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 1970 and has been recorded in 44 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1995 with 98 babies (rank #190 that year). It was not in the 2017 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.

1,627
Total babies (all years)
44
Years in the data
98
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
19702#979
19712#947
19726#759
19732#982
19742#988
19755#798
19766#739
19775#794
19785#797
19795#810
198012#591
19829#675
198329#371
198445#294
198524#435
198641#330
198761#257
198858#267
198950#310
199062#275
199173#241
199251#318
199343#351
199451#311
199598#190
199674#244
199797#193
199890#217
199968#271
200077#241
200181#233
200273#253
200348#333
200449#325
200542#351
200631#409
200723#484
200825#451
200924#441
201029#408
201118#522
201211#671
201315#547
20145#904