Kelvin
- Last seen for girls in 2004 at #16,099
- #1,034 for boys in 2025, 214 births
- Given to boys 99.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1965 · 1,197 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 51,551since 1912
Kelvin over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Kelvin has never cracked the top 200 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,034 | 214 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,082 | 201 | |
| 2023 | — | #966 | 232 | |
| 2022 | — | #908 | 254 | |
| 2021 | — | #905 | 254 | |
| 2020 | — | #922 | 242 | |
| 2019 | — | #752 | 317 | |
| 2018 | — | #805 | 281 | |
| 2017 | — | #727 | 328 | |
| 2016 | — | #728 | 336 | |
| 2015 | — | #652 | 399 | |
| 2014 | — | #688 | 366 | |
| 2013 | — | #611 | 412 | |
| 2012 | — | #549 | 474 | |
| 2011 | — | #546 | 465 | |
| 2010 | — | #520 | 497 | |
| 2009 | — | #479 | 572 | |
| 2008 | — | #460 | 606 | |
| 2007 | — | #448 | 623 | |
| 2006 | — | #434 | 632 | |
| 2005 | — | #433 | 617 | |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | #412 | 631 |
| 2003 | — | #403 | 644 | |
| 2002 | — | #396 | 659 | |
| 2001 | — | #403 | 618 | |
| 2000 | — | #389 | 657 | |
| 1999 | — | #377 | 687 | |
| 1998 | — | #367 | 698 | |
| 1997 | — | #393 | 598 | |
| 1996 | — | #357 | 678 | |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 | #345 | 713 |
| 1994 | — | #330 | 749 | |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 | #327 | 774 |
| 1992 | #7,067 | 12 | #320 | 796 |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #308 | 835 |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #288 | 870 |
| 1989 | #6,531 | 12 | #295 | 826 |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 | #291 | 793 |
| 1987 | #6,335 | 11 | #287 | 748 |
| 1986 | #6,156 | 11 | #291 | 715 |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 | #279 | 741 |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | #296 | 689 |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 | #297 | 666 |
| 1982 | — | #283 | 726 | |
| 1981 | — | #299 | 650 | |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #312 | 613 |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #300 | 664 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #264 | 752 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #257 | 785 |
| 1976 | — | #265 | 733 | |
| 1975 | #5,161 | 11 | #266 | 727 |
| 1974 | #5,776 | 9 | #254 | 766 |
| 1973 | #5,191 | 10 | #244 | 826 |
| 1972 | #4,300 | 13 | #242 | 884 |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 | #252 | 882 |
| 1970 | #4,761 | 11 | #253 | 912 |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 | #239 | 943 |
| 1968 | #4,222 | 11 | #226 | 998 |
| 1967 | #4,300 | 10 | #214 | 1,058 |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 | #212 | 1,079 |
| 1965 | #3,952 | 11 | #207 | 1,197 |
| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 | #215 | 1,257 |
| 1963 | #4,896 | 8 | #210 | 1,333 |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | #210 | 1,326 |
| 1961 | #4,239 | 10 | #209 | 1,370 |
| 1960 | #3,920 | 11 | #217 | 1,299 |
| 1959 | #4,031 | 10 | #250 | 1,017 |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | #276 | 770 |
| 1957 | — | #265 | 806 | |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | #264 | 757 |
| 1955 | — | #321 | 530 | |
| 1954 | — | #339 | 441 | |
| 1953 | — | #418 | 281 | |
| 1952 | — | #435 | 260 | |
| 1951 | — | #502 | 181 | |
| 1950 | — | #575 | 139 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,085 | 42 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,256 | 33 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,425 | 27 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,557 | 21 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,494 | 20 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,890 | 14 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,277 | 11 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,537 | 21 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,633 | 18 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,471 | 21 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,425 | 22 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,741 | 16 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,992 | 13 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,051 | 37 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,123 | 34 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,425 | 23 | |
| 1933 | — | #3,642 | 5 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,638 | 9 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,003 | 14 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,781 | 9 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,766 | 9 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,387 | 12 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,703 | 10 | |
| 1926 | — | #4,201 | 5 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,755 | 10 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,822 | 10 | |
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| 1921 | — | #4,322 | 5 | |
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| 1915 | — | #3,825 | 5 | |
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| 1912 | — | #2,269 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1912
The first year at least five boys were named Kelvin! It came in at #2,269, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1913–1923, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Kelvin is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Mississippi#415 · 1 in 1,548
- Massachusetts#555 · 1 in 3,378
- Maryland#571 · 1 in 2,862
- Alabama#573 · 1 in 2,690
- New Jersey#576 · 1 in 3,314
Best ever in a state: #54 in Mississippi, 1978.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #415 | 7 | 1 in 1,548 |
| Massachusetts | #555 | 8 | 1 in 3,378 |
| Maryland | #571 | 8 | 1 in 2,862 |
| Alabama | #573 | 8 | 1 in 2,690 |
| New Jersey | #576 | 12 | 1 in 3,314 |
| Louisiana | #672 | 6 | 1 in 3,188 |
| Indiana | #773 | 7 | 1 in 4,523 |
| Tennessee | #777 | 8 | 1 in 4,596 |
| New York | #844 | 16 | 1 in 5,276 |
| Texas | #856 | 30 | 1 in 5,835 |
| Florida | #887 | 16 | 1 in 5,971 |
| Ohio | #1,111 | 6 | 1 in 8,756 |
| California | #1,150 | 17 | 1 in 10,322 |
| Georgia | #1,216 | 6 | 1 in 8,370 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,231 | 5 | 1 in 10,452 |
| Illinois | #1,280 | 5 | 1 in 9,910 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 48 spots since 2024 (#1,082 → #1,034)
- 112 spots since 2020 (#922 → #1,034)
- Biggest jump: 510 spots in 1950
- Biggest drop: 170 spots in 2020
Rise & fade · boys
53 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1965 at #207 (1,197 births)
- Births halved by 1997, 32 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 74 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 74 yrs · run 1950–2023
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,524
- Highest: 1 in 1,524 boys born in 1963 were named Kelvin (0.07%)
- Latest: 1 in 7,982 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #207 in 1965, was only 1 in 1,554 (0.06%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1960s
- 23.0% of all boys named Kelvin (11,860) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 11 | #2,269 (1912) | #3,047 |
| 1920s | 61 | #2,387 (1928) | #3,137 |
| 1930s | 182 | #1,051 (1936) | #1,982 |
| 1940s | 228 | #1,085 (1949) | #1,563 |
| 1950s | 5,182 | #250 (1959) | #365 |
| 1960s | 11,860 | #207 (1965) | #216 |
| 1970s | 7,931 | #242 (1972) | #260 |
| 1980s | 7,167 | #279 (1985) | #293 |
| 1990s | 7,398 | #288 (1990) | #341 |
| 2000s | 6,259 | #389 (2000) | #426 |
| 2010s | 3,875 | #520 (2010) | #658 |
| 2020s | 1,397 | #905 (2021) | #970 |
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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