Nelvin
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- NEL-vin
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Nelvin is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
Where does Nelvin come from?
Modern: Nel- blended with Melvin or Kelvin
Is Nelvin a girl's or a boy's name?
Nelvin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nelvin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,710th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Nelvin, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 1927, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 1919.
Half of all the boys named Nelvin in the US since 1880 were born between 1948 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nelvin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1960 | 8 | #3,075 |
| 1959 | 8 | #3,036 |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,273 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,533 |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,370 |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 6 | #3,296 |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 6 | #3,211 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 7 | #2,868 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1934 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,541 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,360 |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,020 |
| 1929 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,523 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 6 | #3,739 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,167 |
Names like Nelvin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden, Braylen, Rayden, Brecken, Aiden, Brayden, Owen, Declan, Nolan, Kylan, Ronan, Kyrin
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
Sources
Figures from 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, “Nelvin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nelvin, updated 20 October 2026.