How rare is the name Kalvin?

5,130 people in the United States have the first name Kalvin, about 1 in 58,876. It ranks #3,840 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KALVIN

#3,840

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,130
About
1 in 58,876
This common or more
83.1%
Who bears it

Of the 5,130 people named Kalvin, 38.2% reported their origin as White, 29.2% as Black and 13.3% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Kalvin peaked in 2017, when 177 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19332025
Peak year
2017
Births that year
177
In 2025*
109 ▼38%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 6,726 babies have been given the name since 1933. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Kalvin by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #2,413. The largest share of babies named Kalvin, 31.3%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1930s#10,55210
1940s#7,45341
1950s#3,340275
1960s#2,536525
1970s#3,226437
1980s#2,557773
1990s#2,4131,188
2000s#2,7371,321
2010s#2,7301,469
2020s#3,248687
Silent Generation 1928–450.3%
Baby boom 1946–648.7%
Generation X 1965–8011%
Millennials 1981–9622.5%
Generation Z 1997–1231.3%
2013 and later26.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Kalvin is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kalvin has been most common in Florida (2.7×), Michigan (2.3×), and California (2.2×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.44×).

3,072 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Kalvin

#3,837 Oren · 5,136#3,839 Henri · 5,131#3,841 Angelika · 5,128#3,842 Quyen · 5,127

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kalvin, most common first.

#40,182 Kalven · 186

Also a last name

As a last name, Kalvin ranks #114,613 of 156,621, with 162 people. See Kalvin as a last name

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