Kelvin

Primarily a boy's name · 99% boys

Kelvin first appears in the data in 1912 and has been recorded in 104 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1961 with 1,370 babies (rank #209 that year). In 2024 it was given to 201 boys (rank #1,080). The name has been declining over the last five years.
51,638
Total babies (all years)
104
Years in the data
1,370
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19126#2,425
19155#4,115
19215#4,675
192410#2,929
192510#2,850
19265#4,529
192710#2,811
192812#2,461
19299#2,858
19309#2,893
193114#2,052
19329#2,741
19335#3,924
193423#1,445
193534#1,134
193637#1,060
193713#2,045
193816#1,782
193922#1,439
194021#1,502
194118#1,664
194221#1,563
194311#2,342
194414#1,930
194520#1,514
194621#1,584
194727#1,433
194833#1,268
194942#1,088
1950139#576
1951181#502
1952260#435
1953281#419
1954441#340
1955530#321
1956757#264
1957806#265
1958770#276
19591,018#250
19601,298#217
19611,370#209
19621,326#210
19631,333#210
19641,257#215
19651,197#207
19661,079#212
19671,058#214
1968998#226
1969943#239
1970912#254
1971881#252
1972885#242
1973826#244
1974766#254
1975727#266
1976733#265
1977785#257
1978752#264
1979664#300
1980613#313
1981650#299
1982726#283
1983666#297
1984688#296
1985741#279
1986715#291
1987748#287
1988793#291
1989826#295
1990870#288
1991835#309
1992796#320
1993774#327
1994749#330
1995713#345
1996677#358
1997598#393
1998698#367
1999687#377
2000657#389
2001618#404
2002659#396
2003644#403
2004631#412
2005617#433
2006632#434
2007623#448
2008606#460
2009572#479
2010497#520
2011465#546
2012473#551
2013412#611
2014366#688
2015399#652
2016336#728
2017328#729
2018281#806
2019317#754
2020242#922
2021254#905
2022254#910
2023232#967
2024201#1,080