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Kelvin
Pronounced /ˈkɛlvɪn/
Rank in 2024
#1,080
Born in 2024
201
Peak year
1961 · #209
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 201 boys were named Kelvin, about 1 in every 8,534.
- It peaked in 1961 with 1,370 babies, ranked #209.
- It first shows up in the records in 1912.
- 51,334 boys have been named Kelvin since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Kelvin per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- 0.3Boomers1946–64
- 0.5Gen X1965–80
- 0.4Millennials1981–96
- 0.3Gen Z1997–12
- 0.2Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 51 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 308 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 11,890 babies, 0.32 per 1,000. Gen X: 13,819 babies, 0.51 per 1,000. Millennials: 11,967 babies, 0.39 per 1,000. Gen Z: 9,677 babies, 0.31 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 3,622 babies, 0.17 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Of Celtic/Scottish Gaelic origin, possibly from caol (“narrow”) or coille (“wooded”) + abhainn (“river”). The surname is derived from the river. The surname was also possibly influenced by Calvert (Middle English calfhirde).
- A male given name transferred from the surname, of rather rare usage.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ˈkɛlvɪn/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Kelvin, CC BY-SA 4.0.