first name
KELVIN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 43,448 people named Kelvin, 50.9% reported their origin as Black, 23.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 14% as White. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Kelvin peaked in 1961, when 1,380 babies got the name.
At least 51,855 babies have been given the name since 1912. 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.
Kelvin by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #470. The largest share of babies named Kelvin, 26.9%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.
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 Kelvin is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kelvin has been most common in District of Columbia (3.4×), Mississippi (3.4×), and Alabama (2.9×), and least common in Oregon (0.12×).
48,437 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 Kelvin
Spelled almost the same
3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kelvin, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Kelvin ranks #106,101 of 156,621, with 179 people. See Kelvin as a last name
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