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Calvin

Pronounced /ˈkælvɪn/

Rank in 2024
#140
Born in 2024
2,568
Peak year
1924 · #44
Origin
Not recorded

1880 to 2024

Steady
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 2,568 boys were named Calvin, about 1 in every 668.
  • It peaked in 1924 with 4,919 babies, ranked #44.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 218,340 boys have been named Calvin since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Calvin per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 1.7
    Greatest
  2. 1.3
    Silent
  3. 1.4
    Boomers
  4. 0.9
    Gen X
  5. 0.9
    Millennials
  6. 0.8
    Gen Z
  7. 1.4
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 27,868 babies, 1.67 per 1,000. Silent: 27,838 babies, 1.35 per 1,000. Boomers: 52,765 babies, 1.41 per 1,000. Gen X: 24,192 babies, 0.89 per 1,000. Millennials: 26,356 babies, 0.87 per 1,000. Gen Z: 26,415 babies, 0.84 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 30,440 babies, 1.40 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Latinization of Norman-Picard Cauvin, a nickname for a chauve (“bald”) person.

  • (chiefly US) A male given name transferred from the surname.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/ˈkælvɪn/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Calvin, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Kelvin

    Rank
    #1,080
    Born '24
    201
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19612024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Kalvin

    Rank
    #1,775
    Born '24
    92
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20172024