Dalvin

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 21 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
21
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Dalvin by the numbers

Dalvin was given to 21 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 179 babies in 1993, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Dalvin

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

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

  • Davinbeloved; a form of David146 in the US (2017)
  • Dallinfrom the valley; a variant of Dallas53 in the US (2017)
  • Darvin27 in the US (2017)
  • Dayvin6 in the US (2017)
  • Davidbeloved10,133 in the US (2017)
  • Devindescendant of Damhán; fawn-like1,132 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Dalvin

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