Calvin
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAL-vin
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #601 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #132 for boys
Big in ScotlandBig in Northern Ireland
Calvin is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “bald”. In 2025 it ranked 601st for boys in the UK (70 babies) and 132nd for boys in the US (2,710 babies).
What does Calvin mean?
Latin: from a French surname based on Latin calvus
“bald”
Taken up as a first name in honour of John Calvin, the 16th-century French Protestant reformer.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Calvin a girl's or a boy's name?
Calvin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 70 boys in the UK and 7 girls and 2,710 boys in the US.
How popular is Calvin in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #601among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 70about 1 in 4,300 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 70 boys in the UK were named Calvin, making it the 601st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 400th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 233 boys.
Half of all the boys named Calvin in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 74 boys in the UK were given Calvin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #532, up from #601 for this spelling alone.
- Calvin 70
- Kalvin 4
Among boys in 2025, it was 771st in England and Wales, 190th in Scotland and 314th in Northern Ireland.
Calvin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 70 | #601 |
| 2024 | 67 | #622 |
| 2023 | 78 | #558 |
| 2022 | 103 | #446 |
| 2021 | 107 | #439 |
| 2020 | 122 | #400 |
| 2019 | 121 | #404 |
| 2018 | 137 | #369 |
| 2017 | 165 | #336 |
| 2016 | 188 | #304 |
| 2015 | 181 | #303 |
| 2014 | 189 | #283 |
| 2013 | 162 | #306 |
| 2012 | 184 | #285 |
| 2011 | 162 | #312 |
| 2010 | 217 | #251 |
| 2009 | 190 | #262 |
| 2008 | 196 | #251 |
| 2007 | 176 | #258 |
| 2006 | 135 | #293 |
| 2005 | 100 | #354 |
| 2004 | 120 | #294 |
| 2003 | 122 | #282 |
| 2002 | 110 | #288 |
| 2001 | 110 | #282 |
| 2000 | 127 | #256 |
| 1999 | 191 | #195 |
| 1998 | 233 | #169 |
| 1997 | 231 | #171 |
| 1996 | 193 | #187 |
How popular is Calvin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #132among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 2,710about 1 in 630 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 2.2%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 2,710 boys in the US were named Calvin, making it the 132nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 144th. Its busiest year was 1924, with 4,918 boys. 7 girls were also named Calvin in 2025 (11,928th for girls).
2025 had more boys named Calvin than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Calvin in the US since 1880 were born between 1944 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
Calvin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,710 | #132 |
| 2024 | 2,577 | #140 |
| 2023 | 2,411 | #152 |
| 2022 | 2,593 | #148 |
| 2021 | 2,593 | #145 |
| 2020 | 2,535 | #144 |
| 2019 | 2,647 | #145 |
| 2018 | 2,761 | #144 |
| 2017 | 2,703 | #146 |
| 2016 | 2,795 | #149 |
| 2015 | 2,439 | #171 |
| 2014 | 2,337 | #182 |
| 2013 | 2,066 | #195 |
| 2012 | 1,966 | #189 |
| 2011 | 1,709 | #208 |
| 2010 | 1,662 | #215 |
| 2009 | 1,578 | #231 |
| 2008 | 1,630 | #227 |
| 2007 | 1,618 | #229 |
| 2006 | 1,648 | #220 |
| 2005 | 1,619 | #219 |
| 2004 | 1,597 | #219 |
| 2003 | 1,566 | #223 |
| 2002 | 1,561 | #221 |
| 2001 | 1,613 | #215 |
| 2000 | 1,681 | #214 |
| 1999 | 1,622 | #212 |
| 1998 | 1,639 | #203 |
| 1997 | 1,707 | #192 |
| 1996 | 1,759 | #183 |
| 1995 | 1,720 | #181 |
| 1994 | 1,566 | #195 |
| 1993 | 1,746 | #185 |
| 1992 | 1,614 | #194 |
| 1991 | 1,709 | #189 |
| 1990 | 1,783 | #173 |
| 1989 | 1,870 | #161 |
| 1988 | 1,811 | #152 |
| 1987 | 1,790 | #157 |
| 1986 | 1,665 | #162 |
| 1985 | 1,520 | #177 |
| 1984 | 1,440 | #177 |
| 1983 | 1,429 | #180 |
| 1982 | 1,477 | #176 |
| 1981 | 1,458 | #172 |
| 1980 | 1,325 | #185 |
| 1979 | 1,334 | #181 |
| 1978 | 1,261 | #187 |
| 1977 | 1,285 | #179 |
| 1976 | 1,229 | #184 |
| 1975 | 1,283 | #178 |
| 1974 | 1,295 | #177 |
| 1973 | 1,350 | #173 |
| 1972 | 1,448 | #172 |
| 1971 | 1,590 | #169 |
| 1970 | 1,734 | #166 |
| 1969 | 1,707 | #163 |
| 1968 | 1,757 | #156 |
| 1967 | 1,782 | #154 |
| 1966 | 1,760 | #159 |
| 1965 | 2,045 | #153 |
| 1964 | 2,251 | #145 |
| 1963 | 2,407 | #140 |
| 1962 | 2,404 | #144 |
| 1961 | 2,867 | #127 |
| 1960 | 2,909 | #129 |
| 1959 | 3,033 | #125 |
| 1958 | 3,119 | #123 |
| 1957 | 3,395 | #114 |
| 1956 | 3,346 | #109 |
| 1955 | 3,149 | #110 |
| 1954 | 3,006 | #117 |
| 1953 | 2,951 | #111 |
| 1952 | 2,971 | #108 |
| 1951 | 2,843 | #106 |
| 1950 | 2,742 | #105 |
| 1949 | 2,567 | #112 |
| 1948 | 2,399 | #117 |
| 1947 | 2,433 | #120 |
| 1946 | 1,975 | #128 |
| 1945 | 1,797 | #124 |
| 1944 | 1,751 | #124 |
| 1943 | 1,760 | #126 |
| 1942 | 1,578 | #136 |
| 1941 | 1,511 | #133 |
| 1940 | 1,471 | #127 |
| 1939 | 1,394 | #126 |
| 1938 | 1,454 | #122 |
| 1937 | 1,333 | #125 |
| 1936 | 1,352 | #124 |
| 1935 | 1,321 | #127 |
| 1934 | 1,319 | #128 |
| 1933 | 1,489 | #112 |
| 1932 | 1,454 | #119 |
| 1931 | 1,443 | #119 |
| 1930 | 1,618 | #111 |
| 1929 | 1,665 | #109 |
| 1928 | 2,128 | #94 |
| 1927 | 2,694 | #73 |
| 1926 | 3,014 | #65 |
| 1925 | 4,302 | #47 |
| 1924 | 4,918 | #44 |
| 1923 | 2,408 | #82 |
| 1922 | 1,282 | #128 |
| 1921 | 1,276 | #131 |
| 1920 | 1,098 | #139 |
| 1919 | 834 | #162 |
| 1918 | 874 | #158 |
| 1917 | 785 | #160 |
| 1916 | 766 | #157 |
| 1915 | 694 | #166 |
| 1914 | 531 | #168 |
| 1913 | 440 | #160 |
| 1912 | 375 | #157 |
| 1911 | 213 | #157 |
| 1910 | 201 | #153 |
| 1909 | 176 | #146 |
| 1908 | 135 | #169 |
| 1907 | 136 | #161 |
| 1906 | 123 | #160 |
| 1905 | 141 | #148 |
| 1904 | 118 | #160 |
| 1903 | 106 | #163 |
| 1902 | 130 | #143 |
| 1901 | 98 | #157 |
| 1900 | 128 | #163 |
| 1899 | 108 | #143 |
| 1898 | 121 | #143 |
| 1897 | 103 | #151 |
| 1896 | 98 | #163 |
| 1895 | 130 | #130 |
| 1894 | 95 | #162 |
| 1893 | 103 | #145 |
| 1892 | 124 | #131 |
| 1891 | 104 | #132 |
| 1890 | 116 | #124 |
| 1889 | 107 | #134 |
| 1888 | 123 | #127 |
| 1887 | 122 | #111 |
| 1886 | 109 | #125 |
| 1885 | 119 | #114 |
| 1884 | 139 | #109 |
| 1883 | 122 | #107 |
| 1882 | 123 | #117 |
| 1881 | 138 | #94 |
| 1880 | 134 | #100 |
Nicknames for Calvin
- Cal 10 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Calvin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kevin Conan Martin Ryan Brian Declan Owen Austin Franklin Regan Keegan Caelan
Other spellings of Calvin
Names related to Calvin
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Calvin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/calvin, updated 20 October 2026.