Kelvin
Kelvin is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 201 births. Its best rank was 207th, in 1965.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 2010.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 19611,370 births
- Best rank
- #207in 1965
- Since 1912
- 51,334people given the name
The story in the numbers
51,334 boys have been named Kelvin in the United States since 1912, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1961, with 1,370 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1980, and the 1960s alone account for 23%. It has spent 74 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Kelvin | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 11 | |
| 1920s | 61 | |
| 1930s | 182 | |
| 1940s | 228 | |
| 1950s | 5,183 | |
| 1960s | 11,859 | |
| 1970s | 7,931 | |
| 1980s | 7,166 | |
| 1990s | 7,397 | |
| 2000s | 6,259 | |
| 2010s | 3,874 | |
| 2020s | 1,183 |
In 1961, its biggest year
Kelvin was the 209th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1961 were Michael, David, John, James and Robert. See all of 1961.
Names that rose and fell with Kelvin
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Kevinpeak 1963
- Joeypeak 1962
- Wilfredopeak 1980
- Christophpeak 1969
- Kerbypeak 1961
- Reinaldopeak 1963
- Destrypeak 1964
- Timmothypeak 1960
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.