Calvin

#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births · #132 for boys in 2025, 2,710 births
Given to boys 99.4% of the time

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Peak · boys
1924 · 4,918 births
Debut · boys
134 births
In top 100 · boys
8 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
221,064
since 1880

Calvin over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201964peak #44, 1924boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#11,9327#1322,710
2024#15,2935#1402,577
2023#1522,411
2022#15,3065#1482,593
2021#13,4646#1452,593
2020#11,0908#1442,535
2019#1452,647
2018#1442,761
2017#1462,703
2016#12,8767#1492,795
2015#1712,439
2014#14,5586#1822,337
2013#13,1507#1952,066
2012#1891,966
2011#2081,709
2010#2151,662
2009#2311,578
2008#2271,630
2007#2291,618
2006#13,6067#2201,648
2005#2191,619
2004#2191,597
2003#2231,566
2002#15,4325#2211,561
2001#15,3525#2151,613
2000#2141,681
1999#2121,622
1998#2031,639
1997#1921,707
1996#11,8076#1831,759
1995#11,7836#1811,720
1994#1951,566
1993#1851,746
1992#10,4797#1941,614
1991#10,2717#1891,709
1990#9,2478#1731,783
1989#5,83614#1611,870
1988#5,89513#1521,811
1987#4,28319#1571,790
1986#4,53917#1621,665
1985#4,12619#1771,520
1984#4,73715#1771,440
1983#4,88414#1801,429
1982#4,16718#1761,477
1981#5,57112#1721,458
1980#5,24513#1851,325
1979#3,44223#1811,334
1978#4,67914#1871,261
1977#3,26723#1791,285
1976#3,28721#1841,229
1975#4,37014#1781,283
1974#4,45913#1771,295
1973#4,58612#1731,350
1972#3,89415#1721,448
1971#3,37319#1691,590
1970#3,87215#1661,734
1969#3,19918#1631,707
1968#2,53824#1561,757
1967#2,78120#1541,782
1966#3,40014#1591,760
1965#2,74420#1532,045
1964#2,19530#1452,251
1963#2,48924#1402,407
1962#3,03317#1442,404
1961#2,83919#1272,867
1960#2,19628#1292,909
1959#2,98016#1253,033
1958#2,02530#1233,119
1957#2,27624#1143,395
1956#2,62219#1093,346
1955#2,83916#1103,149
1954#2,37821#1173,006
1953#2,51618#1112,951
1952#2,92114#1082,971
1951#2,57716#1062,843
1950#3,05212#1052,742
1949#2,99912#1122,567
1948#3,13711#1172,399
1947#3,44810#1202,433
1946#3,6658#1281,975
1945#2,74211#1241,797
1944#2,94610#1241,751
1943#3,8017#1261,760
1942#4,1246#1361,578
1941#2,39713#1331,511
1940#2,9639#1271,471
1939#2,30013#1261,394
1938#2,44712#1221,454
1937#2,57011#1251,333
1936#2,52111#1241,352
1935#3,4317#1271,321
1934#4,2865#1281,319
1933#2,54011#1121,489
1932#2,64411#1191,454
1931#2,42712#1191,443
1930#2,30614#1111,618
1929#1,95318#1091,665
1928#2,02318#942,128
1927#1,82822#732,694
1926#1,77223#653,014
1925#1,94620#474,302
1924#1,87222#444,918
1923#3,12510#822,408
1922#3,15210#1281,282
1921#2,94111#1311,276
1920#3,3409#1391,098
1919#4,2516#162834
1918#3,5128#158874
1917#160785
1916#4,4175#157766
1915#3,4347#166694
1914#3,6185#168531
1913#160440
1912#157375
1911#157213
1910#153201
1909#146176
1908#169135
1907#161136
1906#160123
1905#148141
1904#160118
1903#163106
1902#143130
1901#15798
1900#163128
1899#143108
1898#143121
1897#151103
1896#16398
1895#130130
1894#16295
1893#145103
1892#131124
1891#132104
1890#124116
1889#134107
1888#127123
1887#111122
1886#125109
1885#114119
1884#109139
1883#107122
1882#117123
1881#94138
1880#100134
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Calvin was already there! It came in at #100, and was given to 134 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1908, when fewer than 150 boys a year got the name.

See more about Calvin
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 8 spots since 2024 (#140#132)
  • 12 spots since 2020 (#144#132)
  • 39 spots since 2015 (#171#132)
  • Biggest jump: 46 spots in 1923 (#128#82)
  • Biggest drop: 33 spots in 1896 (#130#163)
Rise & fade · boys
44 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1924 at #44 (4,918 births)
  • Births halved by 1928, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 8 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 8 yrs · run 1923–1928
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 230
  • Highest: 1 in 230 boys born in 1924 were named Calvin (0.43%)
  • Latest: 1 in 630 boys born in 2025 (0.16%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 13.8% of all boys named Calvin (30,555) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,236#94 (1881)#114
1890s1,102#124 (1890)#142
1900s1,291#143 (1902)#157
1910s5,713#153 (1910)#160
1920s24,785#44 (1924)#91
1930s14,177#111 (1930)#121
1940s19,242#112 (1949)#125
1950s30,555#105 (1950)#113
1960s21,889#127 (1961)#147
1970s13,809#166 (1970)#177
1980s15,785#152 (1988)#170
1990s16,865#173 (1990)#191
2000s16,111#214 (2000)#222
2010s23,085#144 (2018)#174
2020s15,419#132 (2025)#144

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Calvin in 1964

girls
#2,195
30 births · 1 in 63,162 girls
boys
#145
2,251 births · 1 in 885 boys

Top girls' names in 1964

  1. #1Lisa54,270
  2. #2Mary40,985
  3. #3Susan31,515
  4. #4Karen30,243
  5. #5Patricia26,091
  6. #6Kimberly24,128
  7. #7Donna23,808
  8. #8Linda23,629
  9. #9Cynthia20,321
  10. #10Tammy20,043
  11. #2,195Calvin30

Top boys' names in 1964

  1. #1Michael82,617
  2. #2John82,508
  3. #3David75,043
  4. #4James73,026
  5. #5Robert69,980
  6. #6Mark45,261
  7. #7William44,224
  8. #8Richard40,098
  9. #9Thomas34,463
  10. #10Jeffrey30,728
  11. #145Calvin2,251
More about 1964

girls

1,894,855 girls got a published name in 1964; 1 in 63,162 of them was named Calvin, which outranked 71.9% of the 7,806 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Calvin
  1. #2,151Verona31
  2. #2,151Vesta31
  3. #2,151Zenaida31
  4. #2,195Calvin30
  5. #2,195Adelaida30
  6. #2,195Adrianna30
  7. #2,195Alexa30
  8. #2,246Aaron29
  9. #2,246Alayne29
  10. #2,246Anitra29

Tied with 50 names at #2,195; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. 4,987Anjanette#5,891#904
  2. 2,403Deneen#2,619#216
  3. 2,162Denine#3,066#904
  4. 1,303Daneen#2,211#908
  5. 1,137Kecia#1,754#617
Fallers
  1. 341Leisha#993#1,334
  2. 320Cary#973#1,293
  3. 317Lisha#929#1,246
  4. 281Cecile#973#1,254
  5. 276Alexis#790#1,066

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,992,698 boys got a published name in 1964; 1 in 885 of them was named Calvin, which outranked 96.8% of the 4,594 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Calvin
  1. #142Ray2,280
  2. #143Brad2,278
  3. #144Norman2,258
  4. #145Calvin2,251
  5. #146Kent2,246
  6. #147Kirk2,232
  7. #148Juan2,227
Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. 864Deron#1,548#684
  2. 653Cassius#1,513#860
  3. 392Kipp#1,215#823
  4. 363Fitzgerald#1,052#689
  5. 334Adrain#1,279#945
Fallers
  1. 286Farrell#886#1,172
  2. 283Tal#813#1,096
  3. 278Laura#921#1,199
  4. 272Pamela#947#1,219
  5. 270Huey#891#1,161

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1964