Calvin

A boys’ name of Latin origin, meaning bald; from the surname Calvin.

Babies a year
2,689
the US, 2017
Rarity
Common
among names in use
US popularity
#132
up from #140
UK popularity
#771
43 babies

How Calvin has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2025. Lower is more popular.
#116#152#187201520202025#132

View as table
YearUS rank
2015#171
2016#149
2017#146
2018#144
2019#144
2020#143
2021#145
2022#148
2023#152
2024#140
2025#132

Calvin by the numbers

In 2025, 43 babies in England and Wales were named Calvin. In the US, 2,689 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 4,917 babies in 1924, making it a 1920s name.

At its height, in 1925, about 1 in 270 American boys born that year was called Calvin.

0%0.2%0.4%18801900192019401960198020001925
Calvin as a share of American boys born, 1880 to 2008, at five year intervals. Source: US Social Security Administration.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Calvin. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Cavinhandsome or cavern; a form of Cavin or Calvin17 in the US (2017)
  • Colvindark friend; a form of Calvin15 in the US (2017)
  • Calvynbald; a form of Calvin8 in the US (2017)
  • Calin32 in the US (2017)
  • Callin6 in the US (2017)
  • Celvin6 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Calvin

Names that are said the same way as Calvin, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Kalvinbald friend; a form of Calvin174 in the US (2017)
  • Kalvyn9 in the US (2017)
  • Kalven6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Calvin

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