Kelvin

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: Dutch

Meaning

Kelvin is a masculine given name, ultimately derived from the title of William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, who received a baronage named for the River Kelvin in 1892.

From Wikipedia

Kelvin first appears in the data in 1956 and has been recorded in 10 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1957 with 72 babies (rank #91 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Kelvin

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Kelvin yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

385
Total babies (all years)
10
Years in the data
72
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
195656#97
195772#91
196032#109
196166#101
196259#100
196359#101
196436#110
20152#640
20161#1,607
20172#656