NameTides

Kalvin

Kalvin was the #1,564 boys' name in the US in 2025 (109 babies), and #1,642 in Canada.

Kalvin as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Kalvin as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandCanadaUS
Kalvin as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,564 (109)—#647 (4)——#1,642 (13)
2024#1,776 (92)#3,689 (5)#727 (3)—#655 (4)#1,764 (11)
2023#1,803 (89)#3,113 (6)#533 (5)——#1,496 (13)
2022#1,393 (133)#1,880 (12)#425 (7)—#380 (10)#1,350 (15)
2021#1,442 (125)#1,139 (24)#605 (4)—#631 (4)#1,478 (13)
2020#1,297 (139)#1,723 (13)#476 (6)—#556 (5)#1,838 (9)
2019#1,218 (156)#2,488 (8)#355 (9)—#564 (5)#1,326 (15)
2018#1,160 (165)#2,693 (7)#472 (6)—#520 (6)#1,682 (10)
2017#1,100 (177)#2,324 (9)#442 (7)—#610 (4)#1,623 (11)
2016#1,183 (160)#3,079 (6)#442 (7)——#1,487 (12)
2015#1,134 (167)#2,483 (8)#320 (11)—#615 (4)#1,577 (11)
2014#1,422 (118)#1,560 (15)#439 (7)—#609 (4)#1,936 (8)
2013#1,238 (143)#2,055 (10)#357 (10)—#422 (8)#1,654 (10)
2012#1,346 (126)#2,117 (10)#282 (13)—#616 (4)#1,552 (11)
2011#1,319 (129)#1,522 (15)#491 (5)——#1,569 (11)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2017 at #1,100.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1933.

How common is it?

about 1 in 16,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 16,000rare
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 4,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 12,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Kalvin is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 19,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 14,000 to 1 in 26,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kalvin by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #935ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,410NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,241CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #927AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,908TXFlorida: #1,625FL
Kalvin (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KalvinCanadaBoys#1,64213
KalvinEngland & WalesBoys—too few
KalvinIrelandBoys—too few
KalvinNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
KalvinScotlandBoys#6474
KalvinUSBoys#1,564109