social Security records show 125 babies named Kelvis, peaking in 1989. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 125
- total births
- 1973–2012
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 40%
- born in that decade
Kelvis is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 125 have been recorded since 1973.
Kelvis has 125 recorded births among boys since 1973, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2012.
- 125 total births
- 1973–2012 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 40% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kelvis's 125 recorded births place it above 65% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kelvis's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kelvis's SSA record in two at 1987 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1985, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1989 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kelvis popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2012
- Peak year (1989)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Kelvis by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Kelvis's strongest decade.
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Kelvis births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
27 births
- 1980s
1980s
50 births
- 1990s
1990s
27 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s 16
2010s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 50 births (40% of all-time use).
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- Kelvis's decade-level peak was the 1980s (50 total births); usage has since declined to 16 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, 1973–2012 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kelvis: Baby Name Since 1973 - 125 Births, Peak 1989." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kelvis. 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 Kelvis 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.