How Many People Are Named Calvin?
people named Calvin are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,306 people in the US has this name
Based on 222,287 babies named Calvin in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
4,940 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Derived from the French surname Cauvin, which was derived from chauve "bald". The surname was borne by Jean Cauvin (1509-1564), a theologian from France who was one of the leaders of the Protestant Reformation. His surname was Latinized as Calvinus (based on Latin calvus "bald") and he is known as John Calvin in English. It has been used as a given name in his honour since the 19th century.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Calvin, 0.6% were girls and 99.4% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Calvin alive today is about 39 years old, and 41% are under 30. Half of them were between 15 and 63 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Calvin first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1924, to 4,940 babies. In 2025, 2,717 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Calvin never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #44, in 1924, and it was in the top 100 in 8 years between 1880 and 1928. In 2025 it ranked #132.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #132 |
| Best rank | #44 (1924) |
| Years in the top 100 | 8 (1880 to 1928) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #110 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Calvin alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Calvin were born in California than in any other state: about 11,624 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Calvin was given 2.1 times as often in Mississippi, 2 times in Louisiana and 1.9 times in Arkansas.
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