Nelvin — #9982 US boys' name
387 babies named Nelvin in U.S. Social Security records since 1919, with the highest year being 1927. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 30% of names given to boys today.
16% of everyone ever named Nelvin was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Nelvin in 1927 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nelvin
The Social Security Administration has registered 387 babies named Nelvin between 1919 and 2024, spanning 106 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nelvin currently holds the #9982 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1927, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nelvin performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 60 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Nelvin shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nelvin 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 387 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.
Nelvin at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nelvin popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1919
- Peak year (1927)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 106 years of records
Currently ranks #9982 among boys.
387 total births across 106 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1927 with 11 births in a single year.
Nelvin popularity over time — girls
10 total births recorded since 1930 (Nelvin as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Nelvin accounts for 3% of total recorded use across both genders.
Nelvin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 60 births that decade — 16% of Nelvin's all-time total
Nelvin decade highlights
- Peak decade 60 births
- Runner-up 53 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Nelvin's strongest decade
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 16% 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, 1919–2024 (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.