# Calvin (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/calvin/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “bald” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkælvɪn/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 222,287 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 221,064 / 1,223 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,663, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Latinization of Norman-Picard Cauvin, a nickname for a chauve (“bald”) person.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 7 | 10,426 |
| 1992 | 7 | 10,646 |
| 1995 | 6 | 12,012 |
| 1996 | 6 | 12,080 |
| 2001 | 5 | 15,774 |
| 2002 | 5 | 15,852 |
| 2006 | 7 | 13,860 |
| 2013 | 7 | 13,443 |
| 2014 | 6 | 14,926 |
| 2016 | 7 | 13,163 |
| 2020 | 8 | 11,284 |
| 2021 | 6 | 13,808 |
| 2022 | 5 | 15,751 |
| 2024 | 5 | 15,729 |
| 2025 | 7 | 12,161 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,709 | 208 |
| 2012 | 1,966 | 189 |
| 2013 | 2,066 | 195 |
| 2014 | 2,337 | 182 |
| 2015 | 2,439 | 171 |
| 2016 | 2,795 | 149 |
| 2017 | 2,703 | 146 |
| 2018 | 2,761 | 144 |
| 2019 | 2,647 | 145 |
| 2020 | 2,535 | 144 |
| 2021 | 2,593 | 145 |
| 2022 | 2,593 | 148 |
| 2023 | 2,411 | 152 |
| 2024 | 2,577 | 140 |
| 2025 | 2,710 | 132 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 91 | 431 |
| 2012 | 96 | 415 |
| 2013 | 89 | 447 |
| 2014 | 97 | 419 |
| 2015 | 99 | 416 |
| 2016 | 95 | 439 |
| 2017 | 94 | 448 |
| 2018 | 73 | 534 |
| 2019 | 65 | 575 |
| 2020 | 78 | 492 |
| 2021 | 57 | 641 |
| 2022 | 47 | 714 |
| 2023 | 39 | 827 |
| 2024 | 39 | 826 |
| 2025 | 43 | 771 |

## In other languages

- Armenian: Կալվին
- Chinese: 加爾文 /加尔文, 卡爾文 /卡尔文
- Czech: Kalvín
- Dutch: Calvijn
- French: Calvin
- German: Calvin
- Italian: Calvino
- Latin: Calvinus
- Polish: Kalwin
- Portuguese: Calvino
- Russian: Кальви́н
- Spanish: Calvino
- Greek: Καλβίνος

## People named Calvin

- Calvin Klein, American fashion designer (born 1942)
- Edward Calvin Kendall, American chemist (1886-1972)
- Calvin Jong-a-Pin, Dutch association football player
- Calvin Smith, American sprinter
- Calvin Stengs, Dutch association football player
- Calvin Lockhart, Bahamian actor
- Calvin Verdonk, Dutch-Indonesian association soccer player
- Calvin Murphy, American basketball player
- Calvin Bricker, athletics competitor (1884–1963)
- Calvin Johnson, American football player (born 1985)
- Calvin Davis, American athletics competitor (1972–2023)
- Calvin Fowler, basketball player (1940-2013)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.