Kalvin

Where Kalvin comes from

Kalvin hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1933
    First appearance
    #3,642 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1988
    Peak, #907
    111 babies named Kalvin — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1995
    Kalvin Phillips born
    English association football player
  4. 2005
    Kalvin Gourgues born
    French rugby player
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Kalvin Phillips · English association football player, born 1995
  • Kalvin Gourgues · French rugby player, born 2005

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.