Kelvin
#501 most common boys' name of all time · #1,078 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1912–2025
Rank among boys
#501
Rank overall
#1,078 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
105 of 146
All-time
51,855
Since 2016
2,659
Peak year
1961 #209
Best rank
#207 1965
Girls
Boys
peak 1,380/yr
Kelvin first appears in 1912. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 214 | 214 | #1,035 |
| 2024 | — | 201 | 201 | #1,082 |
| 2023 | — | 232 | 232 | #968 |
| 2022 | — | 254 | 254 | #909 |
| 2021 | — | 254 | 254 | #906 |
| 2020 | — | 242 | 242 | #923 |
| 2019 | — | 317 | 317 | #753 |
| 2018 | — | 281 | 281 | #806 |
| 2017 | — | 328 | 328 | #729 |
| 2016 | — | 336 | 336 | #730 |
| 2015 | — | 399 | 399 | #652 |
| 2014 | — | 366 | 366 | #688 |
| 2013 | — | 412 | 412 | #611 |
| 2012 | — | 474 | 474 | #550 |
| 2011 | — | 465 | 465 | #547 |
| 2010 | — | 497 | 497 | #520 |
| 2009 | — | 572 | 572 | #479 |
| 2008 | — | 606 | 606 | #460 |
| 2007 | — | 623 | 623 | #448 |
| 2006 | — | 632 | 632 | #434 |
| 2005 | — | 617 | 617 | #433 |
| 2004 | 5 | 631 | 636 | #412 |
| 2003 | — | 644 | 644 | #403 |
| 2002 | — | 659 | 659 | #396 |
| 2001 | — | 618 | 618 | #404 |
| 2000 | — | 657 | 657 | #389 |
| 1999 | — | 687 | 687 | #377 |
| 1998 | — | 698 | 698 | #367 |
| 1997 | — | 598 | 598 | #393 |
| 1996 | — | 678 | 678 | #357 |
| 1995 | 7 | 713 | 720 | #346 |
| 1994 | — | 749 | 749 | #330 |
| 1993 | 6 | 774 | 780 | #327 |
| 1992 | 12 | 796 | 808 | #320 |
| 1991 | 5 | 835 | 840 | #309 |
| 1990 | 5 | 870 | 875 | #288 |
| 1989 | 12 | 826 | 838 | #295 |
| 1988 | 7 | 793 | 800 | #291 |
| 1987 | 11 | 748 | 759 | #287 |
| 1986 | 11 | 715 | 726 | #292 |
| 1985 | 9 | 741 | 750 | #279 |
| 1984 | 7 | 689 | 696 | #296 |
| 1983 | 12 | 666 | 678 | #297 |
| 1982 | — | 726 | 726 | #283 |
| 1981 | — | 650 | 650 | #299 |
| 1980 | 5 | 613 | 618 | #313 |
| 1979 | 5 | 664 | 669 | #301 |
| 1978 | 6 | 752 | 758 | #264 |
| 1977 | 5 | 785 | 790 | #257 |
| 1976 | — | 733 | 733 | #265 |
| 1975 | 11 | 727 | 738 | #266 |
| 1974 | 9 | 766 | 775 | #254 |
| 1973 | 10 | 826 | 836 | #244 |
| 1972 | 13 | 884 | 897 | #242 |
| 1971 | 7 | 882 | 889 | #252 |
| 1970 | 11 | 912 | 923 | #253 |
| 1969 | 9 | 943 | 952 | #240 |
| 1968 | 11 | 998 | 1,009 | #226 |
| 1967 | 10 | 1,058 | 1,068 | #214 |
| 1966 | 6 | 1,079 | 1,085 | #212 |
| 1965 | 11 | 1,197 | 1,208 | #207 |
| 1964 | 9 | 1,257 | 1,266 | #215 |
| 1963 | 8 | 1,333 | 1,341 | #210 |
| 1962 | 7 | 1,326 | 1,333 | #210 |
| 1961 | 10 | 1,370 | 1,380 | #209 |
| 1960 | 11 | 1,299 | 1,310 | #217 |
| 1959 | 10 | 1,017 | 1,027 | #250 |
| 1958 | 6 | 770 | 776 | #277 |
| 1957 | — | 806 | 806 | #265 |
| 1956 | 5 | 757 | 762 | #264 |
| 1955 | — | 530 | 530 | #321 |
| 1954 | — | 441 | 441 | #340 |
| 1953 | — | 281 | 281 | #419 |
| 1952 | — | 260 | 260 | #435 |
| 1951 | — | 181 | 181 | #504 |
| 1950 | — | 139 | 139 | #577 |
| 1949 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,093 |
| 1948 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,272 |
| 1947 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,446 |
| 1946 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,589 |
| 1945 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,527 |
| 1944 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,960 |
| 1943 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,357 |
| 1942 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,575 |
| 1941 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,672 |
| 1940 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,509 |
| 1939 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,454 |
| 1938 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,800 |
| 1937 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,064 |
| 1936 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,066 |
| 1935 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,145 |
| 1934 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,455 |
| 1933 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,809 |
| 1932 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,757 |
| 1931 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,071 |
| 1930 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,908 |
| 1929 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,888 |
| 1928 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,472 |
| 1927 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,826 |
| 1926 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,365 |
| 1925 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,846 |
| 1924 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,928 |
| 1921 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,466 |
| 1915 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,972 |
| 1912 | — | 6 | 6 | #2,494 |