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 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1993 with 90 babies (rank #303 that year). In 2024 it was given to 13 boys (rank #1,660). 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.

1,364
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
90
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
199173#342
199275#342
199390#303
199451#398
199573#360
199685#320
199763#376
199855#399
199977#315
200059#378
200151#430
200237#536
200354#417
200439#562
200530#695
200633#669
200734#682
200834#694
200934#720
201029#814
201126#861
201234#716
201330#795
201428#844
201526#887
201625#931
201718#1,195
201817#1,216
201921#1,054
202010#1,838
202119#1,185
20229#2,058
202312#1,678
202413#1,660