NameTides

Kelvin

Kelvin was the #1,034 boys' name in the US in 2025 (214 babies), and #1,538 in England & Wales and #2,789 in Canada.

Kelvin as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Kelvin as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies 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.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & WalesCanada
Kelvin as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies 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. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#1,034 (214)#1,538 (17)———#2,789 (6)—
2024#1,082 (201)#1,460 (18)———#1,654 (12)—
2023#966 (232)#1,272 (21)#728 (3)——#1,496 (13)—
2022#908 (254)#1,782 (13)——#779 (3)#1,895 (9)—
2021#905 (254)#1,860 (12)#720 (3)——#1,191 (18)—
2020#922 (242)#1,431 (17)—#392 (3)#741 (3)#2,197 (7)—
2019#752 (317)#1,745 (13)#609 (4)——#995 (22)—
2018#805 (281)#1,683 (14)#704 (3)——#1,175 (17)—
2017#727 (328)#968 (31)——#610 (4)#1,194 (17)—
2016#728 (336)#1,081 (26)#486 (6)—#491 (6)#938 (24)—
2015#652 (399)#950 (31)#529 (5)——#954 (23)—
2014#688 (366)#988 (29)#322 (12)—#550 (5)#806 (29)—
2013#611 (412)#882 (33)#299 (13)—#534 (5)#836 (28)—
2012#549 (474)#837 (37)#337 (10)—#548 (5)#750 (31)—
2011#546 (465)#831 (36)#325 (11)—#490 (6)#845 (26)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1963 at #210.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1912.

How common is it?

about 1 in 8,000 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 8,000uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 16,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 26,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Kelvin is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 8,800 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 7,800 to 1 in 9,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kelvin 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: #1,280ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #844NYMassachusetts: #555MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #773INOhio: #1,111OHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: #576NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,150CAUtah: 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: #571MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #777TNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #672LAMississippi: #415MSAlabama: #573ALGeorgia: #1,216GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #856TXFlorida: #887FL
Kelvin (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,3557

Kelvin (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KelvinCanadaBoys#2,7896
KelvinEngland & WalesBoys#1,53817
KelvinIrelandBoys—too few
KelvinNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
KelvinNSWBoys—too few
KelvinScotlandBoys—too few
KelvinUSGirls—too few
KelvinUSBoys#1,034214