Kelvyn — boys' name
267 babies named Kelvyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
42% of everyone ever named Kelvyn was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Kelvyn in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kelvyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 267 babies named Kelvyn between 1980 and 2021, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kelvyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kelvyn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 112 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Kelvyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kelvyn 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 267 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.
Kelvyn at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kelvyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1980
- Peak year (2008)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 42 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
267 total births across 42 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 16 births in a single year.
Kelvyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 112 births that decade — 42% of Kelvyn's all-time total
Kelvyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 112 births
- Runner-up 74 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Kelvyn's strongest decade
112 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1980–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.