Meaning not yet researched.
Calvin: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 2,710 in 2025. Its best rank was #44 in 1924.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #44 in 1924; #132 in 2025. About 99.7% of babies named Calvin in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#132 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1924, at #44.
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Calvin: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 2,710 boys in 2025. Peak: #44 in 1924 · most boys in one year: 4,918 (1924).
In 2025, 2,710 US boys were named Calvin, making it the 132nd most common boys’ name of the year, up 8 places from #140 in 2024. That is 133 more than the 2,577 boys named Calvin in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #44, reached in 1924. That year also had the most boys given the name: 4,918. For comparison, it was #171 in 2015 and #105 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Calvin in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 134 babies with the name. In all, 222,287 US babies have been given the name, 0.6% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 30,741 babies named Calvin.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 26,325 US boys were named Calvin; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 2,795. In 2025 that was about 1 in 630 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Calvin ranked highest in Minnesota in 2025, at #32 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 20 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Cal (7,868 babies since 1880) and Kalvin (6,726 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Calven, Kalven and Kalvyn are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Cal, Vin and Vinny.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Rare spellings summarised here: Calven (155), Kalven (129), Kalvyn (126), Calvyn (105), Calvon (53), Calvion (21), Calvan (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 2 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 117 | #32 | #63 |
| Utah | 95 | #35 | #81 |
| Vermont | 10 | #40 | #41 |
| New Hampshire | 25 | #53 | #68 |
| Maine | 19 | #56 | #56 |
| Colorado | 89 | #67 | #91 |
| Montana | 16 | #67 | #247 |
| Wisconsin | 82 | #70 | #89 |
| Idaho | 30 | #72 | #144 |
| Ohio | 153 | #73 | #175 |
| Indiana | 99 | #74 | #126 |
| Washington | 97 | #75 | #120 |
| Iowa | 43 | #76 | #81 |
| Massachusetts | 88 | #77 | #117 |
| District of Columbia | 11 | #77 | #158 |
| Michigan | 111 | #80 | #104 |
| Nebraska | 30 | #84 | #105 |
| Kansas | 40 | #84 | #147 |
| Oregon | 43 | #87 | #81 |
| Missouri | 67 | #97 | #165 |
| Connecticut | 34 | #111 | #122 |
| North Dakota | 10 | #123 | #119 |
| Nevada | 25 | #123 | #190 |
| Maryland | 47 | #124 | #156 |
| Pennsylvania | 103 | #124 | #158 |
| Virginia | 68 | #129 | #179 |
| Illinois | 88 | #130 | #162 |
| Kentucky | 43 | #131 | #284 |
| Oklahoma | 36 | #131 | #245 |
| Delaware | 7 | #145 | #179 |
| Alaska | 6 | #146 | #105 |
| Rhode Island | 7 | #160 | #173 |
| Tennessee | 60 | #161 | #256 |
| Arizona | 55 | #162 | #170 |
| North Carolina | 77 | #163 | #202 |
| Arkansas | 22 | #166 | #216 |
| New Mexico | 11 | #182 | #264 |
| California | 189 | #193 | #192 |
| South Dakota | 7 | #195 | #171 |
| South Carolina | 28 | #202 | #271 |
| Georgia | 60 | #205 | #224 |
| Florida | 101 | #212 | #242 |
| New Jersey | 43 | #219 | #271 |
| New York | 89 | #222 | #240 |
| Texas | 160 | #244 | #289 |
| Alabama | 22 | #250 | #220 |
| Louisiana | 20 | #256 | #252 |
| West Virginia | 7 | #263 | #270 |
| Mississippi | 12 | #263 | #251 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #12,161 | 2,710 | #132 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,729 | 2,577 | #140 |
| 2023 | — | — | 2,411 | #152 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,751 | 2,593 | #148 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,808 | 2,593 | #145 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,284 | 2,535 | #144 |
| 2019 | — | — | 2,647 | #145 |
| 2018 | — | — | 2,761 | #144 |
| 2017 | — | — | 2,703 | #146 |
| 2016 | 7 | #13,163 | 2,795 | #149 |
| 2015 | — | — | 2,439 | #171 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,926 | 2,337 | #182 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,443 | 2,066 | #195 |
| 2012 | — | — | 1,966 | #189 |
| 2011 | — | — | 1,709 | #208 |
| 2010 | — | — | 1,662 | #215 |
| 2009 | — | — | 1,578 | #231 |
| 2008 | — | — | 1,630 | #227 |
| 2007 | — | — | 1,618 | #229 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,860 | 1,648 | #220 |
| 2005 | — | — | 1,619 | #219 |
| 2004 | — | — | 1,597 | #219 |
| 2003 | — | — | 1,566 | #223 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,852 | 1,561 | #221 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,774 | 1,613 | #215 |
| 2000 | — | — | 1,681 | #214 |
| 1999 | — | — | 1,622 | #212 |
| 1998 | — | — | 1,639 | #203 |
| 1997 | — | — | 1,707 | #192 |
| 1996 | 6 | #12,080 | 1,759 | #183 |
| 1995 | 6 | #12,012 | 1,720 | #181 |
| 1994 | — | — | 1,566 | #195 |
| 1993 | — | — | 1,746 | #185 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,646 | 1,614 | #194 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,426 | 1,709 | #189 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,376 | 1,783 | #173 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,884 | 1,870 | #161 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,948 | 1,811 | #152 |
| 1987 | 19 | #4,311 | 1,790 | #157 |
| 1986 | 17 | #4,565 | 1,665 | #162 |
| 1985 | 19 | #4,147 | 1,520 | #177 |
| 1984 | 15 | #4,765 | 1,440 | #177 |
| 1983 | 14 | #4,914 | 1,429 | #180 |
| 1982 | 18 | #4,188 | 1,477 | #176 |
| 1981 | 12 | #5,603 | 1,458 | #172 |
| 1980 | 13 | #5,271 | 1,325 | #185 |
| 1979 | 23 | #3,452 | 1,334 | #181 |
| 1978 | 14 | #4,702 | 1,261 | #187 |
| 1977 | 23 | #3,281 | 1,285 | #179 |
| 1976 | 21 | #3,299 | 1,229 | #184 |
| 1975 | 14 | #4,388 | 1,283 | #178 |
| 1974 | 13 | #4,492 | 1,295 | #177 |
| 1973 | 12 | #4,603 | 1,350 | #173 |
| 1972 | 15 | #3,915 | 1,448 | #172 |
| 1971 | 19 | #3,383 | 1,590 | #169 |
| 1970 | 15 | #3,891 | 1,734 | #166 |
| 1969 | 18 | #3,214 | 1,707 | #163 |
| 1968 | 24 | #2,549 | 1,757 | #156 |
| 1967 | 20 | #2,788 | 1,782 | #154 |
| 1966 | 14 | #3,421 | 1,760 | #159 |
| 1965 | 20 | #2,752 | 2,045 | #153 |
| 1964 | 30 | #2,202 | 2,251 | #145 |
| 1963 | 24 | #2,493 | 2,407 | #140 |
| 1962 | 17 | #3,047 | 2,404 | #144 |
| 1961 | 19 | #2,847 | 2,867 | #127 |
| 1960 | 28 | #2,201 | 2,909 | #129 |
| 1959 | 16 | #2,993 | 3,033 | #125 |
| 1958 | 30 | #2,028 | 3,119 | #123 |
| 1957 | 24 | #2,283 | 3,395 | #114 |
| 1956 | 19 | #2,634 | 3,346 | #109 |
| 1955 | 16 | #2,851 | 3,149 | #110 |
| 1954 | 21 | #2,385 | 3,006 | #117 |
| 1953 | 18 | #2,523 | 2,951 | #111 |
| 1952 | 14 | #2,928 | 2,971 | #108 |
| 1951 | 16 | #2,588 | 2,843 | #106 |
| 1950 | 12 | #3,076 | 2,742 | #105 |
| 1949 | 12 | #3,019 | 2,567 | #112 |
| 1948 | 11 | #3,160 | 2,399 | #117 |
| 1947 | 10 | #3,472 | 2,433 | #120 |
| 1946 | 8 | #3,705 | 1,975 | #128 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,757 | 1,797 | #124 |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,967 | 1,751 | #124 |
| 1943 | 7 | #3,848 | 1,760 | #126 |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,177 | 1,578 | #136 |
| 1941 | 13 | #2,417 | 1,511 | #133 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,986 | 1,471 | #127 |
| 1939 | 13 | #2,312 | 1,394 | #126 |
| 1938 | 12 | #2,467 | 1,454 | #122 |
| 1937 | 11 | #2,588 | 1,333 | #125 |
| 1936 | 11 | #2,541 | 1,352 | #124 |
| 1935 | 7 | #3,462 | 1,321 | #127 |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,366 | 1,319 | #128 |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,562 | 1,489 | #112 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,662 | 1,454 | #119 |
| 1931 | 12 | #2,444 | 1,443 | #119 |
| 1930 | 14 | #2,321 | 1,618 | #111 |
| 1929 | 18 | #1,959 | 1,665 | #109 |
| 1928 | 18 | #2,026 | 2,128 | #94 |
| 1927 | 22 | #1,830 | 2,694 | #73 |
| 1926 | 23 | #1,781 | 3,014 | #65 |
| 1925 | 20 | #1,950 | 4,302 | #47 |
| 1924 | 22 | #1,881 | 4,918 | #44 |
| 1923 | 10 | #3,157 | 2,408 | #82 |
| 1922 | 10 | #3,184 | 1,282 | #128 |
| 1921 | 11 | #2,964 | 1,276 | #131 |
| 1920 | 9 | #3,376 | 1,098 | #139 |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,324 | 834 | #163 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,550 | 874 | #158 |
| 1917 | — | — | 785 | #160 |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,516 | 766 | #157 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,483 | 694 | #166 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,693 | 531 | #168 |
| 1913 | — | — | 440 | #160 |
| 1912 | — | — | 375 | #157 |
| 1911 | — | — | 213 | #157 |
| 1910 | — | — | 201 | #153 |
| 1909 | — | — | 176 | #146 |
| 1908 | — | — | 135 | #169 |
| 1907 | — | — | 136 | #161 |
| 1906 | — | — | 123 | #160 |
| 1905 | — | — | 141 | #148 |
| 1904 | — | — | 118 | #160 |
| 1903 | — | — | 106 | #163 |
| 1902 | — | — | 130 | #144 |
| 1901 | — | — | 98 | #157 |
| 1900 | — | — | 128 | #163 |
| 1899 | — | — | 108 | #143 |
| 1898 | — | — | 121 | #143 |
| 1897 | — | — | 103 | #152 |
| 1896 | — | — | 98 | #163 |
| 1895 | — | — | 130 | #130 |
| 1894 | — | — | 95 | #162 |
| 1893 | — | — | 103 | #146 |
| 1892 | — | — | 124 | #131 |
| 1891 | — | — | 104 | #133 |
| 1890 | — | — | 116 | #124 |
| 1889 | — | — | 107 | #134 |
| 1888 | — | — | 123 | #127 |
| 1887 | — | — | 122 | #111 |
| 1886 | — | — | 109 | #125 |
| 1885 | — | — | 119 | #114 |
| 1884 | — | — | 139 | #109 |
| 1883 | — | — | 122 | #107 |
| 1882 | — | — | 123 | #117 |
| 1881 | — | — | 138 | #94 |
| 1880 | — | — | 134 | #100 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).