Dalvin
- #6,446 for boys in 2025, 13 births
- Around 1991: Forever My Lady by Jodeci (album)
- Peak · boys
- 1993 · 179 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,645since 1921
Dalvin over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Dalvin has never cracked the top 700 here.
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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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| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,446 | 13 |
| 2024 | #8,312 | 9 |
| 2023 | #6,517 | 13 |
| 2022 | #5,019 | 19 |
| 2021 | #7,089 | 11 |
| 2020 | #4,855 | 19 |
| 2019 | #4,480 | 22 |
| 2018 | #4,226 | 24 |
| 2017 | #4,594 | 21 |
| 2016 | #4,470 | 22 |
| 2015 | #4,295 | 23 |
| 2014 | #5,485 | 16 |
| 2013 | #7,537 | 10 |
| 2012 | #4,862 | 19 |
| 2011 | #5,675 | 15 |
| 2010 | #5,741 | 15 |
| 2009 | #5,554 | 16 |
| 2008 | #5,249 | 17 |
| 2007 | #4,996 | 18 |
| 2006 | #4,370 | 21 |
| 2005 | #5,278 | 15 |
| 2004 | #4,602 | 18 |
| 2003 | #4,616 | 17 |
| 2002 | #3,349 | 26 |
| 2001 | #2,562 | 37 |
| 2000 | #2,087 | 48 |
| 1999 | #2,462 | 36 |
| 1998 | #1,527 | 71 |
| 1997 | #1,350 | 82 |
| 1996 | #977 | 129 |
| 1995 | #1,151 | 99 |
| 1994 | #912 | 143 |
| 1993 | #790 | 179 |
| 1992 | #923 | 132 |
| 1991 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #4,167 | 13 |
| 1989 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | #3,705 | 13 |
| 1987 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | #4,130 | 10 |
| 1985 | #3,401 | 13 |
| 1984 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #2,787 | 16 |
| 1982 | #4,234 | 9 |
| 1981 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #4,495 | 8 |
| 1979 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #3,836 | 9 |
| 1976 | #2,826 | 14 |
| 1975 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1971 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,595 | 7 |
| 1968 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,784 | 9 |
| 1965 | #3,244 | 7 |
| 1964 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #3,318 | 7 |
| 1962 | #4,033 | 5 |
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| 1960 | #3,337 | 7 |
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| 1958 | #3,944 | 5 |
| 1957 | #3,257 | 7 |
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| 1944 | #3,430 | 5 |
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| 1939 | #3,113 | 6 |
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| 1935 | #3,252 | 6 |
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| 1926 | #3,385 | 7 |
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| 1921 | #3,517 | 7 |
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First appearance
1921
The first year at least five boys were named Dalvin! It came in at #3,517, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1922–1925, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Dalvin is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Dalvin in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Falling
- 1,866 spots since 2024 (#8,312 → #6,446)
- 1,591 spots since 2020 (#4,855 → #6,446)
- Biggest jump: 6,348 spots in 1992
- Biggest drop: 373 spots in 1997
Rise & fade · boys
72 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1921
- Peaked 1993 at #790 (179 births)
- Births halved by 1997, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1992–1994
Share of babies · boys
1 in 10,957
- Highest: 1 in 10,957 boys born in 1993 were named Dalvin (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 131,390 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 54.1% of all boys named Dalvin (890) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 14 | #3,385 (1926) | #3,451 |
| 1930s | 12 | #3,113 (1939) | #3,183 |
| 1940s | 5 | #3,430 (1944) | #3,430 |
| 1950s | 12 | #3,257 (1957) | #3,601 |
| 1960s | 52 | #2,784 (1966) | #3,561 |
| 1970s | 58 | #2,826 (1976) | #4,517 |
| 1980s | 98 | #2,787 (1983) | #4,392 |
| 1990s | 890 | #790 (1993) | #2,153 |
| 2000s | 233 | #2,087 (2000) | #4,266 |
| 2010s | 187 | #4,226 (2018) | #5,137 |
| 2020s | 84 | #4,855 (2020) | #6,373 |
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.
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